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to speak about

falar sobre, tratar de, falar de.

1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) falar

2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) falar

3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) falar

4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) dizer

5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) falar

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[spi:k] vt+vi (ps spoke, pp spoken) 1 dizer, articular. 2 falar, conversar. 3 fazer discurso, orar. 4 contar, declarar, exprimir, tornar conhecido. 5 exprimir (idéia), pronunciar, manifestar, comunicar. speak your mind / fale o que está pensando. 6 pedir, requerer, apelar. 7 conversar, falar (with, to com, a). 8 latir. he spoke up for me ele falou a meu favor. not to speak of sem mencionar, sem citar. not to speak of expenses / sem falar das despesas. nothing to speak of nada digno de menção. so to speak por assim dizer. speak up! fale! fale mais alto! that speaks well for him / isso fala a seu favor. to be spoken for estar prometido, estar reservado. to speak about falar sobre, tratar de, falar de. to speak for falar por alguém. he can speak for himself / ele mesmo pode falar. that speaks for itself / isso fala por si mesmo. to speak ill of somebody falar mal de alguém. she never speaks ill of anybody / ela nunca fala mal de ninguém. to speak on continuar falando. he spoke on the same subject / ele falou sobre o mesmo assunto. to speak out falar alto, falar à vontade, manifestar-se livremente, declarar, comunicar, esclarecer, falar francamente, dar opinião abertamente. to speak to a) dirigir-se a. b) coll admoestar. c) falar ao sentimento, atrair, interessar. to speak to someone falar com alguém. I should like to speak to you / gostaria de falar-lhe. to speak up a) falar alto. b) defender alguém, protestar. to speak well/ highly of somebody falar muito bem de alguém, elogiar. she speaks highly of him / ela fala dele em palavras elogiosas.

1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) falar

2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) falar, conversar

3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) falar

4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) dizer

5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) falar

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1) (to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner: The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder.) tratar

2) (to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc): They treated her for a broken leg.) tratar

3) (to put (something) through a process: The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical.) tratar

4) (to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone): I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat.) oferecer

5) (to write or speak about; to discuss.) tratar de

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[tri:t] n 1 festa, convite para comer e beber, regalo. it’s my treat / é a minha vez de convidar. 2 divertimento, prazer, alegria. it was a treat to hear it / foi um prazer ouvir isso. 3 delícia. • vt+vi 1 tratar, agir com, lidar com. 2 considerar, pensar sobre. 3 medicar, tratar. he treated me for gastritis / ele tratou da minha gastrite. we treated ourselves to some wine / regalamo-nos com um pouco de vinho. 4 discutir, tratar de um assunto. 5 oferecer (comida e bebida), convidar, regalar. I treated him to an ice / ofereci-lhe um sorvete. 6 pagar as despesas. to treat of tratar de, ventilar. to treat with a) entrar em entendimento com. b) Med tratar com, por meio de. to treat someone like a doormat coll, to treat someone like shit tratar alguém muito mal, fazer capacho de alguém.

1) (to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner: The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder.) tratar

2) (to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc): They treated her for a broken leg.) tratar

3) (to put (something) through a process: The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical.) tratar

4) (to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone): I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat.) oferecer

5) (to write or speak about; to discuss.) tratar de

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1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) tão/tanto

2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) assim

3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) isso/que sim/assim, etc.

4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) também

5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') de facto

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abbr south (Sul, ao sul, para o sul).

1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) tão/tanto

2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) assim

3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) isso/que sim/assim, etc.

4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) também

5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') de facto

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[sou] n Mus sol.

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[sou] adv 1 assim, deste modo, desta maneira, desta forma, conforme foi mostrado. so it is true? / é verdade, então? I think so / penso que sim. 2 como consta. 3 naquele estado, naquela condição. 4 tão, de tal modo, de tal grau. it is so fine a day / está um dia tão bonito. 5 muito. 6 por esta razão, então, por isto, portanto. 7 igualmente, também. are you hungry? so am I / está com fome? eu também. 8 mais ou menos, aproximadamente. he stays a week or so / ele permanecerá mais ou menos uma semana. • conj 1 de maneira que, para que. there was nothing to be done, so I went away / não havia nada que fazer, portanto fui-me embora. we left the book on the table, so that he’d find it / deixamos o livro em cima da mesa, para que ele o achasse. 2 sob a condição de, se. • interj 1 bem! 2 certo! 3 é verdade? é assim? • pron o mesmo, a mesma coisa. and so forth e assim por diante. and so on e assim por diante. be so kind as to give me... tenha a bondade de me dar... ever so much muito. if so nesse caso, caso que, se... is that so? é verdade? realmente? just/ quite so assim mesmo, bem assim. Mr. so-and-so fulano. Mrs. so-and-so fulana. not so pretty as não tão bonito como. so far so good até aqui, muito bem. so help me God! que Deus me ajude! so much for that! chega disto, basta! so much the better! tanto melhor! so so assim, assim, mais ou menos. so? so what? e daí? the more so tanto mais. why so? por quê?

1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) tão, tanto, muito

2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) assim

3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) isso

4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) também

5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') de fato

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1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar

2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar

3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) falar sobre

1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) conversa

2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) palestra

3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) mexerico

4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) conversa

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[tɔ:k] n 1 conversa, conversação. 2 conferência, discurso, conselho. 3 fala. 4 boato, rumor. it’s the talk of the town / é o assunto da cidade. 5 tagarelice, palra. • vt+vi 1 falar, conversar, dizer. 2 levar a, influenciar. money talks / dinheiro convence. 3 discutir. 4 consultar, conferenciar. 5 manifestar-se, explicar. 6 palrar, tagarelar. let’s talk it over conversemos (seriamente) sobre o assunto. now you are talking isto, sim, que é proposta. small talk conversa superficial. talking of it falando nisso. talk is cheap! falar é fácil! to talk against time falar para preencher o tempo. to talk away matar o tempo com conversa amigável, Brit coll jogar conversa fora. to talk back dar uma resposta rude. to talk big sl contar vantagem. to talk down to tratar de modo superior. to talk into persuadir. to talk of falar sobre, discutir, mencionar. don’t talk of it! / nem fale disto! to talk politics discutir sobre política. to talk round a) falar sem chegar ao assunto. b) convencer, persuadir. to talk sense falar com juízo. to talk someone down não deixar falar, calar. to talk someone out of convencer alguém. he won’t be talked out of it / não se deixa levar na conversa. to talk someone’s head off sl falar demais. to talk tall gabar-se, vangloriar-se. to talk to falar com. I talked to him / falei (seriamente) com ele. to talk turkey falar francamente. to talk with falar para dar instruções, admoestar ou persuadir. you can talk! coll você fala de barriga cheia!

1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) rodar

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) virar-se

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) virar

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) dirigir

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) dar a volta

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) transformar(-se)

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) mudar (de cor)

1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) volta

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) volta

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) esquina

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) vez

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) número

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[tə:n] n 1 rotação, volta, giro. I took two turns up and down the room / andei duas vezes para cá e para lá dentro do quarto. 2 fig mudança de direção, reviravolta, crise, ação de virar. 3 curva, cotovelo. 4 mudança, alteração, variação. 5 torção, torcedura. 6 vez, ocasião. await your turn! / espere sua vez! now it is my turn / agora é a minha vez. 7 tempo, período, turno. we did it in turns / fizemos isto em turnos. 8 ação, ato, serviço, favor, obséquio. one good turn deserves another / um favor merece outro. 9 inclinação, predileção, tendência, talento. he has a turn for music / ele tem talento (inclinação, interesse) para a música. 10 curso, caminho. 11 passeio, giro, excursão, volta. we took a turn / demos uma volta, fizemos um passeio. 12 susto, choque. it gave her a turn / ela assustou-se. 13 desmaio. 14 Mus grupeto, nota floreada. 15 oportunidade. 16 ocupação passageira ou provisória. 17 Theat número de variedades. 18 estado, condição, natureza, disposição, caráter. 19 sucessão, alternação, rodízio. 20 Typogr letra bloqueada. • vt+vi 1 girar, rodar, virar(-se), volver(-se). he turned her head / ele lhe virou a cabeça. it turns my stomach / está me virando o estômago. I don’t know which way to turn / fig não sei o que fazer, não sei para que lado me virar. we turned the coat inside out / viramos o paletó às avessas. 2 voltar-se. 3 mover, mexer. we did not turn a hair / não perdemos a calma, não demonstramos. 4 mudar (de direção), alterar o curso. 5 dirigir(-se). 6 retornar. 7 desviar. 8 inverter, reverter. 9 revolver na mente. 10 mudar de posição. 11 mudar de assunto. 12 transformar(-se) em (gelo), mudar (cor), tornar(-se) pálido. 13 fazer, formar, adaptar-se. 14 perturbar, transtornar. her brain (head) is turned / ela é louca. 15 mandar embora, fazer ir. 16 volver, dirigir (olhos), virar (rosto). 17 ser mudado. 18 parar, aparar. 19 fazer voltar. 20 passar, dar volta, contornar. 21 ultrapassar, passar (tempo, idade). 22 tornear, fazer no torno. 23 ser torneado. 24 deixar doente. 25 ficar tonto, desmaiar. my head turns / minha cabeça está virando, estou tonto. 26 dobrar. 27 madurecer, mudar de cor. 28 induzir, instigar. 29 expulsar. 30 vender, trocar. 31 traduzir, verter. 32 transformar(-se), alterar, virar às avessas. 33 agrisalhar. 34 entregar. 35 moldar, configurar. 36 resultar, terminar. 37 tornar-se. he turned Christian, soldier, traitor / ele converteu-se ao cristianismo, ficou soldado, virou traidor. 38 estragar, azedar, coalhar (leite). a friendly (good) turn um serviço de amigo, um obséquio. an ill, bad turn um ato mau. an unexpected turn uma mudança inesperada. at every turn a cada momento, em cada ocasião. a turn for the better uma mudança para o melhor. a well turned phrase uma frase bem formulada. by turns alternativamente, em intervalos. done to a turn Cook no ponto. he turned up a tough person ele mostrou-se, revelou-se uma pessoa dura. it took a bad turn virou para o lado ruim. light and dark by turns claro e escuro alternadamente. on the turn prestes a virar (maré). right about turn! Mil meia-volta, volver! the turn of the century a virada do século. to serve one’s turn servir ao fim de, vir a propósito de. to take turns a) mudar, trocar com, revezar-se. b) experimentar. to turn about virar(-se), volver, voltar(-se). to turn a deaf ear fazer-se de surdo. to turn adrift mandar embora, deixar desamparado. to turn against influenciar contra, virar-se contra, ofender, atiçar. to turn around virar ao contrário, torcer (palavras), mudar de atitude. to turn aside desviar(-se), virar-se para o lado. to turn a trick vulg vender-se (prostituta). to turn away a) desviar, virar, mandar embora, despedir, rejeitar. b) virar-se, voltar-se. to turn back a) regressar, voltar, retroceder. b) recusar, devolver. c) retorquir. d) mandar de volta, fazer voltar. she couldn’t turn back / ela não pode voltar atrás (decisão). to turn down a) virar para baixo, dobrar (para baixo). b) diminuir (gás, etc.). c) declinar, rejeitar (oferta). d) desprezar, abandonar. e) descer, ir para baixo. to turn eighteen fazer, completar 18 anos. to turn from dissuadir de. to turn in a) virar, dobrar, (para dentro). b) entregar (alguém). to turn into a) converter em, transformar em. b) instigar a. c) traduzir. d) transformar-se em. e) converter-se em, tornar-se, ficar. to turn into verse pôr em versos. to turn nasty tornar-se desagradável. to turn off a) desviar, afastar, impedir. b) ( from de), despedir, mandar embora. c) fechar, desligar (gás, rádio, torneira). d) realizar, produzir. e) desligar emocionalmente ou sexualmente. f) dirigir-se para o lado. g) desviar-se, afastar-se. h) estragar. i) virar, entrar, sair de uma rua e entrar em outra, dobrar uma esquina. to turn off with a laugh desfazer com um riso. to turn on a) abrir (torneira), ligar (rádio, etc.). b) coll excitar (sexualmente). c) usar narcóticos. d) virar-se. e) girar sobre, em volta de, depender de. f) atacar, visar, retorquir. to turn one’s coat virar a casaca, mudar de opinião. to turn on the heat sl aumentar o esforço, pressão, atividade. to turn out a) virar para fora (os pés). b) expulsar, mandar embora. they turned him out of doors (out of the house) / botaram-no para fora. c) despejar. d) apagar, desligar (luz). e) virar às avessas (as bolsas). f) extrair (carvão). g) transportar, carregar, produzir, fornecer (mercadorias). h) sl iniciar alguém (sexo, drogas). i) virar-se, dirigir-se (para fora). j) sair, ir-se. k) vir à luz, confirmar (-se). l) formar-se, tornar-se. he has turned out a diligent boy / ele tornou-se um rapaz diligente. m) verificar-se, mostrar ser. It turned out that she had money / verificou-se que ela tinha o dinheiro. n) decorrer, terminar. o) largar o trabalho. to turn out well sair bem, dar certo. to turn over a) virar. b) folhar. c) derrubar. d) transbordar. e) transferir. f) revolver. g) movimentar (dinheiro). h) transmitir. i) extraditar. j) encarregar. k) virar-se. l) girar, revolver-se. m) mudar de opinião ou posição. n) inverter. o) denunciar, entregar (às autoridades). to turn over in someone’s mind estudar bem, pensar bem. to turn round a) girar, virar. b) volver, voltar. c) fig converter-se. to turn someone round one’s little finger dominar alguém completamente. to turn something into money transformar em dinheiro, vender. to turn tail recuar ignominiosamente. to turn the back upon someone virar as costas para alguém. to turn the corner a) dobrar a esquina. b) fig vencer a crise. to turn the key virar a chave. to turn the knife in the wound fig abrir novas feridas. to turn the steps towards dirigir os passos para. to turn the tables mudar a sorte. to turn the tables upon pagar na mesma moeda a. to turn the tap on fig cair em prantos. to turn things upside down virar as coisas de pernas para a ar. to turn thumbs down sl recusar, rejeitar, negar. to turn to a) dirigir, concentrar, aplicar, aproveitar. he turn edit to account / ele tirou proveito disto, aproveitou-o com vantagem. b) começar a trabalhar. c) dirigir-se para. they turned to us / dirigiram-se a nós. d) dirigir-se a. e) voltar-se para. f) transformar-se em, converter-se para, tornar-se. to turn toward dirigir para. to turn turtle fig virar de pernas para o ar. to turn up a) virar para cima, dobrar para cima. she turned up her nose / ela torceu o nariz. b) trazer à tona. c) arregaçar. d) aumentar (som, fogo). e) abrir (baralho). f) descobrir, revelar. g) fazer a barra (roupas). h) dirigir-se para cima, virar-se para cima, levantar-se. i) aparecer, vir à tona, surgir. she has turned up at last / ela chegou finalmente. j) acontecer, suceder. k) tornar-se. l) verificar-se, mostrar-se. to turn upon dirigir-se contra, girar em torno de, tratar-se de. to turn up the wick (sl de aviação) acelerar, voar a toda a velocidade. to turn water into wine transformar água em vinho. turn and turn about alternativamente, sucessivamente. turn it up! coll basta! chega! cale a boca! turn of mind modo de pensar. turn over! vide verso! we turned an honest penny by ganhamos nosso dinheiro honestamente com.

1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) falar

2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) falar, comentar

3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) discutir

1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) discussão

2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) conferência

3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) comentário, falatório

4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) falação

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1) (to give a talk (called a sermon), usually during a religious service, about religious or moral matters: The vicar preached (a sermon) on/about pride.) pregar

2) (to speak to someone as though giving a sermon: Don't preach at me!) pregar sermOes

3) (to advise: He preaches caution.) aconselhar

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[pri:tʃ] n coll prédica, sermão. • vt+vi pregar: a) proclamar o Evangelho. b) pronunciar sermões. c) exortar, concitar. d) aconselhar. e) discursar, orar. to preach down verberar, criticar. to preach up louvar.

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[∧p] n 1 movimento ou curso ascendente. 2 elevação. 3 boa sorte. 4 sl narcótico. • vt+vi coll subir, elevar, levantar, erguer, aumentar. I upped the mortage / eu aumentei a hipoteca. my confidence has upped itself / minha confiança aumentou. • adj 1 avançado, adiantado, dianteiro. 2 ascendente, para cima. prices are up / os preços subiram, estão elevados. 3 acima do solo. 4 perto, próximo, junto, chegado. 5 de rebatida (beisebol). 6 intoxicado (por narcóticos). 7 terminado (tempo, período de tempo). time is up / o tempo acabou. • adv 1 para cima, para o alto. 2 em cima, no alto. 3 ereto, de pé, em pé, levantado. keep your head up / mantenha sua cabeça ereta. 4 rumo à cidade (falando de cidades grandes). 5 cá, para cá. come up here! / venha aqui! 6 acima do horizonte, nascido (sol, semente). 7 aberto (guarda-chuva). 8 exaltado, em agitação, em revolta, em atividade, em ação. 9 terminado, expirado. 10 passado. 11 fora da cama. 12 inteiramente, completamente, todo, até o fim. we ate it up / comemos tudo, acabamos com o que havia. 13 em tempo ou posição igual. 14 à altura. 15 a par. 16 à tona, em evidência. 17 à parte, de lado. 18 esvoaçado. 19 inchado, avolumado (rio). 20 diante, em diante. 21 instruído, versátil. 22 em posição de rebote (beisebol). 23 junto, juntamente. • prep 1 em cima, para cima, acima. 2 em, sobre. she was up a ladder painting the ceiling / ela estava na escada pintando o teto. 3 ao longo, através. I saw him walking up the street / eu o vi caminhando na rua. 4 adentro. • interj de pé! levanta! levantai! vamos! to be up and about/ to be up and around estar recuperado (de doença). he will be up and about in ten days / ele estará recuperado em dez dias. to be up in arms insurgir-se, estar em armas (mobilizado). to be up to one’s ass in something vulg estar envolvido até os ossos, estar até o nariz. to be up to one’s eyeballs sl completamente, até os olhos. to be up to standard estar bom, perfeitamente bem. to get up levantar-se (da cama). to have something up one’s sleeve ter um trunfo na manga. to hurry up apressar-se. to speak up falar em voz alta. to stand up ficar em pé. what’s up! o que há? o que está errado?

1) (to give a talk (called a sermon), usually during a religious service, about religious or moral matters: The vicar preached (a sermon) on/about pride.) pregar

2) (to speak to someone as though giving a sermon: Don't preach at me!) pregar sermão

3) (to advise: He preaches caution.) pregar

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- preacher

1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) adular

2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) favorecer

3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) ter peneiras de

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- flatterer

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[fl'ætə] n assentador, alisador.

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[fl'ætə] vt+vi 1 lisonjear, elogiar com excesso, incensar, exaltar, bajular, adular, cortejar. he was flattered / ele sentiu-se lisonjeado. 2 gabar por interesse próprio, persuadir com lisonjas, engabelar, animar, estimular. I flatter myself that / creio que, alimento a esperança ou a ilusão de que. I flatter myself on / posso gabar-me de ou ufanar-me de. 3 causar prazer, agradar a, satisfazer, encantar, deleitar.

1) (to (be able to) receive (sounds) by ear: I don't hear very well; Speak louder - I can't hear you; I didn't hear you come in.) ouvir

2) (to listen to for some purpose: A judge hears court cases; Part of a manager's job is to hear workers' complaints.) ouvir

3) (to receive information, news etc, not only by ear: I've heard that story before; I hear that you're leaving; `Have you heard from your sister?' `Yes, I got a letter from her today'; I've never heard of him - who is he? This is the first I've heard of the plan.) ouvir (falar)

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- hearing

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[hiə] vt (ps and pp heard) 1 ouvir, escutar. 2 dar ouvidos, prestar atenção. 3 atender. 4 examinar, interrogar. 5 saber, ficar informado, ter notícia ( about sobre, of, from de). I heard of it / eu soube disso. I heard from him / tive notícias dele. I will not hear of it / não quero saber nada disso. hear me out! deixe-me acabar de falar! I heard him his lessons eu o fiz recitar as lições.

1) (to speak of or refer to: He mentioned the plan.) mencionar

2) (to remark or say usually briefly or indirectly: She mentioned (that) she might be leaving.) mencionar

- not to mention

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[m'enʃən] n menção, alusão, referência. • vt mencionar, aludir, referir-se a, citar. don’t mention it coll não há de quê.

1) (to speak or utter: What did you say?; She said `Yes'.)

2) (to tell, state or declare: She said how she had enjoyed meeting me; She is said to be very beautiful.) dizer

3) (to repeat: The child says her prayers every night.) dizer

4) (to guess or estimate: I can't say when he'll return.) dizer

- saying

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[sei] n 1 fala, palavra. 2 ocasião para falar. • vt+vi (ps, pp said) 1 falar, dizer, afirmar. I am sorry to say / lamento dizer. I should just say so! / é isto mesmo!, é isto o que queria dizer! do you say so? / está falando sério? you don’t say so / não me diga. so he says / é o que ele afirma, é o que ele diz. 2 exprimir, declarar, anunciar, pôr em palavras. he said his say / ele disse o que tinha a dizer. as I was about to say / como ia dizendo. that is well said / isto é bem formulado. that is saying a great deal / isto é bem significativo. all I wanted to say was... / somente queria dizer... he has nothing to say / ele não tem nada a dizer. he is said to be a drunkard / ele é tido como beberrão. 3 recitar, repetir. he says mass / ele celebra a missa. she says her prayers / ela reza. say the word! / diga sim!, aceite! 4 supor, dar como exemplo. (let’s) say twenty / digamos vinte. shall we say Haydn / por exemplo Haydn. does that mean to say that...? / isto quer dizer que...? I should say that... / estou inclinado a acreditar que... it says / diz-se, consta que. 5 explicar, dar uma opinião. let him have his say / deixe-o falar. when all is said / pensando bem, em suma. when all is said and done / no fim das contas. there is much to be said for it / tem muito a favor disto. I say! escute!, ora essa!, não diga! it is said ou they say diz-se, consta que. never say die! coragem! no sooner said than done dito e feito. say away! sl diga logo! says who? sl o que você pensa? so to say por assim dizer. that is to say isto quer dizer, em outras palavras. to say nothing of sem mencionar.