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1 to start with a clean slate
to start with a clean slatepassar uma esponja no passado e recomeçar. -
2 a clean slate
(a fresh start: After being in prison he started his new job with a clean slate.) ficha limpa -
3 a clean slate
(a fresh start: After being in prison he started his new job with a clean slate.) ficha limpa -
4 slate
I [sleit] noun1) ((a piece of) a type of easily split rock of a dull blue-grey colour, used for roofing etc: Slates fell off the roof in the wind; ( also adjective) a slate roof.) lousa2) (a small writing-board made of this, used by schoolchildren.) lousaII [sleit] verb(to say harsh things to or about: The new play was slated by the critics.) criticar* * *slate1[sleit] n 1 ardósia. 2 lousa. 3 cor-de-ardósia. 4 Amer lista de candidatos. • vt 1 cobrir com telhas de ardósia. 2 cobrir com ardósia ou substância semelhante. 3 colocar em lista de candidatos. • adj acinzentado, ardósia. to start with a clean slate passar uma esponja no passado e recomeçar. to wipe off the slate fig esquecer o passado.————————slate2[sleit] vt 1 dar uma sarabanda, uma ensaboadela. 2 criticar severamente. 3 planejar.
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