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[ho:s]1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) cavalo2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) cavalo-de-arção•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth* * *[hɔ:s] n 1 cavalo. 2 garanhão. 3 cavalaria. 4 cavalete: suporte de madeira, para exercícios e ginástica. 5 sl mil dólares. 6 sl heroína (droga). • vi 1 equipar com cavalo. 2 montar a cavalo. 3 levar ou ser levado à garupa. 4 coll arreliar, vexar. 5 sl trabalhar duramente. • adj 1 relativo a cavalo, cavalar. 2 montado. from the horse’s mouth de fonte segura. he works like a horse ele é muito trabalhador. I’ll win the horse or lose the saddle tudo ou nada. pommel horse cavalo de ginástica. that’s a horse of another color isso é coisa bem diferente. to flog a willing horse arrombar portas abertas. to horse! a cavalo! to horse around (ou about) coll fazer ou perder tempo com brincadeira estúpida. to put the cart before the horse colocar o carro diante dos bois. wild horses shall not drag it from me por nada deste mundo eu revelaria isso.
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