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1 too clever by half
too clever by halfastuto, manhoso. -
2 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) metade3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) quase•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *[ha:f; hæf] n (pl halves) 1 metade, meio. 2 semestre. 3 Sport tempo, parte. the first half is over / o primeiro tempo terminou. • adj 1 meio. 2 bastante, quase. 3 incompleto, parcial. • adv 1 meio, em parte, parcialmente. 2 consideravelmente. half a dozen meia dúzia. half an hour meia hora. half as broad again vez e meia de largura. half past four quatro e meia. he does things by halves ele faz as coisas pela metade. I liked it half and half gostei mais ou menos. let us go by halves vamos fazer o negócio meio a meio. my better half minha esposa, meu marido. too clever by half astuto, manhoso. -
3 by half
(by a long way: He's too clever by half.) de longe -
4 by half
(by a long way: He's too clever by half.) consideravelmente, demais -
5 boast
[bəust] 1. verb(to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was.) gabar-se2. noun(the words used in talking proudly about something: His boast is that he has never yet lost a match.) gabarolice- boastful- boastfully
- boastfulness
- boasting* * *boast1[boust] n 1 jactância, ostentação, elogio de si próprio. 2 motivo de orgulho. 3 ensejo para orgulhar-se ou exultar. • vt+vi 1 jactar-se, gabar-se, vangloriar-se. 2 ser orgulhoso. 3 alardear, ostentar. 4 possuir algo que é motivo de orgulho. 5 ter, conter. this village boasts three shops / esta cidadezinha possui três lojas. it is not much to boast of não é grande coisa. to make (a) boast of gabar-se de.————————boast2[boust] vt trabalhar, lavrar pedras, esculpir de modo grosseiro e preliminar. -
6 retort
[rə'to:t] 1. verb(to make a quick and clever or angry reply: `You're too old', she said. `You're not so young yourself,' he retorted.) replicar2. noun(such a reply.) réplica* * *re.tort1[rit'ɔ:t] n réplica mordaz, resposta ao pé da letra. • vt+vi 1 replicar, retrucar, retorquir. 2 repelir, rebater, revidar. 3 retaliar.————————re.tort2[rit'ɔ:t] n Chem retorta: frasco de laboratório. • vt Chem purificar em retorta. -
7 boast
[bəust] 1. verb(to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was.) vangloriar(-se), gabar(-se)2. noun(the words used in talking proudly about something: His boast is that he has never yet lost a match.) gabolice- boastful- boastfully - boastfulness - boasting -
8 retort
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too clever by half — informal annoyingly proud of one s cleverness, and liable to overreach oneself. → clever … English new terms dictionary
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not look too clever — not feel/look/too clever british informal phrase to feel or look ill Thesaurus: to feel or be illsynonym Main entry: clever … Useful english dictionary
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too clever by half — British informal, showing disapproval very confident about your intelligence and skills in a way that annoys people … English dictionary
too clever by half — … Useful english dictionary
clever — 1 *intelligent, quick witted, brilliant, bright, smart, alert, knowing Analogous words: *quick, apt, ready, prompt: *versatile, all around, many sided: capable, competent, *able: *sharp, keen, acute Antonyms: du … New Dictionary of Synonyms
too nice for your own good — too clever/nice/generous/etc for your own good phrase so clever nice generous etc that it is a disadvantage instead of an advantage Alex is a little bit too clever for his own good. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym … Useful english dictionary
too generous for your own good — too clever/nice/generous/etc for your own good phrase so clever nice generous etc that it is a disadvantage instead of an advantage Alex is a little bit too clever for his own good. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym … Useful english dictionary
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