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  • 1 touch wood

    ((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) lagarto, lagarto!
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    touch wood
    bater na madeira para evitar azar ou mau olhado.

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  • 2 touch wood

    ((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) bater na madeira

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  • 3 touch

    1. verb
    1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) tocar
    2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) tocar
    3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) tocar
    4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) tocar
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) toque
    2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tacto
    3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) retoque
    4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) talento
    5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) fora do campo
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    - touchingly
    - touchy
    - touchily
    - touchiness
    - touch screen
    - in touch with
    - in touch
    - lose touch with
    - lose touch
    - out of touch with
    - out of touch
    - a touch
    - touch down
    - touch off
    - touch up
    - touch wood
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    [t∧tʃ] n 1 toque. he gave the finishing touch (es) to it / fig ele deu os últimos retoques. 2 tato. it has a soft touch / é macio ao tato. 3 contato, apalpadela. 4 detalhe, vestígio, traço, feição, caráter. 5 relação, contato. 6 toque, modo de tocar um instrumento. 7 qualidade. 8 prova de qualidade, ensaio. put it to the touch! / ponha-o à prova. 9 pequena quantidade, pingo. 10 acesso, ligeiro ataque. 11 toque de pincel. 12 pancadinha. 13 modo de agir, comportamento. • vt+vi 1 tocar, apalpar, pegar em, pôr em contato, encostar uma coisa na outra. they that touch pitch will be defiled / quem mexe em piche se suja. extremes touch / extremos se tocam. 2 alcançar, esbarrar, atingir, roçar. it touches twenty feet / tem justamente vinte pés de altura. he touched his hat to him / ele cumprimentou-o. that touches the pocket / isto é muito caro. 3 estar em contato, tocar-se, entrar em contato. 4 estar adjacente. 5 bater levemente, tocar (instrumento). 6 Geom tangenciar. 7 ferir, prejudicar. the plants were touched with frost / as plantas sofreram com a geada. 8 afetar, comover, impressionar, irritar. he was touched to the heart, he was touched to the quick / ele ficou profundamente comovido. I was touched with pity / fiquei comovido de dó. 9 colorir, matizar, manchar, marcar. 10 relacionar-se, concernir. 11 referir-se, tratar de. they touched upon the matter / eles tocaram no assunto. 12 usar, tocar (comida bebida), ingerir. 13 alcançar, atingir (em qualidade). 14 parar em, fazer escala, aportar. 15 receber dinheiro, sl emprestar ou pedir dinheiro emprestado. a fine touch fig um bom traço (de caráter). a happy touch fig uma mão feliz. at a touch por simples contato. a touch of blue fig um tom azulado. cold to the touch frio ao tato. he touched off the scene in a few strokes ele desenhou a cena com poucos traços. out of touch with sem contato ou relações com. to get in touch with entrar em contato com. to touch all bases a) fazer tudo sem deixar nada para trás. b) ser muito versátil. to touch at Naut atracar, aportar em. to touch bottom a) fig investigar profundamente. b) chegar ao nível mais baixo. to touch down (futebol americano) colocar a bola no chão atrás do gol. to touch off desencadear. to touch on mencionar, escrever sobre. to touch upon tocar, formar limite com. to touch wood bater na madeira para evitar azar ou mau olhado. with sure touch fig com golpe seguro.

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  • 4 touch

    1. verb
    1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) tocar
    2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) tocar
    3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) tocar
    4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) tocar, pôr a mão em
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) toque
    2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tato
    3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) retoque
    4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) jeito
    5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) fora de campo
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    - touchingly - touchy - touchily - touchiness - touch screen - in touch with - in touch - lose touch with - lose touch - out of touch with - out of touch - a touch - touch down - touch off - touch up - touch wood

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  • 5 touch/knock (on) wood

    touch/knock (on) wood
    bata na madeira (para afugentar a má sorte).

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  • 6 wood

    [wud]
    1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which the trunk and branches of trees are composed: My desk is (made of) wood; She gathered some wood for the fire; I like the smell of a wood fire.) madeira
    2) ((often in plural) a group of growing trees: They went for a walk in the woods.) bosque
    3) (a golf-club whose head is made of wood.) taco de golfe
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    - wooden
    - woody
    - wood carving
    - woodcut
    - woodcutter
    - woodland
    - woodlouse
    - woodpecker
    - wood pulp
    - woodwind
    - woodwork
    - woodworm
    - out of the woods
    - out of the wood
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    [wud] n 1 madeira, lenha. 2 floresta, selva, bosque, mato (também woods). 3 objeto de madeira. 4 tina, barrica, barril. 5 Mus instrumento de sopro de madeira. 6 woods Mus instrumentos de sopro de madeira de uma orquestra. • vt+vi 1 prover ou abastecer com madeira ou lenha. 2 reflorestar, plantar árvores. • adj 1 de madeira. 2 do mato. a clearing in the wood uma clareira na floresta. he is out of the wood ele está fora de perigo. to cut out the dead wood cortar, eliminar o desnecessário, supérfluo. touch/ knock (on) wood bata na madeira (para afugentar a má sorte). wine drawn from the wood vinho da pipa. you cannot see the wood for the trees você está tão envolvido com os detalhes que perdeu de vista o todo.

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  • 7 touchwood

    touch.wood
    [t'∧tʃwud] n isca de madeira podre.

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  • 8 finish

    ['finiʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to bring or come to an end: She's finished her work; The music finished.) terminar
    2) (to use, eat, drink etc the last of: Have you finished your tea?) terminar
    2. noun
    1) (the last touch (of paint, polish etc) that makes the work perfect: The wood has a beautiful finish.) acabamento
    2) (the last part (of a race etc): It was a close finish.) fim
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    - finish off
    - finish up
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    fin.ish
    [f'iniʃ] n 1 fim, termo, remate, acabamento, conclusão. they fought to the finish / eles lutaram até o fim, até o último alento. 2 aperfeiçoamento, retoque, polimento, última demão. • vt+vi 1 acabar, terminar, completar. I finished reading / acabei de ler. I have finished with you / não quero mais saber de você. 2 aperfeiçoar, retocar. 3 rematar, concluir. he finished with a cheer / ele terminou com um aplauso. 4 liquidar, dar fim a. it is finished with him / ele está perdido, arruinado. 5 fenecer, chegar ao fim, cessar, expirar, morrer. to finish off 1 terminar de destruir, acabar, matar. 2 terminar, completar (tarefa). 3 concluir (uma série de ações). 4 limpar (o prato).

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  • 9 shave

    [ʃeiv] 1. verb
    1) (to cut away (hair) from (usually oneself) with a razor: He only shaves once a week.) fazer a barba
    2) ((sometimes with off) to scrape or cut away (the surface of wood etc): The joiner shaved a thin strip off the edge of the door.) aparar
    3) (to touch lightly in passing: The car shaved the wall.) raspar
    2. noun
    ((the result of) an act of shaving.) apara
    - shavings
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    [ʃeiv] n 1 ato de fazer a barba. give me a shave please / por favor, me faça a barba. 2 fatia fina, folha. 3 ato de falhar ou escapar por um triz. that was a close shave / esta foi por um triz. • vt+vi (pp shaven). 1 fazer a barba. I got shaved / mandei fazer a barba. I shaved off his beard / cortei-lhe a barba. 2 barbear-se. 3 cortar fatias finas. 4 raspar, passar perto.

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  • 10 finish

    ['finiʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to bring or come to an end: She's finished her work; The music finished.) acabar
    2) (to use, eat, drink etc the last of: Have you finished your tea?) acabar
    2. noun
    1) (the last touch (of paint, polish etc) that makes the work perfect: The wood has a beautiful finish.) acabamento
    2) (the last part (of a race etc): It was a close finish.) chegada
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    - finish off - finish up

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  • 11 shave

    [ʃeiv] 1. verb
    1) (to cut away (hair) from (usually oneself) with a razor: He only shaves once a week.) barbear(-se), fazer a barba
    2) ((sometimes with off) to scrape or cut away (the surface of wood etc): The joiner shaved a thin strip off the edge of the door.) aparar
    3) (to touch lightly in passing: The car shaved the wall.) passar rente
    2. noun
    ((the result of) an act of shaving.) barbeação
    - shavings

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  • touch|wood — «TUHCH WUD», noun. 1. wood decayed by fungi so that it catches fire easily, used as tinder; punk. 2. a fungus found on old tree trunks, used as tinder; amadou …   Useful english dictionary

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  • touch wood — spoken used when you have said that you have had good luck in order to prevent bad luck from happening to you. People sometimes touch something made of wood when they say this Ben s making a good recovery, touch wood …   English dictionary

  • touch wood — interjection hopefully (said while touching something wooden, for superstition) And the reds are going to avoid relegation this year, touch wood Syn: knock on wood …   Wiktionary

  • touch wood — British, American & Australian, American something that you say when you want your luck or a good situation to continue. It s been fine all week and, touch wood, it ll stay fine for the weekend. We haven t had any problems with the car so far,… …   New idioms dictionary

  • touch wood — hoping that our good luck continues    We ve never had a flat tire on this car touch wood …   English idioms

  • Touch wood —   If someone says Touch wood before they do something, they are wishing for good luck …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • touch wood — ► touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood touch something wooden to ward off bad luck. Main Entry: ↑wood …   English terms dictionary

  • touch wood — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary knock on wood (for good luck) …   English dialects glossary

  • touch wood — knock on wood, without the evil eye, God forbid …   English contemporary dictionary

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