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1 ground
past tense, past participle; = grind* * *ground1[graund] v ps, pp de grind.————————ground2[graund] n 1 terra, chão, solo, soalho. 2 terreno, área, região. 3 bens de raiz, propriedade. 4 campo de esporte, gramado. 5 fundamento, motivo, pretexto, base, razão, causa. 6 base, sede. 7 fundo, fundo de desenho ou pintura. 8 Electr terra, ligação da terra. 9 fundo do mar, de um lago ou rio. 10 sedimento. • vt 1 pôr no chão, deitar à terra, depor (armas). 2 Naut encalhar. 3 fundar, estabelecer, fundamentar, basear. the story is grounded in fact / a história baseia-se em fatos. 4 ensinar os elementos básicos. 5 preparar o fundo (pintura). 6 Electr ligar à terra. 7 Aeron fazer descer, manter em terra. building under ground construção no subsolo. football ground campo de futebol. forbidden ground terreno ou assunto proibido. ground-controlled approach system sistema de aterrissagem cega por meio de radar. I have gone (or been) over and over the whole ground pensei e estudei de todas as formas. it is common ground é de conhecimento geral, há concordância em. on English ground em terras inglesas, em território inglês. on public grounds em consideração à opinião pública. on the ground of pela razão de. on the ground that pela razão que. on these grounds por estas razões. rich ground terra fértil. rising ground terreno undante. that suits me down to the ground isto me serve sob todos os pontos de vista. the proposal fell to the ground a proposta foi rejeitada, fracassou. to be grounded estar encalhado. to break ground dar o primeiro passo, começar. to cover much ground estender-se longe, ir longe. to gain ground ganhar terreno. to give ground ceder, retirar-se. to go over the old ground again repetir o já conhecido. to hold the ground defender o ponto de vista ou o lugar. to lose ground perder terreno. to touch ground in the discussion chegar a resultados concretos na discussão. under ground debaixo da terra, dentro da mina. we covered much ground today fig hoje avançamos muito (nos estudos). -
2 nerve
[nə:v] 1. noun1) (one of the cords which carry messages between all parts of the body and the brain.) nervo2) (courage: He must have needed a lot of nerve to do that; He lost his nerve.) coragem3) (rudeness: What a nerve!) atrevimento2. verb(to force (oneself) to have enough courage (to do something): He nerved himself to climb the high tower.) fazer das tripas coração- nerves- nervous
- nervously
- nervousness
- nervy
- nerviness
- nerve-racking
- nervous breakdown
- nervous system
- get on someone's nerves* * *[nə:v] n 1 nervo. 2 força, vigor, energia. 3 nervura. 4 nerves nervosismo, nervosidade. 5 coragem. 6 ousadia, impudicícia. he has the nerve to do it / ele tem a ousadia de fazê-lo. • vt animar, encorajar. a fit of nerves um ataque de nervos. he gets on my nerves ele me aborrece, esgota minha paciência. he lives on his nerves ele está sempre preocupado e ansioso. to lose one’s nerve apavorar-se. to strain every nerve to do something empregar todos os esforços para fazer algo. to touch a raw nerve ferir alguém como resultado de insensibilidade, magoar.
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