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1 wag
[wæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - wagged; verb((especially of a dog's tail) to (cause to) move to and fro, especially from side to side: The dog wagged its tail with pleasure.) abanar2. noun(a single wagging movement: The dog's tail gave a feeble wag.) abanadela* * *wag1[wæg] n Brit, sl trocista, gaiato, gracejador.————————wag2[wæg] n sacudidela, abano, menejo, balanço. • vt+vi 1 sacudir, abanar, balançar, agitar, menear. he wagged his finger / ele fez um sinal de advertência com o dedo. he wagged his head / ele sacudiu a cabeça, fez um sinal de incredulidade. 2 ir-se, partir. how the world wags! como anda este mundo! let the world wag on deixe o pessoal falar e fazer (o que quiser). -
2 wag
[wæɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - wagged; verb((especially of a dog's tail) to (cause to) move to and fro, especially from side to side: The dog wagged its tail with pleasure.) abanar2. noun(a single wagging movement: The dog's tail gave a feeble wag.) abanada -
3 tail
[teil] 1. noun1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) cauda2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) cauda2. verb(to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) seguir- - tailed- tails 3. interjection(a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) coroa- tail-end- tail-light
- tail wind
- tail off* * *[teil] n 1 rabo, cauda. 2 cauda de vestido. 3 cauda de avião. 4 cauda de um cometa. 5 parte traseira, fim, final, séquito, comitiva, conclusão. 6 trança, rabo de cabelo. 7 tails verso de moeda, coroa. 8 fraque, terno a rigor. 9 morgado, propriedade vinculada. 10 Typogr pé de página. 11 sl nádegas, traseiro. 12 sl pessoa contratada para seguir alguém, "sombra". 13 sl genitália feminina ou o pênis. 14 sl relação sexual. • vt+vi 1 colocar um rabo ou uma cauda. 2 formar a cauda, o fim, o final. 3 seguir imediatamente. 4 juntar, adicionar, emendar (uma coisa no fim de outra), amarrar por uma extremidade. 5 sl seguir, espionar. • adj no fim, nas costas, atrás. heads or tails? cara ou coroa? (ao tirar a sorte com moeda). not to make head or tail of it não entender, não saber qual é o começo e o fim. out of the tail of one’s eye com um olho de soslaio. tail of the eye canto do olho. to tail after someone seguir alguém nos calcanhares. to tail away sumir, diminuir, decrescer. to tail in fixar por uma extremidade. to tail off diminuir, enfraquecer. to turn tail virar as costas, fugir, escapar. to twist the lion’s tail irritar a Inglaterra. to wear the hair in tails usar o cabelo trançado. with one’s tail between one’s legs com o rabo entre as pernas.————————tailoring -
4 tail
[teil] 1. noun1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) cauda2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) cauda2. verb(to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) seguir- - tailed- tails 3. interjection(a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) coroa- tail-end- tail-light - tail wind - tail off
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