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121 white
1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) branco2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) branco3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) branco4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) com leite2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) branco2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) branco3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) clara4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) branco dos olhos•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) caiar- white wine* * *[wait] n 1 branco (cor, pessoa ou objeto). 2 brancura, alvura. 3 whites roupas brancas. • vt branquear, alvejar. • adj 1 branco ou quase branco, alvo. 2 pálido, lívido. 3 claro, transparente. 4 nevoso. 5 prateado, da cor da prata, grisalho, encanecido. 6 vestido de branco. 7 fig puro, imaculado, inocente, ingênuo. 8 sl limpo, direito, correto. 9 sl frio, rude. 10 real, reacionário, monarquista. as white as a sheet branco como cera. dressed in white vestido de branco. he turns up the white of his eyes ele vira os olhos. they bled him white roubaram-no até a camisa, deixaram-no de tanga. white of the eye branco do olho. -
122 white-collar
adjective ((of workers, jobs etc) not manual; (working) in an office etc.) burocrata* * *white-col.lar[wait k'ɔlə] adj Amer 1 de ou relativo às pessoas que usam paletó e gravata. 2 colarinho branco: funcionários administrativos. -
123 white-faced
white-faced[wait f'eist] adj 1 de face pálida. 2 de cara branca (cavalo). -
124 white-haired
white-haired[wait h'ɛəd] adj de cabelos brancos, grisalho. -
125 white-hot
adjective ((of metals) so hot that they have turned white: a white-hot poker.) incandescente* * *white-hot[wait h'ɔt] adj 1 aquecido ao (rubro) branco, incandescente. 2 inflamado, excitado. 3 violento. -
126 white-knuckle
white-knuck.le[wait n'∧kəl] adj cheio de tensão e ansiedade. -
127 white-livered
white-liv.ered[wait l'ivəd] adj 1 covarde. 2 de aspecto doentio. -
128 before (very) long
(soon: Come in and wait - he'll be here before long!) dentro em breve
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wait — [wāt] vi. [ME waiten < NormFr waitier < Frank * wahten, to guard, akin to OHG wahta, a guard, watch: for IE base see WAKE1] 1. to stay in a place or remain in readiness or in anticipation (until something expected happens or for someone to… … English World dictionary
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Wait — Wait, n. [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See {Wait}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. [1913 Webster] There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El Paso. S … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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wait — ► VERB 1) stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event. 2) be delayed or deferred. 3) (wait on/upon) act as an attendant to. 4) act as a waiter or waitress. ► NOUN 1) a period of waiting. 2) … English terms dictionary
wait up — wait for me, wait until I catch up Danny, wait up. I want to talk to you … English idioms
wait on — (someone) to serve someone. She waited on customers all day at the department store. He sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him! Related vocabulary: wait on someone hand and foot … New idioms dictionary
