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61 plummet
1. past tense, past participle - plummetted; verb((of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly: The rock plummeted to the bottom of the cliff.) cair verticalmente2. noun(An indicator hung down to see if something is vertical.) -
62 pull
[pul] 1. verb1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) puxar2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) tragar3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) remar4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) arrancar2. noun1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) puxão, tragada2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) atração3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) influência•- pull down - pull a face / faces at - pull a face / faces - pull a gun on - pull off - pull on - pull oneself together - pull through - pull up - pull one's weight - pull someone's leg -
63 quantity
['kwontəti](the size, weight, number etc of something, especially a large size etc: What quantity of paper do you need?; I buy these goods in quantity; a small quantity of cement; large quantities of tinned food.) quantidade- an unknown quantity -
64 shoulder
['ʃəuldə] 1. noun1) (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm: He was carrying the child on his shoulders.) ombro2) (anything that resembles a shoulder: the shoulder of the hill.)3) (the part of a garment that covers the shoulder: the shoulder of a coat.) ombro, ombreira4) (the upper part of the foreleg of an animal.) quarto dianteiro2. verb1) (to lift on to the shoulder: He shouldered his pack and set off on his walk.) carregar nas costas2) (to bear the full weight of: He must shoulder his responsibilities.) arcar com3) (to make (one's way) by pushing with the shoulder: He shouldered his way through the crowd.) abrir caminho com os ombros•- put one's shoulder to the wheel - shoulder to shoulder -
65 standard
['stændəd] 1. noun1) (something used as a basis of measurement: The kilogram is the international standard of weight.) padrão2) (a basis for judging quality, or a level of excellence aimed at, required or achieved: You can't judge an amateur artist's work by the same standards as you would judge that of a trained artist; high standards of behaviour; His performance did not reach the required standard.) padrão3) (a flag or carved figure etc fixed to a pole and carried eg at the front of an army going into battle.) estandarte, pavilhão2. adjective((accepted as) normal or usual; The Post Office likes the public to use a standard size of envelope.) padrão- standardise - standardization - standardisation - standard-bearer - be up to / below standard - standard of living -
66 stone
[stəun] 1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) pedra2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) pedra3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.)4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) pedra5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) caroço6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) stone7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) cálculo2. verb1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) apedrejar2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) descaroçar•- stony- stonily - stoniness - stone-cold - stone-dead - stone-deaf - stoneware - stonework - leave no stone unturned - a stone's throw -
67 weigh in
to find one's weight before a fight, after a horse-race etc (noun weigh-in) pesar
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