with+pleasure

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[w'elk∧m] n saudação amável, boas-vindas, bom acolhimento, recepção cordial. they gave him a kind welcome / deram-lhe cordiais boas-vindas. she made him welcome / ela deu as boas-vindas a ele, recebeu-o bem. • vt saudar amavelmente, dar as boas-vindas a, dar bom acolhimento ou recepção cordial a, receber com agrado, com alegria. • adj 1 bem-vindo, bem recebido. 2 agradável. 3 à vontade, sem restrições. you are welcome to go / o senhor tem toda liberdade de ir. you are welcome to it / está às suas ordens. you are welcome to your own opinion / ironic você pode pensar o que quiser. • interj bem-vindo! seja bem-vindo! to wear out one’s welcome abusar da hospitalidade. welcome home! seja bem-vindo a nossa casa! words of welcome palavras de saudação. you’re welcome (como resposta a thank you) disponha sempre, de nada, não há de quê.

- welcoming

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[wæg] n Brit, sl trocista, gaiato, gracejador.

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[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).

1) (to look at with great pleasure and often to express this pleasure: I've just been admiring your new car.) admirar

2) (to have a very high opinion of (something or someone): I admire John's courage.) admirar

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- admirable

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[ədm'aiə] vt 1 admirar, apreciar, prezar. 2 falar ou contemplar com admiração, reverenciar, adorar. 3 Amer gostar de alguém. 4 arch ficar maravilhado.

1) (to look at with great pleasure and often to express this pleasure: I've just been admiring your new car.) admirar

2) (to have a very high opinion of (something or someone): I admire John's courage.) admirar

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1) (a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing: She has a great love of music; her love for her children.) amor

2) (strong attachment with sexual attraction: They are in love with one another.) amor

3) (a person or thing that is thought of with (great) fondness (used also as a term of affection): Ballet is the love of her life; Goodbye, love!) amor

4) (a score of nothing in tennis: The present score is fifteen love (written 15-0).) love

1) (to be (very) fond of: She loves her children dearly.) amar

2) (to take pleasure in: They both love dancing.) gostar de

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- lovable

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[l∧v] n 1 amor, forte afeição. 2 pessoa amada. 3 cupido. 4 Sport pontuação zero (no tênis). • vt+vi amar, querer, gostar de. for love of one’s country por amor à pátria. for love or money de qualquer maneira. labour of love trabalho caritativo ou desinteressado. there’s no love last between them não se toleram. to fall in love apaixonar-se. to make love to fazer amor. to play for love jogar por passatempo.

1) (to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point: You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.) balançar

2) (to walk with a stride: He swung along the road.) gingar

3) (to turn suddenly: He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.) virar

1) (an act, period, or manner, of swinging: He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.) balanço

2) (a swinging movement: the swing of the dancers' skirts.) oscilação

3) (a strong dancing rhythm: The music should be played with a swing.) ritmo

4) (a change in public opinion etc: a swing away from the government.) viragem

5) (a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.) baloiço

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- swinging

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[swiŋ] n 1 balanceio, balouço, oscilação, balanço, vaivém, amplitude de oscilação. 2 impulso. 3 balanço, brinquedo. 4 andar, movimento balançante. 5 ritmo, movimento rítmico. he got into the swing of his work / ele familiarizou-se com seu trabalho. 6 golpe de boxe dado com movimento giratório do braço. 7 liberdade de ação. let young people have their swing / deixe aos moços a sua liberdade. 8 movimento, atividade. 9 (também swing music) tipo de música e dança. 10 inclinação, propensão, tenência, vocação. 11 volta, passeio em trajeto circular. 12 grande alteração, virada. 13 flutuação periódica. • vt+vi (ps swung, swang, pp swung) 1 balançar, oscilar. 2 girar, voltear. 3 mover-se em linha curva. 4 mover-se livremente. 5 pender, pendurar, estar suspenso ou pendurado. 6 brandir, vibrar. 7 Amer, coll influenciar ou lidar com sucesso. 8 tocar música em ritmo de swing. 9 gingar, agitar, mover-se com ritmo. 10 coll morrer enforcado. 11 brincar no balanço. 12 entrar em atividade. 13 badalar, freqüentar os lugares da moda. 14 ter vida sexual ativa e variada. • adj relativo à dança ou música de swing. he’ll swing it coll ele dará um jeito. in full swing em plena atividade, em pleno funcionamento. let him have his full swing of pleasure / deixe-o divertir-se à vontade. swings and roundabouts uma situação na qual vantagens e desvantagens se equivalem. to go with a swing a) ser ritmado. b) seguir sem dificuldades. to swing about sacudir, abalar. to swing both ways ser bissexual. to swing by fazer uma breve visita. to swing into line Mil efetuar uma volta. to swing open abrir-se (porta). to swing round girar, virar-se. to swing the lead sl simular doença para evitar fazer sua tarefa, seu trabalho.

1) (a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing: She has a great love of music; her love for her children.) amor

2) (strong attachment with sexual attraction: They are in love with one another.) amor

3) (a person or thing that is thought of with (great) fondness (used also as a term of affection): Ballet is the love of her life; Goodbye, love!) paixão

4) (a score of nothing in tennis: The present score is fifteen love (written 15-0).) zero

1) (to be (very) fond of: She loves her children dearly.) amar

2) (to take pleasure in: They both love dancing.) adorar, gostar de

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1) (to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner: The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder.) tratar

2) (to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc): They treated her for a broken leg.) tratar

3) (to put (something) through a process: The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical.) tratar

4) (to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone): I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat.) oferecer

5) (to write or speak about; to discuss.) tratar de

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[tri:t] n 1 festa, convite para comer e beber, regalo. it’s my treat / é a minha vez de convidar. 2 divertimento, prazer, alegria. it was a treat to hear it / foi um prazer ouvir isso. 3 delícia. • vt+vi 1 tratar, agir com, lidar com. 2 considerar, pensar sobre. 3 medicar, tratar. he treated me for gastritis / ele tratou da minha gastrite. we treated ourselves to some wine / regalamo-nos com um pouco de vinho. 4 discutir, tratar de um assunto. 5 oferecer (comida e bebida), convidar, regalar. I treated him to an ice / ofereci-lhe um sorvete. 6 pagar as despesas. to treat of tratar de, ventilar. to treat with a) entrar em entendimento com. b) Med tratar com, por meio de. to treat someone like a doormat coll, to treat someone like shit tratar alguém muito mal, fazer capacho de alguém.

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.)

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- driver

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[draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) dirigir

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar de carro

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) conduzir

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio de carro

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) ímpeto

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) tacada

6) ((computers) a disk drive.) drive

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1) (to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner: The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder.) tratar

2) (to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc): They treated her for a broken leg.) tratar

3) (to put (something) through a process: The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical.) tratar

4) (to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone): I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat.) oferecer

5) (to write or speak about; to discuss.) tratar de

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1) (to make (someone) laugh: I was amused at the monkey's antics.) divertir

2) (to interest or give pleasure to (for a time): They amused themselves playing cards.) entreter-se

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- amusement

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[əmj'u:z] vt+vi 1 divertir, deleitar, fazer rir. you amuse me / você me faz rir. he is not easy to amuse / não é fácil diverti-lo. 2 entreter, distrair, recrear. he amused himself with reading / ele se entreteve com a leitura.

1) (a heavy stick etc used as a weapon.) maça

2) (a bat or stick used in certain games (especially golf): Which club will you use?) taco

3) (a number of people meeting for study, pleasure, games etc: the local tennis club.) clube

4) (the place where these people meet: He goes to the club every Friday.) clube

5) (one of the playing-cards of the suit clubs.) paus

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[kl∧b] n 1 cacete, porrete, cassetete, clava, maça. 2 Sport taco. 3 clube, grêmio, sociedade. 4 Gambling (geralmente clubs) naipe de paus, paus. king of clubs / rei de paus. clubs are trump / naipe de paus é trunfo. • vt+vi 1 bater, abater, golpear com porrete, esbordoar, cacetar, maçar. 2 unir(-se), reunir(-se), associar-se. 3 voltar o fuzil com a coronha para cima. • adj de ou relativo a clube. at the club no clube. Indian club exercise ginástica com clavas de madeira. Indian clubs maças de madeira usadas em ginástica. Jean is in the club sl Jean está esperando bebê (diz-se de mulher solteira). to club the musket dar coronhada. to club together 1 unir-se, juntar-se. 2 cotizar-se, subscrever dinheiro. to join the club Brit sl estar na mesma situação.

- congratulatory

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[kəngr'ætʃuleit] vt+vi congratular(-se), felicitar, dar parabéns (on, upon something pelo, por alguma coisa).

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[glout] n exultação maligna, regozijo. • vi olhar com satisfação maligna, regozijar-se, tripudiar, sentir-se triunfante com a desgraça alheia. to gloat on, upon, over exultar com malignidade sobre.

1) (having or showing a feeling of pleasure or contentment: a happy smile; I feel happy today.) feliz

2) (willing: I'd be happy to help you.) contente

3) (lucky: By a happy chance I have the key with me.) feliz

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[h'æpi] adj 1 feliz, contente, satisfeito. I am happy to see you / estou feliz em vê-lo. 2 próspero, venturoso. 3 favorável. 4 muito apropriado, adequado, acertado. he is happy in his replies / ele dá respostas acertadas. 5 auspicioso. to be happy of something ser entendido em um assunto. to count oneself happy dar-se por feliz.