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1 work up
1) (to excite or rouse gradually: She worked herself up into a fury. ( adjective worked-up: Don't get so worked-up!).) irritar(-se)2) (to raise or create: I just can't work up any energy/appetite/enthusiasm today.) criar -
2 work up
1) (to excite or rouse gradually: She worked herself up into a fury. ( adjective worked-up: Don't get so worked-up!).) irritar-se2) (to raise or create: I just can't work up any energy/appetite/enthusiasm today.) criar -
3 throw oneself into
(to begin (doing something) with great energy: She threw herself into her work with enthusiasm.) atirar-se a -
4 throw oneself into
(to begin (doing something) with great energy: She threw herself into her work with enthusiasm.) lançar-se -
5 apathy
['æpəƟi](a lack of interest or enthusiasm: his apathy towards his work.) apatia- apathetically* * *ap.a.thy['æpəθi] n apatia, indiferença, desinteresse. -
6 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada6) ((computers) a disk drive.)•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *[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. -
7 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) coração2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centro3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) coração4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) coragem5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) coração6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) copas•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.)- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart* * *[ha:t] n 1 coração. 2 núcleo, âmago, centro. 3 alma. 4 amor, afeição, inclinação. 5 ânimo, coragem. 6 hearts copas (baralho). bless my heart! meu Deus! he has set his heart on it ele afeiçoou-se a isso. he puts his heart in his work ele se empenha de corpo e alma no seu trabalho. I find it in my heart estou disposto a. in good heart descansado (solo). in the heart of hearts no fundo do coração. it cuts me to the heart isso me dói no coração. out of heart desanimado, desencorajado. the heart of the matter o essencial da questão. to give (lose) one’s heart apaixonar-se. to learn by heart decorar. to lose heart perder o ânimo. to pluck up heart reanimar-se. to speak to one’s heart confortar, encorajar, animar. with all one’s heart com todo o coração. with heart and soul de corpo e alma. -
8 team spirit
(willingness of each member of a team or group to work together with loyalty and enthusiasm.) espírito de equipa* * *team spir.it[ti:m sp'irit] n espírito de equipe: espírito de cooperação com outros e com o trabalho. -
9 pep-talk
noun (a talk intended to arouse enthusiasm, or to make people work harder, better etc: The director gave all the staff a pep-talk.) discurso animador -
10 apathy
['æpəƟi](a lack of interest or enthusiasm: his apathy towards his work.) apatia- apathetically -
11 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) dirigir2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar de carro3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) conduzir4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio de carro2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) ímpeto4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) tacada6) ((computers) a disk drive.) drive•- driver- driver's license - drive-in - drive-through - driving licence - be driving at - drive off - drive on -
12 pep-talk
noun (a talk intended to arouse enthusiasm, or to make people work harder, better etc: The director gave all the staff a pep-talk.) discurso de incentivo -
13 team spirit
(willingness of each member of a team or group to work together with loyalty and enthusiasm.) espírito de equipe
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work up — work (yourself) up to make yourself excited or upset. You ve worked yourself up over just meeting a girl for a drink? I can t work up any enthusiasm for this plan … New idioms dictionary
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