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1 worker
1) (a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: office-workers; car-workers.) trabalhador2) (a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.) trabalhador3) (a person who works (hard etc): He's a slow/hard worker.) trabalhador* * *work.er[w'əkə] n 1 trabalhador, operário, obreiro, artesão. 2 Zool abelha ou formiga obreira. social worker assistente social. -
2 be (out) on strike
((of workers) to be striking: The electricity workers are (out) on strike.) estar em greve -
3 be (out) on strike
((of workers) to be striking: The electricity workers are (out) on strike.) estar em greve -
4 bluecollar
adjective ((of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc: Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff.) operário -
5 pay off
1) (to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed: Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.) despedir2) (to have good results: His hard work paid off.) compensar -
6 pay-roll
1) (a list of all the workers in a factory etc: We have 450 people on the pay-roll.) folha de pagamentos2) (the total amount of money to be paid to all the workers: The thieves stole the pay-roll.) dinheiro dos ordenados -
7 be (out) on strike
((of workers) to be striking: The electricity workers are (out) on strike.) estar em greve -
8 be (out) on strike
((of workers) to be striking: The electricity workers are (out) on strike.) estar em greve -
9 bluecollar
adjective ((of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc: Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff.) operário -
10 pay off
1) (to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed: Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.) dar as contas2) (to have good results: His hard work paid off.) dar resultado -
11 pay-roll
1) (a list of all the workers in a factory etc: We have 450 people on the pay-roll.) folha de pagamento2) (the total amount of money to be paid to all the workers: The thieves stole the pay-roll.) folha de pagamento -
12 worker
1) (a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: office-workers; car-workers.) trabalhador2) (a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.) trabalhador3) (a person who works (hard etc): He's a slow/hard worker.) trabalhador -
13 arbitrate
(to act as an arbitrator in a dispute etc: He has been asked to arbitrate in the dispute between the workers and management.) arbitrar- arbitrator* * *ar.bi.trate['a:bitreit] vt+vi 1 arbitrar, decidir como árbitro. 2 servir como árbitro. 3 submeter ao julgamento por árbitros. -
14 as a general rule
(usually; in most cases: As a general rule, we don't employ unskilled workers.) regra geral* * *as a general rulecomo regra geral, em geral. -
15 collect
[kə'lekt] 1. verb1) (to bring or come together; to gather: People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.) reunir2) (to call for and take away: She collects the children from school each day.) buscar•- collection
- collective 2. noun(a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them.) cooperativa- collector* * *col.lect[k'ɔlekt] n coleta: oração que na missa precede a Epístola. the collect for Easter Sunday / a coleta para domingo de Páscoa. • vt+vi [kəl'ekt] 1 colecionar, juntar, coletar, coligir. the postman collects the letters / o carteiro faz a coleta das cartas. 2 reunir(-se). 3 cobrar, receber contas. 4 recobrar, recuperar(-se), restabelecer(-se). 5 arrecadar, recolher, angariar. 6 buscar. 7 inferir, deduzir, concluir. • adj [kal'ekt] pagável pelo recebedor. • adv a cobrar, a pagar. a collect call uma ligação (telefônica) a cobrar. to collect oneself recompor-se, controlar-se. -
16 crèche
[kreʃ]1) (a nursery for babies whose mothers are at work etc: Some factories have creches for the children of their workers.) infantário2) (a miniature stable with figurines of the Virgin Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus etc.)* * *crèche[kreʃ] n Fr 1 creche. 2 orfanato. 3 presépio (de Natal). -
17 demand
1. verb1) (to ask or ask for firmly and sharply: I demanded an explanation.) exigir2) (to require or need: This demands careful thought.) exigir2. noun1) (a request made so that it sounds like a command: They refused to meet the workers' demands for more money.) exigência2) (an urgent claim: The children make demands on my time.) exigência3) (willingness or desire to buy or obtain (certain goods etc); a need for (certain goods etc): There's no demand for books of this kind.) procura•- on demand* * *de.mand[dim'a:nd] n 1 demanda, pretensão, exigência, reclamação. 2 investigação. 3 requerimento. 4 informação. 5 Com grande saída, necessidade. 6 reivindicação. • vt 1 pedir, exigir, requerer, reclamar, ter necessidade de, ir à procura de. 2 interpelar, perguntar, demandar. 3 intentar ação judicial contra, litigar, pleitear. 4 insistir em. demand and supply oferta e procura. demand for procura de, saída de. demand upon direito a. in demand, in great demand muito procurado. on demand contra apresentação. -
18 hand-picked
adjective (chosen very carefully: a hand-picked team of workers.) escolhido a dedo* * *hand-picked[hænd p'ikt] adj 1 colhido à mão. 2 escolhido a dedo. -
19 hear
[hiə]past tense, past participle - heard; verb1) (to (be able to) receive (sounds) by ear: I don't hear very well; Speak louder - I can't hear you; I didn't hear you come in.) ouvir2) (to listen to for some purpose: A judge hears court cases; Part of a manager's job is to hear workers' complaints.) ouvir3) (to receive information, news etc, not only by ear: I've heard that story before; I hear that you're leaving; `Have you heard from your sister?' `Yes, I got a letter from her today'; I've never heard of him - who is he? This is the first I've heard of the plan.) ouvir (falar)•- hearing- hearing-aid
- hearsay
- hear! hear!
- I
- he will
- would not hear of* * *[hiə] vt (ps and pp heard) 1 ouvir, escutar. 2 dar ouvidos, prestar atenção. 3 atender. 4 examinar, interrogar. 5 saber, ficar informado, ter notícia ( about sobre, of, from de). I heard of it / eu soube disso. I heard from him / tive notícias dele. I will not hear of it / não quero saber nada disso. hear me out! deixe-me acabar de falar! I heard him his lessons eu o fiz recitar as lições. -
20 house
1. plural - houses; noun1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) casa2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) casa3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) casa4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) casa2. verb1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) alojar2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) guardar•- housing- housing benefit
- house agent
- house arrest
- houseboat
- housebreaker
- housebreaking
- house-fly
- household
- householder
- household word
- housekeeper
- housekeeping
- houseman
- housetrain
- house-warming 3. adjectivea house-warming party.) de inauguração- housework
- like a house on fire* * *[haus] n 1 casa, moradia, residência, habitação, domicílio, lar. 2 edifício. 3 firma, casa comercial. 4 família. 5 parlamento, câmara. 6 lugar de diversão. 7 asilo, internato. 8 platéia, assistência, assistentes ou ouvintes. 9 sl bordel. • [hauz] vt+vi 1 morar. 2 alojar(-se), abrigar, recolher(-se). an appreciative house um público apreciativo. boarding house alojamento. like a house on fire fig com sucesso. house of call n 1 albergue. 2 agência de empregos. house of cards castelo de cartas (também fig). House of Commons Câmara dos Comuns (da Grã-Bretanha). house of correction instituto correcional, penitenciária. House of God igreja. House of Lords Câmara dos Lordes. House of Representatives Câmara dos Deputados (EUA, Austrália, Nova Zelândia). open house casa aberta (visitas podem chegar a qualquer hora, sem necessidade de convite especial). this is on the house Amer esta rodada fica por conta da casa. to bring the house down fazer a casa vir abaixo, provocar aplausos. to keep an open house ser hospitaleiro. to keep house fazer o serviço doméstico e não sair para trabalhar fora. to keep the house ficar em casa.
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