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weep
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weep
v. cry; shed tears; mourn with tears; exude liquid, drip (as with sweat) n. cry; fit of crying |
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drip
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s. pingo, gota, goteira
v. gotejar, pingar n. drop, drizzle, dribble v. drizzle, dribble, drop |
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drop
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n. small globule of liquid, drip; very small amount; pendant; piece of candy, lozenge; act of dropping supplies from a plane; sudden descent, fall
v. fall; make fall; bring down; go down; parachute; omit; let go; abandon |
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sweat
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v. perspire; work hard; collect moisture from condensation; worry, be concerned
n. perspiration, moisture excreted by the sweat glands; act of perspiring; droplets of moisture on a surface, condensation; hard work; worry, stress, anxiety (Informal) |
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moisture
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n. dampness, humidity; wetness
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urge
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v. incite, provoke, goad; impel, encourage; plead; advise
urged strongly advised, tried to persuade |
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ransom
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n. redemption of a prisoner for a price; sum paid for the release of a prisoner
v. release, liberate, free; pay money for the release of a prisoner ... estimated $2m ransom paid by the yacht owner for the crew's release. |
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hostage
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n. captive, pawn, someone held prisoner by a person or group in order to force another person or group to meet their demands
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allegedly
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when people say something is true but cannot prove it with facts
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pave the way for
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make preparations for, get things ready for; make things easier for
pave v. make a road; lay tiles |
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resumption
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n. recommencement, act of beginning again; act of retaking; continuation
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cattle
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domesticated bovine farm animals that are raised for their meat or milk, for their hides, or for draft purposes.
s. gado, criação de gado |
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mad
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adj. crazy, insane; furious, angry
mad cow disease - " doença da vaca louca". |
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summit meeting
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meeting of the highest representatives of countries
summit n. highest point, pinnacle, peak; greatest success, highest aspiration, highest level that can be reached; most important and influential government officials |
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lift
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v. raise, move upward; pick up; elevate; cheer, raise one's spirits; cancel, end, remove; steal (Slang)
lifting the ban - suspending the ban. |
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threaten
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v. intimidate, endanger
v. ameaçar, por em risco |
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livelihood
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n. means of supporting oneself, maintenance, sustenance, occupation
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freak
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v. frighten, distress, excite; become frightened, become excited; become emotionally unstable, lose emotional control; use drugs; drug; act abnormally under the influence of drugs; spot, streak
n. capricious notion or occurrence; deviation, abnormality |
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freak out
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become very excited, go wild, lose one's cool, undergo a sudden mood change (Slang)
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loiters around
hang around linger, pass time, loiter; spend time with hang around vadiar, vagabundar; deter-se, demorar-se |
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hang
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n. manner in which something hangs; knack, gist of how to do or operate something
v. suspend; be suspended; attach, affix; let droop; execute by suspending by the neck (from a gallows, gibbet, etc.); depend; be closely attentive; be stuck, stop working |
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knack
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n. special skill, ability; crackle; gist, feel, hang
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• come up with
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think of, be struck with, invent (an idea)
• come up with propor, sugerir |
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• airship
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a large aircraft without wings that consists of a large bag filled with gas which is lighter than air and powered by engines (in the past, airships were used to carry passengers - in an enclosed structure hanging below)
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guts
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plural noun INFORMAL
bravery; the ability to control fear and to deal with danger and uncertainty: [+ to infinitive] It takes a lot of guts to admit to so many people that you've made a mistake. gut v. disembowel, eviscerate; remove the internal contents of; destroy the inside of n. intestines, alimentary canal; bowels, entrails; inner parts, contents of anything; sinew (used for violin strings, tennis rackets, etc.) |
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spine
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n. strength of character; spinal column of a vertebrate; pointy projection (Zoology); prickle, thorn (Biology); binding of a book; narrow mountain peak, ridge;
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yield
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n. crop, harvest, return, produce; income, profit
yield (PRODUCE) verb [T] to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: an attempt to yield increased profits The investigation yielded some unexpected results. Favourable weather yielded a good crop. |
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wail
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v. lament, mourn, cry for
n. lamentation, cry of grief a collective wail a long mournful high-pitched cry from many very sad people who have gathered in the same place at the same time wail v. choramingar, lamentar, prantear, gemer s. lamento, pranto, queixume |
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wreath
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Workers here laid wreaths outside the town's school.
wreath s. coroa de flores; anel; grinalda |
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landslide
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landslide
n. falling of a mass of earth and rocks; collapse of a hillside; great victory; winning of an election by a large majority v. fall, slide down (of a mass of dirt and rocks); win an election by a large majority it was engulfed in a landslide, hundreds of children died. |
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Slash
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slash
v. cut with a sharp quick stroke, gash, wound; reduce, lower; make sharp quick strokes; strongly criticize; create a way by cutting |
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Lay off
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lay sb off (NOT EMPLOY) phrasal verb [M often passive]
to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do: Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers. lay off postpone; fire, dismiss from a job |
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pervade (v)
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pervade Show phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL When qualities, characteristics or smells pervade a place or thing, they spread through it and are present in every part of it: The film is a reflection of the violence that pervades American culture. pervade [per·vade || pər'veɪd /pə'v-] v. penetrar; atravessar; encher; impregnar pervasive Show phonetics adjective FORMAL present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place: The influence of Freud is pervasive in her books. a pervasive smell of diesel Reforms are being undermined by the all-pervasive corruption in the country. |