Inglês | Português |
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at once (immediately) adverb [UK: ət wʌns] [US: ət ˈwəns] | na horaadverb |
at one stroke (with a single effort or act) preposition | de uma tacadapreposition de uma tacada sópreposition |
at the top of one's lungs preposition | a plenos pulmõespreposition o mais alto que puderpreposition |
at the top of one's voice preposition [UK: ət ðə tɒp əv wʌnz vɔɪs] [US: ət ðə ˈtɑːp əv wʌnz ˌvɔɪs] | o mais alto que puderpreposition |
back to square one (located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure) adjective | voltar à estaca zeroadjective |
base on (to derive (a work) from) verb | basearverb |
be oneself (to act naturally) verb | ser si mesmoverb |
beauty is only skin deep (a person's character is more important than their outward appearance) phrase | |
bite off more than one can chew (To try to do too much) verb [UK: baɪt ɒf mɔː(r) ðæn wʌn kæn tʃuː] [US: ˈbaɪt ˈɒf ˈmɔːr ˈðæn wʌn ˈkæn ˈtʃuː] | |
bite the hand that feeds one (cause harm to a benefactor) verb | |
blow one's nose (to expel mucus from nose) verb [UK: bləʊ wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈbloʊ wʌnz noʊz] | assoar o narizverb |
blow up in one's face (fail disastrously) verb | |
border on (be almost like some other thing) verb [UK: ˈbɔː.də(r) ɒn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈbɔːr.dər ɑːn ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] | beirarverb |
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (born rich or in a wealthy family) adjective | nascer em berço de ouroadjective |
break one's fast (archaic: to eat breakfast) verb [UK: breɪk wʌnz fɑːst] [US: ˈbreɪk wʌnz ˈfæst] | desjejuarverb |
brush one's teeth (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) verb [UK: brʌʃ wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈbrəʃ wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | lavar os dentesverb |
burn one's bridges verb | |
by oneself (without company) preposition [UK: baɪ wʌn.ˈself] [US: baɪ wʌn.ˈself] | por si sópreposition sópreposition |
by oneself (without help) preposition [UK: baɪ wʌn.ˈself] [US: baɪ wʌn.ˈself] | sozinhopreposition |
by the skin of one's teeth (barely, closely) preposition [UK: baɪ ðə skɪn əv wʌnz tiːθ] [US: baɪ ðə ˈskɪn əv wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | por um fiopreposition por um trizpreposition |
carry-on (taken onto an airplane with a passenger) adjective | bagagem de mão fadjective |
carry-on (the luggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger) noun | bagagem de mãonoun |
carry oneself (behave, especially with respect to speech, body language, etc.) verb | comportar-severb portar-severb |
change one's mind (to decide differently than one had decided before) verb [UK: tʃeɪndʒ wʌnz maɪnd] [US: ˈtʃeɪndʒ wʌnz ˈmaɪnd] | mudar de ideiaverb |
cheat on (be unfaithful to) verb [UK: tʃiːt ɒn] [US: ˈtʃiːt ɑːn] | trairverb |
cheer on (to cheer and support) verb | torcerverb |
come on (expression of disbelief) interjection [UK: kʌm ɒn] [US: ˈkəm ɑːn] | pelo amor de Deusinterjection |
come on (hurry up) interjection [UK: kʌm ɒn] [US: ˈkəm ɑːn] | anda!interjection vamos!interjection |
come on to (make a romantic or sexual advance to) verb | dar em cimaverb |
corn on the cob (cooked ears of corn) noun | milho cozidonoun milho na espiganoun |
count angels on pinheads (to spend time on fruitless intellectual matters) verb |