English | Portuguese |
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-one (ketone) | -ona{f} |
-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...") [UK: nes] [US: ˈnes] | -ez{f} -eza{f} -idade{f} -idão{f} |
according to one's understanding (as far as one can understand) preposition | pelo que eu saibapreposition pelo que eu seipreposition pelo que seipreposition |
ace up one's sleeve (a surprise of which others are not aware) noun | carta nas mangasnoun ás na manganoun |
act one's age (to be mature and not childish) verb | comporte-severb |
ahead of one's time (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) preposition [UK: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm] [US: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm] | à frente de seu tempopreposition |
all one word (term that is written in a single word) adverb | juntoadverb |
ants in one's pants (agitated and fidgety state) noun | fogo no rabonoun |
as far as one knows (to the best of my knowledge) adverb | até onde eu seiadverb pelo que alguém sabeadverb tanto quanto seiadverb |
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 |
be oneself (to act naturally) verb | ser si mesmoverb |
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 | |
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 |