English | Portuguese |
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sixtysomething (a person between the ages of 60 and 69) noun | sexagenárionoun |
smooth breathing (diacritic mark in Greek) noun | espírito brandonoun |
smooth [smoothed, smoothing, smooths] (make smooth) verb [UK: smuːð] [US: ˈsmuːð] | alisarverb |
something (talent that is hard to pin down) pronoun [UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] | algo maispronoun |
something (unspecified object) pronoun [UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] | algopronoun alguma coisapronoun |
something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right") phrase [UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ɪz ˈrɒt.n̩ ɪn ðə steɪt əv ˈden.mɑːk] [US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ˈɪz ˈrɑːt.n̩ ɪn ðə ˈsteɪt əv ˈden.ˌmɑːrk] | |
soothing (Freeing from fear or anxiety) adjective [UK: ˈsuː.ðɪŋ] [US: ˈsuː.ðɪŋ] | tranquilizanteadjective |
soothing (Giving relief) adjective [UK: ˈsuː.ðɪŋ] [US: ˈsuː.ðɪŋ] | alivianteadjective |
soothe [soothed, soothing, soothes] (to calm or placate) verb [UK: suːð] [US: ˈsuːð] | acalmarverb |
soothe [soothed, soothing, soothes] (to ease or relieve pain) verb [UK: suːð] [US: ˈsuːð] | aliviarverb |
spaceworthiness (the state or condition of being spaceworthy) noun | |
stop at nothing (take any measures to do something) verb | pare em nadaverb |
sunbathe [sunbathed, sunbathing, sunbathes] (to expose one's body to the sun) verb [UK: ˈsʌn.beɪð] [US: ˈsʌn.ˌbeð] | |
sweep something under the rug (to conceal a problem expediently) verb | |
take something in stride (cope with something unfortunate without much effort) verb | levar numa boaverb |
talk someone into something (persuade someone to do something by talking to them) verb | |
thanks for nothing (unhappy for actual unhelpfulness) interjection | obrigada por nadainterjection obrigado por nadainterjection |
the more things change, the more they stay the same ( change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life) phrase | mais elas ficam iguaisphrase |
the thing is (introduce main point) phrase | é quephrase |
there is nothing new under the sun (there is nothing new) phrase | nada de novo debaixo do solphrase nada de novo sob o solphrase |
there's no such thing as a free lunch (nothing is free; everything has a price) phrase | não existe almoço de graçaphrase não existe almoço grátisphrase |
to say nothing of (apophasis used to mention another important, usually related, point) conjunction | quanto maisconjunction |
unearth [unearthed, unearthing, unearths] (to dig up) verb [UK: ʌn.ˈɜːθ] [US: ʌ.ˈnɝːθ] | desenterrarverb |
unthinkable (incapable of being believed; incredible) adjective [UK: ʌn.ˈθɪŋk.əb.l̩] [US: ʌn.ˈθɪŋk.əb.l̩] | impensáveladjective |
up to something (doing something mischievous or scheming) adjective | aprontaradjective |
wear thin (to lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse) verb | desgastarverb gastarverb |
wishful thinking (illusion that what one would like is true) noun [UK: ˈwɪʃ.fəl ˈθɪŋk.ɪŋ] [US: ˈwɪʃ.fəl ˈθɪŋk.ɪŋ] | pensamento desejosonoun wishful thinkingnoun |
within (spatial enclosure) preposition [UK: wɪð.ˈɪn] [US: wɪð.ˈɪn] | dentro depreposition |
wolf in sheep's clothing (someone or something harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant) noun [UK: wʊlf ɪn ˈʃiːps ˈkləʊ.ðɪŋ] [US: ˈwʊlf ɪn ˈʃiːps ˈkloʊ.ðɪŋ] |