Locuções verbais
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| back away vi phrasal | (retreat) | afastar-se vp |
| | Back away from the cookies and no one gets hurt. |
| | He nodded vaguely, continuing to dodge and back away. |
| bang away vi phrasal | informal (do [sth] persistently) (informal) | pegar pesado expres v |
| | | trabalhar duro, trabalhar muito expres v |
| Nota: Usually followed by 'at sth' or 'on sth'. |
| | I've been banging away at this job for days, and I don't seem to be getting anywhere! |
| bear [sth] away vtr phrasal insep | (carry off after winning) (figurado) | levar vt |
| | The winning team bore away the trophy. |
| bear away vi phrasal | (nautical: change course) | arribar v int |
| beaver away at [sth] vi phrasal | UK, informal (work diligently) | trabalhar arduamente vt + adv |
| blast [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (remove forcefully) | remover à força loc vint |
| | They will blast away the rocks with dynamite. |
| blast away vi phrasal | US, informal (shoot repeatedly) | dar uma rajada loc v |
blow [sb] away,
blow away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (impress greatly) (figurado, informal) | deixar de queixo caído loc v |
| | | impressionar muito loc v |
| | The candidate blew her interviewer away. |
| | A candidata deixou a entrevistadora de queixo caído. |
blow [sb] away,
blow away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (kill by shooting) | matar a tiros loc v |
| | The gunman blew away his victim from close range. |
| | O matador matou a tiros sua vítima à queima roupa. |
blow [sb] away,
blow away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (thoroughly defeat) | derrotar vt |
| | (figurado, informal) | detonar, destruir vt |
| | (figurado, informal) | acabar com vt + prep |
| | The first time he ran, he blew away the competition and came home with a gold medal. |
| | A primeira vez que disputou, ele derrotou a concorrência e voltou para casa com a medalha de ouro. |
| break away vi phrasal | (become separate) | separar-se vp |
| Nota: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun |
| | Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| | Dois dos membros da banda se separaram para formarem uma banda deles. |
| break away from [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (separate: from group) | separar-se vp |
| | Several members broke away from the party to form their own extremist group. |
| break away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (detach, fall off) | separar-se vp |
| | When Sue went to take her cakes out of the oven, the handle broke away from the door. |
brush [sth] aside,
brush aside [sth],
brush [sth] away,
brush away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (dismiss, not consider) | desconsiderar vt |
| | | descartar vt |
| | | não levar a sério loc v |
| | | ignorar, negligenciar vt |
| | The Prime Minister brushed aside any suggestion that the government had failed to deal with the problem. |
| burn away vi phrasal | (be destroyed by fire) | pegar fogo expres v |
| | | queimar v int |
| burn away vi phrasal | (stay alight) (permanecer aceso) | queimar v int |
burn [sth] away,
burn away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (destroy by fire) | queimar vt |
call [sb] away,
call away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (summon [sb]) | convocar vt |
| | | chamar vt |
| | The doctor was suddenly called away, so he is not in the office today. |
| carry [sth/sb] away vtr phrasal sep | (tide, river: sweep off) | levar vt |
| | The boy dropped a stick in the river and the current carried it away. |
cast [sth] away,
cast away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (discard) | jogar fora loc v |
| | | descartar vt |
| cast [sb] away vtr phrasal sep | usually passive (shipwreck) | naufragar v int |
| | | soçobrar v int |
| chip away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (hack pieces off) | desbastar vt |
| | Michelangelo created statues by chipping away at marble with a chisel and hammer. |
| chip away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (decrease gradually) (figurado) | desgastar vt |
| | | erodir vt |
| | The bullying he was subjected to throughout his childhood chipped away at his self-confidence. |
chuck [sth] away,
chuck away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (discard [sth], throw away) | descartar vt |
| clear [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (put away neatly) (guardar objetos) | recolher vt |
| | | retirar vt |
| | After the meal, Fiona began clearing away the plates. |
| come away vi phrasal | (step back, leave) | afastar-se vp |
| | | ir embora expres v |
| | I had to come away or I would have ended up swearing at them. |
| | Eu tive de me afastar ou acabaria os xingando. |
| creep away vi phrasal | (leave stealthily) | sair de fininho loc v |
| crumble away vi phrasal | (disintegrate) | desmoronar-se, desintegrar-se vp |
| | The building will crumble away if they don't start to work on it. |
| cut away vi phrasal | (TV, film: change shot) (tv, cinema) | corte, cutaway vt |
| cut away to [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (TV, film: change shot) (tv, filme) | cortar para próxima cena loc v |
| dash away vi phrasal | (hurry off) | sair correndo loc v |
| die away vi phrasal | (fade, diminish) | diminuir, evaporar v int |
| | | desfalecer v int |
| | It was five full minutes before the applause died away. |
| do away with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | slang (eliminate, get rid of) | eliminar, acabar vt |
| | To improve the overall quality of our milk, we wanted to do away with the use of antibiotics on our cows. |
| | Para melhorar a qualidade do nosso leite, queríamos eliminar o uso de antibióticos nas nossas vacas. |
| do away with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (kill, murder) | eliminar, matar vt |
| | He was a liability to our gang, and we knew sooner or later we would have to do away with him. |
| | Ele era um risco para nossa quadrilha e sabíamos que cedo ou tarde teríamos que eliminá-lo. |
| drain away vi phrasal | figurative (be gradually lost) | desgastar-se, esgotar-se vp |
| | Her strength drained away as she neared the mountain's summit. |
| | A força dela desgastou-se (or: esgotou-se) quando ela se aproximou do cume da montanha. |
| draw away vi phrasal | (retreat, move back) | retirar-se vp |
| drift away vi phrasal | (be carried away, float off) | ir à deriva expres v |
| | He fell asleep on the lilo and slowly drifted away from the beach. |
| | Ele caiu no sono no comando do barco e lentamente foi à deriva para longe da praia. |
| drift away vi phrasal | figurative (lose contact, become estranged) | distanciar-se vp |
| | Sometimes husbands and wives just drift away from each other and end up getting divorced. |
| | Às vezes, os maridos e esposas se distanciam um do outro e acabam se separando. |
| drive away vi phrasal | (depart in a vehicle) | partir de carro expres v |
| | She wiped a tear from her eye as he drove away. |
| | Ela enxugou uma lágrima do olho enquanto ele partia de carro. |
| drop away vi phrasal | (fall off, slope steeply) | decair v int |
| | The edge of the cliff dropped away. |
| drop away vi phrasal | figurative (disappear) | desaparecer v int |
| | Since Paolo started to get sick, all his friends seem to have dropped away. |
eat [sth] away,
eat away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (gnaw at, erode) | desgastar, corroer vt |
| | The chalk cliffs are being eaten away slowly by the action of the sea. |
| eat away at [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal, figurative (worry) (sentido figurado) | corroer vt |
| | Raskolnikov's crime ate away at his peace of mind and, ultimately, his soul. |
| eat away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (erode) | destruir gradualmente |
| | The river eats away at the sand banks every time there's a flood. |
| edge away from [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (distance yourself) | afastar-se de vt |
| | I tried to edge away from the drunk man on the bus. |
| explain [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (account for) | dar uma desculpa, tentar explicar loc v |
| fade away vi phrasal | (grow fainter or less distinct) | desaparecer v int |
| | From here, it looks like the mountains fade away into the distance. The further we walked from the disco, the more the music faded away. |
| | Daqui parece que as montanhas desaparecem no horizonte. Quanto mais nos afastávamos do clube, mais a música desaparecia. |
| fall away vi phrasal | (diminish) | diminuir v int |
| | Attendance at the church fell away as more and more people moved to the suburbs. |
| fall away vi phrasal | figurative (worries, etc.: disappear) | sumir v int |
| | Eventually her emotional burdens simply fell away, and she was her old self again. |
| fall away from [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (abandon) | largar |
| | As he got older he fell away from the church. |
| | Quando ele ficou mais velho, largou a igreja. |
| file [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (put in folder) | arquivar vt |
| | You should file away your receipts after a business trip. |
| file [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | figurative (keep in memory) (figurado) | guardar na memória expres v |
| | It was an interesting piece of information which he filed away for future reference. |
| fire away vi phrasal | informal, figurative (begin asking questions) | perguntar, interrogar v int |
| | (gíria) | mandar brasa loc v |
| | "Professor, could we ask you a few questions?" "Of course. Fire away!" |
| | Professor, podemos fazer algumas perguntas? "Claro! Mande brasa." |
Formas compostas:
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a hairbreadth away (US),
a hair's breadth away (UK) expr | figurative (very close) (pertíssimo) | a um passo de expres |
| | The house that I bought was a hair's breadth away from the sea. |
| a stone's throw away expr | figurative, informal (nearby) (informal) | aqui do lado loc adv |
| | (informal) | bem perto, bem pertinho loc adv |
| | We can easily walk to Martha's house; she lives a stone's throw away. |
| away from [sth/sb] prep | (at a distance) | longe de loc adv |
| | Away from the earthquake's epicentre there was less damage. |
| | Longe do epicentro do terremoto houve menos danos. |
| away game n | (match: not on home field) | partida fora de casa expres |
| | The team are playing an away game this Saturday. |
| away message n | (email response: indicates absence) | mensagem de ausência loc sf |
| | I emailed him but all I got back was an away message. |
| away team n | (sports) (esportes) | time visitante sm + adj |
| away with [sb] interj | (dismiss or remove [sb]) | fora com interj |
| away with [sth] interj | (end or remove [sth]) | chega de interj |
| away with you interj | slang, regional (Leave, get going, be on your way) (informal) | cai fora! interj |
| | Away with you! proclaimed the king. |
| bang away vi + adv | (play instrument loudly) (tocar instrumento musical alto) | quebrar tudo expres |
| | | botar para quebrar expres v |
| | My neighbour is a keen drummer; I hear him banging away throughout the day and night. |
| be taken away vi | euphemism (die) (figurado) | ir-se vp |
| be tucked away v expr | figurative, informal (be concealed or obscured) | estar escondido loc v |
| | Some money was tucked away in the back of the old cabinet. |
blow [sth] away,
blow away [sth] vtr + adv | (wind: carry off) | soprar para longe loc v |
| | | carregar vt |
| | | levar embora loc v |
| | The wind blew the dollar bill away. |
| | O vento soprou a nota de dólar para longe. |
| blow away vi + adv | (be carried off by wind) | ser soprado para longe loc v |
| | | ser carregado, ser levado loc v |
| | The paper bag blew away in a gust of wind. |
| | A bolsa de papel foi soprada para longe em uma rajada de vento. |
| brush [sth] away vtr + adv | (remove) | remover vt |
| | James brushed away his tears and began to smile. |
| cart [sth] away vtr + adv | (remove for disposal) | remover vt |
| | | descartar vt |
| | There was so much junk in the garage that she had to rent a truck to cart it all away. |
| cart [sb] away vtr + adv | informal, figurative (remove, evict [sb] troublesome) | remover, retirar vt |
| | The guards carted away the guy who got into a fight. |
| | Os guardas removeram (or: retiraram) o rapaz que se meteu numa briga. |
cast away,
castaway adj | (discarded) | descartável adj |
cast away,
castaway adj | (shipwrecked) | naufragado adj |
| | | náufrago adj |
chase away [sth/sb],
chase [sth/sb] away vtr + adv | (shoo) | afugentar vt |
| | Chase away that dog before it eats your food. |
chase away [sth/sb],
chase [sth/sb] away vtr + adv | (scare into running away) | afugentar vt |
| | | espantar vt |
| | The farmer grabbed his pitchfork and chased the poachers away. |
chase away [sth/sb],
chase [sth/sb] away vtr + adv | figurative (banish, get rid of) | expulsar, afugentar vt |
| | It was a good luck charm to chase away nightmares. |
| chat away v expr | (converse enthusiastically) | bater papo expres v |
| Nota: often used in continuous tenses |
| | The two elderly ladies were soon chatting away happily as though they had known each other all their lives. |
| come away from [sth] v expr | (leave) | sair v int |
| | Lucy came away from the interview feeling confident that she had got the job. |
| come away from [sth] v expr | (move further) | afastar-se vp |
| | Come away from that cliff edge; it may crumble. |
| come away from [sth] v expr | (become detached) | desprender-se vp |
| | The cupboard door had come away from one of its hinges. |
| cut [sth] away vtr + adv | (remove: with blade) | cortar, extirpar, remover vt |
| Nota: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | To repair the table I had to cut away the damaged veneer and replace it with a matching new piece. |
| cutaway n | (TV, film: scene change) (filme) | corte sm |
| cutaway n | (drawing, model: shows interior) | desenho ergonômico sm |
| cutaway n | US (men's formal coat) | fraque sm |
| cutaway adj | (film shot: rapid change) (cinema) | de corte loc adj |
| | There is a cutaway shot of the child who is listening in the next room. |
| cutaway adj | (drawing, model: shows interior) (figurado, desenho do interior) | corte transversal sm |
| | This cutaway drawing of the earth shows the hot ball at its center. |
| dance the night away v expr | figurative, informal (spend the evening dancing) | dançar a noite toda loc v |
| | Sometimes when you feel really good, you just want to dance the night away. |
| dart away vi + adv | (leave quickly) | escapar, fugir v int |
| | (informal) | cair fora expres v |
day away (US),
day out (UK) n | (one-day trip, outing) | dia fora expres |
| | We had a lovely day out at the seaside. |
| direct [sb/sth] away from [sth] v expr | (point in different direction) (apontar na direção errada) | desviar vt |
| | The police were directing traffic away from the street where they were repairing the gas leak. |
| | A polícia estava desviando o trânsito para longe da rua, onde estavam consertando o vazamento de gás. |
drag [sb] away,
drag away [sb] vtr + adv | (force [sb] to leave) | arrastar vt |
| | | expulsar vt |
| | A police officer was dragging one of the protesters away. |
| drain [sth] away vtr + adv | (filter off) | drenar vt |
| | He dug a ditch to drain away the water that was flooding the lawn. |
| drain away vi + adv | (trickle off, be filtered off) | drenar vt |
| | The washbasin is blocked; the water only drains away very slowly. |
| | O lavatório está entupido, ele drena a água muito lentamente. |
| draw away from [sth/sb] v expr | (retreat from [sth], [sb]) | afastar-se vp |
| | | retirar-se vp |
| draw [sb] away from [sth] v expr | (cause to leave) | fazer sair loc v |
| | What drew you away from your hometown? |
| | O que o fez sair de sua cidade natal? |
| drive [sb/sth] away vtr + adv | (repel, force to leave) | repelir, afugentar, expulsar vt |
| | | fazer sair expres v |
| | She drove him away with her constant nagging. |
| | Ela o repeliu com as constantes reclamações dela. |
| ebb away vi + adv | figurative (gradually disappear) | desvanecer v int |
| far and away expr | (by a large margin) | por considerável diferença expres |
| far away adv | (in the distance) | distante adv |
| | I could see the skyline far away on the horizon. |
| | Eu conseguia ver a linha dos prédios bem distante no horizonte. |
| far away adv | (at a distance) | longe adv |
| | My family lives far away. |
| | Minha família vive longe. |
| far away from [sth/sb] prep | (at a distance) | distante adj |
| | The village where I grew up is far away from here. |
| | A vila onde cresci fica distante daqui. |