| Formas compostas: |
about (UK),
around (US) adv | (in the opposing direction) | em direção contrária, em sentido oposto loc adv |
| | He whirled about and saw that his girlfriend was behind him. |
| | João se virou para olhar em direção contrária e viu que a sua namorada estava atrás dele. |
| at attention adv | (military: standing straight) (militar) | em posição de sentido loc adv |
backward,
also UK: backwards adv | mainly US, figurative (towards previous state) | em direção contrária, em sentido contrário loc adv |
| | Drake thought he was making progress, but suddenly he felt he was moving backward. |
| | Drake achou que estava melhorando, mas de repente sentiu que estava caminhando na direção contrária. |
| click vi | figurative, informal (suddenly be clear, understood) (BRA) | cair a ficha expres v |
| | | fazer sentido expres v |
| | Suddenly it clicked; John was the elder brother Maria had told me about. |
| clockwise adv | (in clockwise direction) (direção) | sentido horário loc adv |
| | Rotate the image clockwise by 90 degrees. |
| clockwise adj | (going in clockwise direction) | em sentido horário loc adj |
| | Water swirled down the drain in a clockwise direction. |
| compute vi | informal, usu. negative (make sense) | fazer sentido loc v |
| | I'm sorry – what you just said simply doesn't compute. |
counterclockwise,
counter-clockwise (US),
anticlockwise,
anti-clockwise (UK) adv | (movement: opposite to clock hands) | em sentido anti-horário loc adv |
| | To open the jar, you have to turn the lid counter-clockwise. |
| double entendre n | French (ambiguous meaning) | duplo sentido sm |
| | He can't open his mouth without letting slip some double entendre or other. |
| double meaning n | (ambiguity) (ambiguidade) | duplo sentido sm |
| | Much of the humour in Shakespeare's writing comes from double meanings. |
| hidden meaning n | (subtext) | significado oculto, sentido oculto sm + adj |
| | If you dissect the pun in that sentence, it carries an additional hidden meaning. |
| in respect to sth expr | (with regard to) | com respeito a, em relação a, no sentido de expres |
| | Vancouver is one of North America's most progressive cities in respect to drug policy. |
| in that respect adv | (in terms of that) | neste sentido, quanto a isso loc adv |
| | She's kind of shy but in that respect she's no different than I am. |
| jabber on vi phrasal | informal (talk incessantly) (falar sem parar) | tagarelar v int |
| | | falar besteira, dizer algo sem sentido expres |
| | (gíria) | falar abobrinhas expres |
| | I can't take another meeting with her: she jabbers on for hours. |
| literal meaning n | (strict, not figurative sense) | sentido literal loc sm |
| | When people say they are dying to see you, they don't expect you to take the literal meaning. |
| make sense v expr | (be logical) | fazer sentido expres |
| | It makes sense to book train tickets in advance because they are cheaper. |
| | Faz sentido agendar os bilhetes de trem com antecedência porque são mais baratos. |
| make sense v expr | (be comprehensible) | fazer sentido expres |
| | After her stroke nothing the patient said made sense. |
| | Depois do derrame dela, nada do que ela dizia fazia sentido. |
| meaningless adj | (without purpose) (sem propósito) | sem sentido loc adj |
| | All of Tom's work was ultimately meaningless. |
| musical sense n | (natural aptitude or feeling for music) (habilidade natural para música) | sentido musical loc sm |
| | Her musical sense was so terrible she couldn't sing even simple children's songs. |
a new lease on life (US),
a new lease of life (UK) n | (fresh enthusiasm for living) (entusiasmo renovado para viver) | começo de uma nova vida loc sm |
| | | novo sentido loc sm |
| | Losing all that weight gave me a new lease on life. |
| new meaning n | (enhanced or additional significance) | novo sentido, novo significado loc sm |
| | The spoiled kid gave new meaning to the word "brat.". |
| new sense n | (renewed feeling) (nova percepção) | novo sentido loc sm |
| | After recovering from cancer, I had a new sense of the beauty of the world. |
| nonsensical adj | (meaningless, inane) | absurdo, disparatado, despropositado adj |
| | | sem sentido loc adj |
| | The madman walked down the street mumbling nonsensical words and phrases. |
| not make sense v expr | (be illogical) | não fazer sentido expres |
| | It does not make sense to butter your bread with axle grease. |
| not make sense v expr | (be incomprehensible) | não fazer sentido expres |
| | Ainsley was drunk and what he was saying was not making sense. |
| on that note expr | (ending on this) | neste sentido, neste contexto loc adv |
| one-way adj | (traffic direction) (figurado, trânsito, uma só direção) | de mão única loc adj |
| | | de sentido único loc adj |
| | All of a sudden I found myself going the wrong way down a one-way street. |
| | De repente me vi indo no sentido errado numa rua de mão única. |
| positive-sense adj | (biology: of DNA) (biologia: traço de RNA transcrito no DNA) | sentido positivo loc sm |
psychobabble,
psycho-babble n | informal, pejorative (meaningless psychological jargon) (informal, pejorativo) | jargão psicológico sem sentido loc sm |
| | My mother refuses to see a therapist; she says she doesn't want to listen to psychobabble. |
| real meaning n | (true significance) (real significância) | significado real loc sm |
| | | verdadeiro sentido loc sm |
| | The real meaning of the word decimate is to kill one man in ten. |
| | O significado real da palavra dizimar é matar um homem em cada dez. |
| sense of hearing n | (ability to detect sound) | sentido auditivo loc sm |
| | Her sense of hearing was so good she could hear a cricket from 100 yards away. |
sense of humor (US),
sense of humour (UK) n | (finding things funny) | senso de humor loc sm |
| | | sentido de humor |
| | Wally has a strange sense of humor: he's always making jokes that no-one else understands. |
| | Wally tem um senso de humor estranho: sempre está fazendo piadas que mais ninguém entende. |
| sense of sight n | (vision) | sentido da visão loc sm |
| | | visão sf |
| | | vista sf |
| sense of smell n | (ability to detect scents) (habilidade em identificar perfumes, odores) | sentido do olfato sm |
| | | olfato sm |
| | Dogs have a strong sense of smell. |
| sense of taste n | (ability to detect flavour) | sentido do paladar sm |
| | | gustação sf |
| | | paladar sm |
| | When she burned her tongue she temporarily lost her sense of taste. |
| sense of touch n | (ability to feel) | sentido do tato loc sm |
| | | tato sm |
| | | toque sm |
| sixth sense n | (supernatural perception) (figurado, poder sobrenatural) | sexto sentido loc sm |
| | Charlie can see ghosts: he was born with the sixth sense. |
| sixth sense n | figurative (intuition, instinct) (figurado, intuição) | sexto sentido loc sm |
| | He has a sixth sense for when things are about to go wrong. |
| stack up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (make sense) | fazer sentido expres v |
| | | ter lógica expres v |
| | No matter how you looked at it, the numbers simply didn't stack up. |
| | De qualquer jeito que você olhasse, os números simplesmente não faziam sentido. |
stand at attention,
stand to attention v expr | (military: stand straight) (militar) | ficar em posição de sentido expres |
| | | ficar em sentido expres |
| | The entire company stood to attention in perfect unison. |
stand to reason,
stand to reason that v expr | (be logical) | fazer sentido expres v |
| | | ser lógico expres v |
| | | ser plausível expres v |
| | The gun was in Alex's hand; it stands to reason he fired the shot. It stands to reason that she's tired: she just gave birth to twins! |
| strict meaning n | (literal or original sense) | sentido estrito sm + adj |
| | | sentido literal sm + adj |
| | | sentido original sm + adj |
| | The strict meaning of the word “Jew” is an Israelite of the tribe of Juda. |
| unmeaning adj | (without significance) | sem significado loc adj |
| | | sem sentido loc adj |
| | | inexpressivo adj |