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| Inglês | Português |
| gravitational pull n | (force of gravity) (força de gravidade) | empuxo gravitacional loc sm |
| força de gravidade loc sf |
hard credit check,
hard credit search,
hard credit pull,
hard inquiry n | (check: affects credit score) | verificação de crédito detalhada sf |
| leg-pull n | (joking deception) | pegadinha sf |
make a funny face,
pull a funny face v expr | informal (make silly facial expression) (informal) | cara engraçada loc sf |
| To make me laugh, my dad made funny faces at me. |
| muscle pull n | (injury: strained muscle) | distensão muscular sf + adj |
pull a face,
make a face v expr | (make a facial expression) | fazer careta expres v |
| The little girl pulled a face when her mother told her they were having fish for dinner. |
| pull a fast one v expr | informal (trick [sb] stealthily) | pegar alguém desprevenido expres v |
| pull a muscle v expr | (muscle: injure by overstretching) (músculo) | distender vt |
| Steph pulled a muscle in her thigh running further than her usual 5 km. |
| pull a prank v expr | US, informal (play a practical joke) (fazer brincadeira de mau gosto) | pregar uma peça expres v |
| fazer uma brincadeira de mau gosto expres v |
| fazer uma pegadinha expres v |
| Schoolchildren love to pull a prank on a substitute teacher. |
pull-along,
pull along adj | (able to be pulled) | arrastada adj |
| The little boy had a wooden pull-along dog on a string. |
pull-along,
pull along n | (toy for pulling) | brinquedo de empurrar loc sm |
pull [sth] apart,
pull apart [sth] vtr + adv | figurative (criticize harshly) (criticar duramente) | criticar vt |
| arrasar vt |
| The following speaker pulled my theory apart. |
pull [sb] aside,
pull aside [sb] vtr + adv | ([sb]: take to one side) (alguém: levar a um lado) | levar para um lado loc v |
| The teacher quietly pulled the student aside after class to discuss her inappropriate behavior. |
pull [sth] aside,
pull aside [sth] vtr + adv | (draw back: curtains, cover) (recolher/abrir: cortinas, coberta) | descortinar vt |
| correr a cortina loc v |
| The elderly woman pulled the curtains aside to peer out the window. |
pull [sth] away,
pull away [sth] vtr + adv | (remove) | retirar, remover vt |
| (informal) | tirar vt |
| She pulled away the sheet to reveal the sculpture. |
| Ela retirou o pano para revelar a escultura. |
| pull [sth] back vtr + adv | (draw aside: curtain, cover) | puxar para trás expres v |
| Doris pulled the curtain back and peered out of the window. |
| Doris puxou a cortina para trás e espiou pela janela. |
pull [sth] down,
pull down [sth] vtr + adv | (draw downwards) | abaixar, baixar vt |
| puxar vt |
| I always pull down the shades at night. |
| Sempre baixo as persianas à noite. |
pull [sth] down,
pull down [sth] vtr + adv | (building: demolish) | demolir vt |
| derrubar vt |
| They pulled down the old movie theater to make way for new houses. |
| pull into [sth] vi + prep | (park vehicle beside) (estacionar ao lado de outro carro) | estacionar em fila dupla loc v |
| pull-off n | (guitar-playing technique) (anglicismo, técnica guitarra) | pull off expres |
| The guitar player was practising his pull-offs. |
| pull off vtr + prep | figurative, informal (person: remove from project) (informal) | tirar de vt + prep |
| retirar de, remover de vt + prep |
| My boss pulled me off the project with no explanation. |
| pull on [sth] vi + prep | (tug at) | puxar vt |
| The little boy pulled impatiently on his mother's arm. |
| pull [sth] on [sb] vtr + prep | slang (trick, deceive [sb]) (informal, tentar um truque ou ilusão) | mandar vt |
| (informal) | usar vt |
| Jane tried to pull the old "I'm staying at my friend's house" line on her mother, but her mother remembered being a teenager and didn't believe her for a minute. |
pull [sth] out,
pull out [sth] vtr + adv | (extract, remove) | extrair vt |
| remover vt |
| The dentist pulled out the infected tooth. |
| pull [sb/sth] out vtr + adv | (withdraw) | retirar, remover, tirar vt |
| Shay's parents were unhappy with the academic standards at her school, so they pulled her out. |
pull-out,
pullout n | (withdrawal, esp. of involvement) | retirada sf |
| Following the army's pull-out from the region, their bases fell into disrepair. |
pull-out,
pullout n | (part of magazine) (publicação) | destacável sm |
| This magazine includes an eight-page pull-out on the royal wedding. |
| pull out all the stops v expr | (do everything possible) | fazer todo o possível expres v |
| pull [sth] out of a hat v expr | may be figurative (choose at random) | escolher aleatoriamente expres v |
| pull [sb] over vtr + adv | (draw aside) | puxar de lado expres v |
| chamar no canto expres v |
| She pulled him over and had a quiet word about his behaviour. |
| Ela o puxou de lado e teve uma conversa em voz baixa sobre o comportamento dele. |
| pull punches v expr | (reduce force of blows) | aliviar a força vt + sf |
pull punches,
pull your punches,
pull any punches v expr | figurative, often in negative (restrain yourself) | não pegar leve nas palavras expres v |
| Wow, you didn't pull any punches in that meeting; you told them exactly what you thought! |
| pull rank vtr + n | figurative (assert your authority) (declarar a autoridade de alguém) | fazer valer sua autoridade expres v |
| abusar da autoridade expres v |
| (informal) | bancar o chefão expres v |
| The sergeant always pulled rank and moved to the front of the food line at mealtimes. |
| pull strings v expr | figurative (use influence) | mexer os pauzinhos expres v |
| Tina's dad, who works at the company, pulled strings to get her a job there. |
| pull the plug v expr | informal (turn off life support) | desligar os aparelhos expres v |
| Janet made her husband promise that, if she ever ended up in a vegetative state, he would pull the plug. |
| pull the plug on [sth] v expr | informal, figurative (cause abrupt end) (causar um fim abrupto) | pôr um ponto final expres v |
| (literal) | puxar o fio expres v |
| This project is losing us money; it's time we pulled the plug on it. |
| pull the strings v expr | figurative (be in control) (fig., estar no controle) | dar as cartas expres v |
| estar por cima expres v |
| mexer os pauzinhos expres v |
| She's the one who pulls the strings in that marriage. |
| pull the wool over [sb]'s eyes v expr | figurative (deceive [sb]) | enrolar, enganar vt |
| pull together vi + adv | figurative, informal (make a joint effort) | reunir esforços vt + sm |
| Everyone pulled together to make the concert a success. |
| Todos reuniram esforços para fazer do show um sucesso. |
| pull [sth/sb] together vtr + adv | (assemble, gather) | reunir vt |
| juntar vt |
| Brian pulled a team together to come up with a plan. |
| Brian reuniu uma equipe para criar um plano. |
pull [sb] up on [sth],
pull [sb] up for [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (reprimand for [sth]) | repreender vt |
| Ruth pulled her son up on his bad language. |
pull your finger out,
get your finger out v expr | slang, figurative (stop delaying or procrastinating) (figurado) | mexer-se vp |
| (gíria) | tirar a bunda da cadeira expres |
| mover-se vp |
| pull [sb]'s leg v expr | figurative, informal (tease) (informal, provocar alguém) | pegar no pé expres v |
| (provocar, importunar) | fazer hora expres v |
| Nota: Commonly used in continuous tenses. |
| Stop pulling my leg - I know perfectly well what you're up to! |
pull your socks up,
pull up your socks v expr | figurative, informal (make an effort) | fazer esforço vt + sm |
| You need to pull your socks up at school if you're going to get good grades in your exams. |
pull your weight,
pull your own weight v expr | (do your share of work) | fazer sua parte expres v |
| Stuart needs to start pulling his weight on this project if he wants to keep his job. |
| pull yourself out of [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (free yourself from [sth] by hard work) | livrar-se vp |
| By working three jobs, Manny managed to pull himself out of poverty. |
| pull yourself together v expr | informal (regain composure) | componha-se interj |
| recompor-se v int |
| Mark told his sister to stop crying and pull herself together. |
| pull yourself together! interj | informal (you are overreacting, control yourself) | controle-se interj |
| Pull yourself together! It's only a bit of thunder - it can't hurt you. |
| pull-down n | (movies: film advancement) | tradução indisponível |
| pull-down adj | (furniture: made to be pulled down) | retrátil adj |
| pull-down adj | (computing: shown below an icon) | suspenso adj |
| pull-in n | UK, dated (café for motorists) | tradução indisponível |
| pull-on adj | (clothing, shoes: easy to put on) | fácil de vestir loc adj |
| fácil de calçar loc adj |
| pull-on n | (easily put-on clothing, shoes) | roupa fácil de vestir sf |
| sapato fácil de calçar sm |
| pull-through n | ([sth] used to clean gun barrel) | limpador de cano de arma loc sm |
| Henry used a pull-through to clean his rifle. |
pull-up,
pullup n | usually plural (gym exercise) (informal) | barra sf |
| puxada alta sf |
| flexões sf pl |
| Pull-ups are good for building up your arm muscles. |
| pull-up n | (nappy pants: type of diaper) | fralda descartável sf |
| Pull-ups are often worn when a child is potty training. |
pull-up,
pullup n as adj | (used for pull-up exercises) | puxável, levantável adj |
| There is a pull-up bar in the park. |
| pull-up adj | (diaper: can be pulled up) | descartável adj |
| The little boy felt very grown up with his new pull-up pants. |
pullout,
also UK: pull-out n | (magazine section) (Jornal: seção destacável) | encarte sm |
| This magazine has an eight-page pullout on sightseeing in Croatia. |
pullout,
also UK: pull-out adj | (of magazine section) (Jornalismo: num jornal ou revista) | encartado adj |
| Today's newspaper has a pull-out guide to financial investments. |
pullout,
also UK: pull-out n | (sofa bed) | sofá-cama sm |
pullout bed,
pull-out bed n | (folding furniture for sleeping on) (cama embutida) | sofá-cama sm |
| When we have guests at our house they usually sleep on the pull-out bed. |
| push-pull adj | (operated by pushing and pulling) | de puxar e empurrar loc adj |
| push-pull adj | (electronics: out of phase) (eletrônicos) | fora de fase loc adj |
sell-by date,
US: sell date,
pull date n | (on food packaging) | data de validade sf |
soft credit check,
soft credit search,
soft credit pull,
soft credit inquiry n | (check: does not affect credit score) | consulta de crédito sf |
