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| all the comforts of home npl | (amenities, facilities) | todo o conforto caseiro expres |
| | The hotel room has all the comforts of home. |
| at home adv | (in own house) | em casa loc adv |
| | I left my wallet at home. |
| | Eu deixei minha carteira em casa. |
| at home adv | (sport: in own ground) (esporte) | em casa loc adv |
| | The team have never lost at home. |
at home,
at-home adj | (in own house) | em casa loc adv |
| | Josie is hoping to have an at-home birth. |
| at-home n | US (reception in own house) (recepção social) | em casa loc adv |
| | Charles is hosting an at-home in his new apartment. |
| back home adv | informal (in your town or country of origin) | no seu país loc |
| | | na sua terra loc |
| | Doris missed her life back home in Australia. |
| | Doris sentia saudades da vida no seu país, a Austrália. |
| back home adv | (to your house again) | de volta para casa loc |
| | Steve drove us back home after the party. |
| | Steve nos levou de volta para casa depois da festa. |
| be home alone v expr | (child: be left unsupervised) | ser deixado sozinho em casa expres |
| | Since Billy's parents were out for the day, he was left home alone. |
| bring [sb] home v expr | informal (introduce to parents) (apresentar namorado aos pais) | trazer em casa loc v |
| | We're nervous because she's bringing her boyfriend home tonight. |
| | Estamos nervosos porque ela vai trazer o namorado em casa hoje. |
| bring [sth] home to [sb] v expr | (with object: make clear) | deixar claro para expres v |
| | My car accident really brought home to me the importance of wearing a seat belt. |
| bring home to [sb] that v expr | (with clause: make clear) | deixar claro vt + adj |
| | Being ill really brought home to me that friends and family are the most important thing in life. |
| bring home the bacon v expr | figurative, informal (support family) | ganhar o pão loc v |
| | Dean was glad to graduate so he could finally help bring home the bacon. |
| | Diego estava contente em se formar para que pudesse ajudar a ganhar o pão. |
| bring home the bacon v expr | figurative, informal (be successful) | vencer, triunfar v int |
| | With his second company making huge profits this year, Jaden is really bringing home the bacon. |
| broken home n | (family: parents separated) | família dividida loc sf |
| | My parents divorced when I was a baby, so I grew up in a broken home. |
| care home n | (assisted living facility) | lar de idosos loc sm |
| children's home n | (care institution for minors) (abrigo e educação a órfãos e abandonados) | orfanato sm |
| | (abrigo e educação a órfãos e abandonados) | lar das crianças loc sm |
| close to home expr | figurative (affecting [sb] personally) (figurado) | familiar adj |
| | I was upset by the film; the issues raised in it were very close to home. |
| close to home expr | (locally) | perto de casa loc adv |
| | | na vizinhança loc adv |
| | I like to shop close to home to support local businesses. |
| come home v expr | (return to your home) | voltar direto para casa expres v |
| | Come straight home after school today, young man! |
| | Finn's parents were anxious when he failed to come home after going to the pub with his friends. |
| | After living abroad for so many years, it was strange to come home to my native land. |
| convalescent home n | (sanatorium) | casa de convalescença, casa de repouso loc sf |
| | After surgery, I needed six weeks of rehabilitation in a convalescent home. |
| | Após a cirurgia, precisei de seis semanas de reabilitação em uma casa de repouso. |
| down-home adj | US, informal (simple, rural) | rural adj |
| drive [sb] home vtr + adv | (take [sb] home in car) | levar para casa expres |
| drive [sth] home vtr + adv | (propel into place) | impulsionar vt |
| | A sharp blow of the hammer drove the nail home. |
| drive [sth] home vtr + adv | figurative (instil or impress the truth of [sth]) | fazer entender loc v |
| | My dad's funeral really drove home the fact that he was gone forever. |
entertainment system,
home entertainment system n | (stereo: hifi) | home theater loc sm |
| feel right at home v expr | informal, figurative (be comfortable) | sinta-se em casa expres v |
| | This is such a welcoming village - I feel right at home here. |
| foster home n | (child's temporary home) | lar adotivo loc sm |
| | Before being adopted she spent three years in a foster home. |
| from home adv | (away from where one lives) (longe de) | de casa loc adv |
| | It was beginning to snow and I was still an hour from home. |
funeral home,
funeral parlor (US),
funeral parlour (UK),
funeral chapel n | (mortuary: burials and cremations) | casa funerária sf |
| | The family of the deceased asked for any floral tributes to be sent to the funeral home. |
| get home vi | (arrive at one's house) | chegar em casa, chegar a casa vi+loc adv |
| | I just got home from work. Call me when you get home. |
| | Acabei de chegar em casa vindo do trabalho. Me ligue quando chegar em casa. |
| go home v expr | (to house) | ir para casa expres v |
| | The party's over, it's time to go home. |
| | A festa acabou, está na hora de ir para casa. |
| go home v expr | (to country) | ir para casa expres v |
| | Lisa had spent five years working overseas and was looking forward to going home. |
| | Lisa tinha passado cinco anos trabalhando no exterior e não via a hora de ir para casa. |
| harvest home n | (celebration of the end of the harvest) | festa da colheita loc sf |
| | Harvest home is one of the great traditions of the agricultural cycle. |
| hearth and home n | (domestic realm) | lar sm |
| hit close to home v expr | figurative (affect [sb] personally) (figurado: afetar pessoalmente) | afetar, atingir vt |
| | Even though he wasn't talking about me, the speaker's comments about being sympathetic to your children hit close to home. |
| | Mesmo que não estivesse falando de mim, os comentários do orador sobre como ser compreensivo com seus filhos me atingiram. |
| hit home vtr + n | informal, figurative (make impact) (informal, figurado: afetar) | golpear, ferir vt |
| | | tocar fundo vt adj |
| | The extent of Ruth's weight problem really hit home when she saw a picture of herself on a night out. |
| home address n | (address of where you live) | endereço residencial sm |
| home and dry expr | UK, informal (having achieved your goal) | ser bem-sucedido na tarefa expres |
home base,
home plate n | (baseball: home plate) (baseball) | home base estrang |
| | A pitcher must throw the ball over home base for it to be declared a 'strike'. |
| home base n | (headquarters, center of action) | base de operação loc sf |
| home base n | (games: destination, objective) | objetivo sm |
| | In this game, home base is a large yellow square at the center of the board. |
home brew,
homebrew n | (beer: home-produced) (bebida) | cerveja caseira sf adj |
| | Peter had made some home brew which we drank together. |
home brew,
home-brew,
homebrew n | (alcoholic drink made at home) | bebida caseira sf + adj |
home brew,
home-brew,
homebrew n as adj | US, informal, figurative (made at home) | caseira adj |
home brew,
home-brew,
homebrew n | Can, informal (athlete born in Canada) (atleta) | nascido no Canadá loc sm |
| home brewery n | (beer-making kit) | kit de fabricação de cerveja sm + loc adj |
| home center n | US (large store) | loja de departamentos loc sf |
| Home Counties npl | UK (counties surrounding London) | condados domésticos sm pl |
| home economics n | (school: cookery, textiles, etc.) (matéria acadêmica) | economia doméstica sf |
| | Home economics was only required for young women when I was a child; but it was the boys who needed it the most. |
| home free adj | informal (sure of safety, success) (informal: certeza de sucesso) | fora de perigo expres |
| home fries npl | US (pan-fried potatoes) | batatas fritas sf pl |
| home front | (warfare) | retaguarda sf |
| home furnishings npl | (furniture, décor for house) (mobiliário, decoração) | mobiliário doméstico |
| | | móveis para a casa |
| | Your choice of home furnishings says a lot about you to your visitors. |
| home group n | (school: main class group) (escola) | classe principal sf + adj |
| home guard n | (volunteer army) | força voluntária loc sf |
| | During the war, the Home Guard was composed mainly of men who weren't eligible for conscription. |
home improvement (US),
do-it-yourself (UK) n | US (do-it-yourself) | bricolagem sf |
| | After he retired and had time to spare, Bob got into home improvement. |
| | The problem with do-it-yourself is that people often make mistakes and need to hire a professional later. |
home improvement (US),
do-it-yourself (UK) n as adj | US (do-it-yourself) | de ferramentas loc adj |
| | I'm going to the home improvement store for a screwdriver, some concrete blocks, and a can of paint. |
| | Did you see that patio? It must have been a do-it-yourself job! |
| home office n | (working area in one's house) (anglicismo) | home-office sm |
| | | escritório em casa sm |
| | She shut the door to her home office to drown out the kids' noise. |
home page,
homepage n | (home: website's introductory page) | página de entrada sf |
| | | página inicial sf |
| | Click here to return to our home page. |
| home plate n | (baseball: batter's station) (beisebol: base em que se posiciona o rebatedor) | base do rebatedor sm |
| | A pitcher must throw the ball over home plate for it to be declared a "strike.". |
home rule,
Home Rule n | (self-government) (auto governar) | autonomia política sf |
| | Greenland achieved home rule in 1979. |
| home run n | (baseball: run scored by batter on single hit) (basebol, beisebol, anglicismo) | home run expres |
| | The batter hit a home run and began his ceremonial trot around the bases. |
| | O rebatedor fez um home run e começou sua corrida protocolar pelas bases. |
| Home Secretary n | UK (minister for immigration and security) | Secretário de Estado para assuntos internos sm |
| | The new Home Secretary has addressed a conference of chief police officers. |
| home staging n | (presenting property for sale) (técnica de venda de imóveis) | home staging estrang |
| Home sweet home. expr | (preference for own home) | lar, doce lar expres |
home theater (US),
home cinema (UK) n | (room with big-screen TV setup) | home theater estrang |
| | Watching TV in their new home theater felt like being at the movies. |
| home time n | (when school or work ends) | hora de ir para casa loc sf |
| home to expr | (place [sb/sth] is based) | a casa de expres |
| | | o local de expres |
| | North Carolina is home to many companies, including Bank of America. |
| home town n | (town or city where one grew up) (local onde alguém cresceu) | cidade natal, terra natal |
| | | cidade de origem |
| | Linda had not been back to her home town of Sydney for many years. |
| home town n | (town or city where one lives) (cidade na qual alguém mora) | terra, cidade sf |
| | Pinehurst residents have plenty of reasons to be proud of their hometown. |
| home truth n | informal, often plural ([sth] hard to acknowledge) | duras verdades sf |
| | One of us needs to tell Joey some home truths: if he doesn't start studying, he's going to flunk his exams. |
| home wrecker n | ([sb] whose lover is married) | destruidor de lares sm |
| | This is the third married man she´s dated. She´s such a home wrecker. |
home-baked,
home baked adj | (food: made at home) (alimento) | caseiro adj |
| | | feito em casa loc adj |
| home-bred adj | (raised at home) | feito em casa loc adj |
| | | caseiro adj |
| home-bred adj | (from [sb]'s own country) | nacional adj |
| | | produzido localmente loc adj |
| home-brewed adj | (beverage: made at home) (bebida produzida em casa) | artesanal sf |
| home-brewed adj | figurative (not professionally made) (não industrializado) | artesanal adj |
| | | feito em casa loc adj |
| | | caseiro adj |
| home-school [sb]⇒ vtr | (teach at home) | instruir em casa vt + sf |
| | Private schools were expensive and public ones were dangerous so she decided to home-school her children. |
homebody,
home-lover,
also UK: homebird n | informal (domestic person) (informal: pessoa, gosta de ficar em casa) | caseiro, caseira adj |
| | Joanne rarely goes out in the evenings; she is more of a homebody. |
homebrewing,
home brewing,
home-brewing n | (at-home beer making) (cerveja) | fabricação caseira sf + adj |
homegrown,
home-grown adj | (grown at home) (em casa) | caseiro adj |
| | The family ate turkey and homegrown vegetables at Thanksgiving dinner. |
homegrown,
home-grown adj | (grown locally) (localmente) | caseiro adj |
| | You can buy homegrown vegetables at the local farmers' market. |
homegrown,
home-grown adj | figurative (native, local) (nativo) | local adj |
| | | caseiro adj |
| | Renren is China's homegrown version of Facebook. |
homemade,
home-made adj | (made at home, handmade) (comida, feito em casa) | caseiro adj |
| | Home-made cakes always taste better than factory-made ones. |
homemade,
home-made adj | (made by self) (feito por alguém) | caseiro adj |
| | It looked to me like his furniture was all homemade. |
homemade,
home-made adj | (makeshift) | caseiro adj |
| | | artesanal adj |
| | | feito em casa loc adj |
| | The boys raced down the hill in their homemade go-kart. |
homeroom,
home room n | US (school: room) (em escola: sala de controle) | sala de chamada loc sf |
| | Can you tell me where I can find my homeroom? |
homeschooling,
home schooling n | (educating children at home) (educação feita em casa) | ensino domiciliar loc sm |
| | Homeschooling enables our daughter to learn at her own pace. |
homestretch,
also UK: home stretch,
home straight n | (end section of a race track) | reta final sf |
the homestretch (US),
the home stretch,
the home straight (UK) n | (final stages of race or journey) (estágio final: corrida ou jornada) | reta final sf + adj |
| | | última parte loc sf |
| | (informal: estágio final) | finalzinho sm dim |
| | As they approached the home stretch, the two runners engaged in a thrilling race to the finish line. |
homestretch,
also UK: home stretch,
home straight n | figurative (final stages of [sth]) | fase final sf |
the homestretch (US),
the home stretch,
the home straight (UK) n | figurative (final stages of [sth]) | fase final loc sf |
| | This project has taken almost two years of hard work by the team, but we are now in the home stretch. |
household appliance,
domestic appliance,
home appliance n | (device used in the home) | eletrodomésticos sm pl |
| leave home v expr | (move out of family house) | sair de casa expres |
| | She left home at 17 to go to university in another province. |
| make [sb] feel at home v expr | (be welcoming) | fazer sentir-se à vontade expres v |
| make yourself at home v expr | informal (settle in) | fique à vontade expres |
| | | sinta-se em casa expres |
| | Please come in and make yourself at home! |
| | Por favor, venha e fique à vontade! |
| make yourself at home interj | (welcome!) | fique à vontade expres |
| | | sinta-se em casa expres |
| | We're not very formal around here - just make yourself at home! |
| | Não somos muito formais por aqui, simplesmente fique à vontade. |