vocabulary from BBC

weep

weep

v. cry; shed tears; mourn with tears; exude liquid, drip (as with sweat)

n. cry; fit of crying

drip

s. pingo, gota, goteira
v. gotejar, pingar

n. drop, drizzle, dribble
v. drizzle, dribble, drop

drop

n. small globule of liquid, drip; very small amount; pendant; piece of candy, lozenge; act of dropping supplies from a plane; sudden descent, fall

v. fall; make fall; bring down; go down; parachute; omit; let go; abandon

sweat

v. perspire; work hard; collect moisture from condensation; worry, be concerned

n. perspiration, moisture excreted by the sweat glands; act of perspiring; droplets of moisture on a surface, condensation; hard work; worry, stress, anxiety (Informal)

moisture

n. dampness, humidity; wetness

urge

v. incite, provoke, goad; impel, encourage; plead; advise

urged
strongly advised, tried to persuade

ransom

n. redemption of a prisoner for a price; sum paid for the release of a prisoner

v. release, liberate, free; pay money for the release of a prisoner

... estimated $2m ransom paid by the yacht owner for the crew's release.

hostage

n. captive, pawn, someone held prisoner by a person or group in order to force another person or group to meet their demands

allegedly

when people say something is true but cannot prove it with facts

pave the way for

make preparations for, get things ready for; make things easier for

pave

v. make a road; lay tiles

resumption

n. recommencement, act of beginning again; act of retaking; continuation

cattle

domesticated bovine farm animals that are raised for their meat or milk, for their hides, or for draft purposes.

s. gado, criação de gado

mad

adj. crazy, insane; furious, angry

mad cow disease - " doença da vaca louca".

summit meeting

meeting of the highest representatives of countries

summit

n. highest point, pinnacle, peak; greatest success, highest aspiration, highest level that can be reached; most important and influential government officials

lift

v. raise, move upward; pick up; elevate; cheer, raise one's spirits; cancel, end, remove; steal (Slang)

lifting the ban - suspending the ban.

threaten

v. intimidate, endanger

v. ameaçar, por em risco

livelihood

n. means of supporting oneself, maintenance, sustenance, occupation

freak

v. frighten, distress, excite; become frightened, become excited; become emotionally unstable, lose emotional control; use drugs; drug; act abnormally under the influence of drugs; spot, streak

n. capricious notion or occurrence; deviation, abnormality

freak out

become very excited, go wild, lose one's cool, undergo a sudden mood change (Slang)

• hangs around

loiters around

hang around
linger, pass time, loiter; spend time with

hang around
vadiar, vagabundar; deter-se, demorar-se

hang

n. manner in which something hangs; knack, gist of how to do or operate something

v. suspend; be suspended; attach, affix; let droop; execute by suspending by the neck (from a gallows, gibbet, etc.); depend; be closely attentive; be stuck, stop working

knack

n. special skill, ability; crackle; gist, feel, hang

• come up with

think of, be struck with, invent (an idea)

• come up with
propor, sugerir

• airship

a large aircraft without wings that consists of a large bag filled with gas which is lighter than air and powered by engines (in the past, airships were used to carry passengers - in an enclosed structure hanging below)

guts

plural noun INFORMAL
bravery; the ability to control fear and to deal with danger and uncertainty:
[+ to infinitive] It takes a lot of guts to admit to so many people that you've made a mistake.

gut

v. disembowel, eviscerate; remove the internal contents of; destroy the inside of

n. intestines, alimentary canal; bowels, entrails; inner parts, contents of anything; sinew (used for violin strings, tennis rackets, etc.)

spine

n. strength of character; spinal column of a vertebrate; pointy projection (Zoology); prickle, thorn (Biology); binding of a book; narrow mountain peak, ridge;

yield

n. crop, harvest, return, produce; income, profit

yield (PRODUCE)
verb [T]
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:
an attempt to yield increased profits
The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
Favourable weather yielded a good crop.

wail

v. lament, mourn, cry for

n. lamentation, cry of grief
a collective wail
a long mournful high-pitched cry from many very sad people who have gathered in the same place at the same time
wail

v. choramingar, lamentar, prantear, gemer

s. lamento, pranto, queixume

wreath

Workers here laid wreaths outside the town's school.

wreath
s. coroa de flores; anel; grinalda

landslide

landslide

n. falling of a mass of earth and rocks; collapse of a hillside; great victory; winning of an election by a large majority

v. fall, slide down (of a mass of dirt and rocks); win an election by a large majority

it was engulfed in a landslide, hundreds of children died.

Slash

slash

v. cut with a sharp quick stroke, gash, wound; reduce, lower; make sharp quick strokes; strongly criticize; create a way by cutting

Lay off

lay sb off (NOT EMPLOY) phrasal verb [M often passive]
to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do:
Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers.
lay off

postpone; fire, dismiss from a job

pervade (v)
pervasive (adv)

pervade Show phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
When qualities, characteristics or smells pervade a place or thing, they spread through it and are present in every part of it:
The film is a reflection of the violence that pervades American culture.
pervade [per·vade || pər'veɪd /pə'v-]

v. penetrar; atravessar; encher; impregnar

pervasive Show phonetics
adjective FORMAL
present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place:
The influence of Freud is pervasive in her books.
a pervasive smell of diesel
Reforms are being undermined by the all-pervasive corruption in the country.