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EYES

to look
to see

to squint, to narrow one's eyes

to stare
to glare
to gaze
to glimpse
to glance
to fix one's eyes on sth
to lock eyes (as in: "They locked eyes.")
to regard (vt.)
to study
to scan
to take in?

to meet one's gaze

flinty eyes, stare

to tear (up?) (lacrimejar, ou encher de l�grimas) (intrans)

cloudy/watery/moist eyes

OLHAR COM DIFICULDADE

to squint at

nouns: eyes, gaze, stare, look

ADJ. FOR EYES

<color>
big, small
bulgy
bloodshot

to don an expression

CHORAR

to cry, to weep
to whine
to sob
to whimper
to burst into tears
to be near tears

BREATHING

to breathe
to pant
labored/heavy breathing, panting
to wheeze
to gasp, to gasp for breath
LIPS

to purse one's lips


to pout
to smack one's lips

VOICE

adjectives for voice: shrill, deep, shaky

FALAR

to say

to shout
to yell
to thunder (esp. an order)
to boom
to snap?
to bark
to snarl?

to mutter
to whisper
to mouth
to talk/... under one's breath

to ask
to question (questionar)
to demand

to answer
to reply
to respond
to shoot back
to retort

SMILE

to manage to summon a smile

to laugh
to giggle
to chuckle
to guffaw
to snicker (risada que vc tenta segurar)
to smirk
to grin

ADJ. FOR SMILE: broad, big

RIR

to laugh
to giggle
to crack up
to guffaw

FINGER
to fiddle with sth

to stand up
to stand to one's feet, to jump to one's feet
to rise

HANDS

to grab
to clutch
to grip
to clasp

ABRA�O

to hug sb, to hold sb, to embrace sb


to break away from someone's embrace, hug

POCKET

to reach into one's pocket


to pull out, to take, to withdraw
to whip sth out?
to put sth in one's pocket

FEET

andar

to walk
to stride
to pace

to sneak

COM DIFICULDADE

to slog
to squelch (barulho de andar em algo mto molhado ou gosmento ou lamacento)
to wade through the throngs

correr

to run
to dash
to sprint
to scamper (rapidinho, passos curtos e apressados, particularly good for
children, animals, insects)

sair correndo

to take off running


to sprint off
to dash off}
to break into a run}
to [...] off/away
CAIR

to fall
to drop
to slump
to thump
to pitch

PERSONALILY TRAITS

nouns: pluck, tenacity, determination

ajds: finicky, picky, exacting (positive)

CORPULENTO, PARRUDO

heavyset
stocky
heavily built
robust (MacMillan: strong and healthy)
bulky
squat (short and fat)
corpulent (MacMillan says fat, 'mainly literary')
plump
chubby

brawny
muscular
beefy

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