| Formas compostas |
| beat a dead horse | | | chutar cachorro morto |
| come back from the dead | v | figurative (make a comeback, become successful again) figurativo - fazer sucesso de novo | voltar dos mortos |
| In last place going into the final lap, the runner came back from the dead to win the race. |
| come back from the dead | v | figurative (recover from serious illness) figurativo - recuperar de uma doença sério | voltar dos mortos |
| After the triple bypass he came back from the dead and now he is living an active life. |
| dead against | | | completamente contra |
| dead ahead | adv | US, slang (directly in front) | direto, em frente |
| You can't possibly miss the target: it's dead ahead! |
| dead and buried | | expressão | morto e enterrado (assunto) |
| dead and gone | | | fora de época |
| | | esquecido |
| | | morto e enterrado |
| dead body | n | (corpse) | cadáver sm |
| The dead body lay undiscovered for three days. |
| dead calm | n | (nautical: no wind) náutico | calmaria sf |
| A sailing ship can make no progress at all in a dead calm. |
| dead calm | n | (total stillness) | calma absoluta, calmaria |
| A dead calm enveloped the house after his wife left him. |
| dead centre, US: dead center | n | (exact centre, precise middle) | centro exato |
| dead centre, US: dead center | adv | (precisely in the middle) | bem no centro |
| dead end | | | beco sem saída |
| dead heat | n | (sport: tie, joint win, draw) esporte | empate sm |
| The race was declared a dead heat. |
| dead language | n | (language whose speakers have died out) | língua morta |
| Latin is a dead language. |
| dead language | n | (language which is no longer a first language) | língua morta |
| dead loss | n | (sth, sb, useless) pessoa, coisa | imprestável, inútil smf |
| Don't ask her to help: she's a dead loss. |
| dead man | | | homem morto |
| dead person | n | (corpse, dead body) cadáver | pessoa morta |
| dead person | n | (sb who is no longer alive) que não está viva | pessoa morta |
| dead right | | | completamente certo |
| dead ringer | n | slang (sb identical to another person) pessoa idêntica a outra | sósia, dublê smf |
| | coloquial | cara de um, focinho do outro |
| He was a dead ringer for the President, and made a good living impersonating him. |
| dead set | adj | (resolute, determined) | decidido, determinado adj |
| He was dead set on becoming a naval pilot. |
| He was dead set against the Prime Minister's proposal. |
| dead stop | | | parada súbita |
| dead to the world | | | dormir profundamente |
| dead weight | | | peso morto |
| dead zone | n | (area with no mobile phone coverage) | área sem cobertura |
| dead-end street | n | US (cul-de-sac, road with no exit) | rua sem saída |
| Don't turn there: it's a dead-end street. |
| drop dead | | | cair morto |
| half dead | adj | figurative (physically exhausted) figurativo: exausto | meio morto loc adj |
| David continued the climb, although he was half dead from the effort; he had to make it to the top. |
| over my dead body | | | sobre o meu cadáver |
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