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1. cut across: cortar caminho // passar pelo meio de uma determinada área, cruzar uma área, atravessar

   • We will save a lot of time if we cut across the mountains
   • Don’t you ever cut across the neighbours’s yard.

2. cut away: corte cinema (cutaway ), cortar, remover

   • cut away to: cortar para próxima cena
     • Let's cut away to the next shot

3. cut back: cortar, podar // economizar, reduzir (gastos, investimentos, etc.), cortar (gastos, investimentos, etc.), diminuir gastos

   • The gardener is cutting back the rosebuches(roseiras)
   • We’ll have to cut back a little.
   • cut back on: reduzir
     • Now that I am unemployed we are going to have to cut back on our spending.
   • cost cut: corte de custos

4. cut apart: cortar em pedaços, dividir, separa

   • You can't cut apart this paper

5. cut down: cortar, derrubar (árvore/arbusto) // reduzir, diminuir (a quantidade de algo, ou o número ou tamanho de algo)

   • We had to cut down the oak tree because it was full of termites
   • You should cut down this paragraph, it's too long

6. cut in: cortar alguém enquanto fala, meter-se no meio (de uma conversa) // cortar, dar uma fechada(carro)

   • She just cut me in and started talking about herself
   • A truck cut me in

7. cut into: interromper (uma atividade ou processo), atrapalhar, fazer uma incesão, fatiar, picar

   • A loud rap(batida) on his office door cut into his thoughts.
   • He cut into the pieces the meat

8. cut off: cortar o fornecimento de água, luz, gás// decepar, amputar // ficar sem acesso, isolar // cortar relações, deixar de falar com alguém// cortar alguém (tanto na fala quanto na estrada)

   • They cut the electricity off last week
   • Van gogh cut his ear off
   • Because of the snow the two roads were blocked and our town was cut off
   • We cut off mary for obvious reasons
   • cut-off point: limite
     • She likes tequila, but two drinks is her cut-off point on work nights.
   • cut-off date (deadline): prazo
     • The cutoff date for voter registration is two weeks before the election
   • His leg was so badly damaged, the doctors had to cut it off.

9. cut out: recortar // cortar parte de um texto, filme // cortar, deixar de comer // deixar fora, eliminar(de atividade, trabalho...) // deixar de funcionar // ser preparado para // desligar tv, aparelho // vazar, ir embora

   • I cut this article out of a magazine for you.
   • I am gonna cut out some of these paragraphs
   • I will cut meat out my foods
   • She cut me out from the project
   • The engine sometimes cuts out

10. cut up: cortar algo em pedaços, picotar // falar mal de alguém // ferir ou machucar alguém // fazer palhaçada, fazer piada

    • You may need a power saw to cut up the wood.
    • Who am I to cut her up, right?
    • The agressor cut up Susan badly
    • He always cuts up about(fazer piada) everthing
    • cutup: palhaço, brincalhão
    • cut-up about: estar arrasado

11. cut over:: transferir (arquivo)

    • Please cut that archive over

12. cut through: capinar// deixar de lengalenga, deixar de conversas // cortar caminho

    • desmatar: cut through, deforest, disafforest, clear cut
    • He cut through the neighbours' back yard to get there quicker.
    • Ok, let's cut through the crap and see what we do agree on!
    • He cut through those bushes

13. cut out: cortar, remover // eliminar da dieta // cortar eletricidade, agua // desligar // sair correndo, vazar

    • When the party people heard the police were coming, many cut out.
    • cut it out: para com isso, deixar disso
    • cut out for: ser feito para, ser feito para
      • When he got caught the second time, he decided he wasn't cut out for a life of crime
      • cut out for doing: ser preparado para
        • Some people aren't cut out for dealing with the public.
      • have your work cut out for you :
        • The house Joe and Maggie have bought needs a lot of renovation; they certainly have their work cut out for them.
    • The doctors cut the tumour out, removing the cancer.

14. cortar, dividir, fazer incisão, aparar,corte, corte cinema, cortada(discussão), estalo(whip), doer, parar, magoar, matar aula (cut class), castrar, estalar, chicotear

    • cut and paste: copia e cola

15. cut your teeth: nascer dente (grow teeth)

16. cut to the chase: ir direto ao ponto

17. cut to pieces: cortar em pedacinhos, picotar, fazer picadinho

18. cut to fit: sob medida

19. A lot of stores cut prices after Christmas to try to maintain sales.

    • cut prices: descontar, reduzir os preços
      • cut price: reduzido, com desconto

20. cut loose: demitir // soltar-se, libertar-se, liberar-se //separar, desligar

    • She really began to cut loose after she left home.

21. cut in line (US), jump the queue (UK): furar fila

22. cut in for: dividir, partilhar, repartir

    • After she won the money, she said she would cut me in for some of it.

23. cut corners: economizar

    • When building contractors try to cut corners on foundations, it is disastrous.

24. cross cut: corte transversal

25. buzz cut:cabelo raspado

26. a cut above: um nível acima, à frente de,melhor que os outros

    • This restaurant is definitely a cut above

27. cut some slack: “pegar leve”, “dar uma colher de chá”, “dar uma folga”, “dar uma chance”, “dar um desconto” // I’m going to cut you some slack.