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left: verb
left: I. noun II. adjective and adverb III. adverb
left-hand: adjective and adverb
left-handed: adjective and adverb
left wing: noun
left-wing: adjective and adverb
leave: I. noun II. transitive verb III. intransitive verb
left-luggage office: noun
leave behind: transitive verb
leave off: transitive verb
leave on: transitive verb
leave out: transitive verb
leave over: transitive verb
sick leave: noun

left¹ [left] VB

left pt, pp of:

See also leave

I . leave [liːv] N

1. leave:

to take (one's) leave (of sb)

despedir-se (de alguém)

2. leave no pl:

to go/be on leave MIL

sair/estar de licença

II . leave <left, left> [liːv] VB trans

1. leave (depart from):

leave school, university

to leave home

2. leave (not take away with):

to leave sth to sb

deixar a. c. para alguém

to leave sth to sb (forget)

they always leave the boy at home

sempre esquecem o menino em casa

III . leave <left, left> [liːv] VB intr

I . left² [left] N

1. left no pl (direction, sight):

left

on/to the left

à esquerda

the left

2. left no pl POL:

left

II . left² [left] ADJ

left

esquerdo(-a)

III . left² [left] ADV

left

à esquerda

left-hand ADJ

esquerdo(-a)

left-hand side

a left-hand turn

uma virada à esquerda

left-handed ADJ

left-handed

canhoto(-a)

left-handed scissors

tesoura f para canhotos

left wing N POL

left wing

left-wing ADJ POL

I . leave [liːv] N

1. leave:

to take (one's) leave (of sb)

despedir-se (de alguém)

2. leave no pl:

to go/be on leave MIL

sair/estar de licença

II . leave <left, left> [liːv] VB trans

1. leave (depart from):

leave school, university

to leave home

2. leave (not take away with):

to leave sth to sb

deixar a. c. para alguém

to leave sth to sb (forget)

they always leave the boy at home

sempre esquecem o menino em casa

III . leave <left, left> [liːv] VB intr

left-luggage office N Brit

left-luggage office

guarda-volumes m inv

leave behind VB trans

1. leave behind (not take along):

leave behind

he left behind a widow

ele deixou uma viúva

2. leave behind (forget):

leave behind

she left her bag behind

ela esqueceu sua bolsa

3. leave behind (progress beyond):

leave behind past

deixar para trás

leave off VB trans

1. leave off (give up):

2. leave off (omit):

leave on VB trans

leave on light

leave out VB trans

1. leave out (omit):

deixar de incluir

2. leave out (exclude):

leave over VB trans

sick leave N

licença f médica

Usage examples with left

the left

he was left speechless

ele ficou sem palavras

to turn right/left

virar à direita/esquerda

on/to the left

a left-hand turn

uma virada à esquerda

on the right/left

à direita/esquerda

to the left

para a esquerda

to bear left

virar à esquerda

left-hand side

left-handed scissors

tesoura f para canhotos

they left a few boxes

deixaram algumas caixas

he left behind a widow

ele deixou uma viúva

she left her bag behind

ela esqueceu sua bolsa

to curve around to the left

dobrar para a esquerda

the far left/right (of a party)

a extrema esquerda/direita (de um partido)

the accident left him severely disabled

o acidente o deixou severamente incapacitado

after waiting two days, we left

depois de esperar dois dias, fomos embora

the sign says no left turn

o sinal indica que não se pode virar à esquerda

to pick up where one left off

partir do ponto onde se interrompeu uma atividade

the car suddenly veered off to the left

o carro deu uma guinada brusca para a esquerda

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In other words, every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides (left and right, top and bottom) by purl stitches, and vice versa. en.wikipedia.org

In 1973 their cause was taken up by a much larger group of heterogeneous activists, predominantly left wing, and numbering up to 100,000. en.wikipedia.org

Each one has demonstrated a ruthless skill in their chosen crime fields of expertise and no compunctions about picking up where they left off. en.wikipedia.org

But he soon left to work in Burma for two years, leaving her with her in-laws. en.wikipedia.org

Such decisions are usually left up to those who are legally responsible to act on behalf of the bank. en.wikipedia.org

Childhood poverty and ill health, aggravated by a bout of rickets, had left him with badly stunted legs. en.wikipedia.org

Natural sexuality is left unsatisfied and thereby creates neuroses due to suppression of this sexuality by the authoritarian state. en.wikipedia.org

Some friends took him to a hotel, where he settled in and left to run an errand. en.wikipedia.org

For the next decade, the government largely left the alleys untouched. en.wikipedia.org

During the rescue attempts, a petrol tank exploded and the wreckage was left to burn itself out. en.wikipedia.org

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