- due (EXPECTED) adjective expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time: What time is the next bus due? The next meeting is due to be held in three months' time. Their first baby is due in January.
- gear: noun [U]1 the equipment, clothes etc. that you use to do a particular activity: fishing/camping gear Police in riot gear (= protective clothing) arrived to control the protesters.
- run after sb/sth (CHASE) phrasal verbto chase someone or something that is moving away from you: Why do dogs run after cats? She ran after me to hand me some papers I'd dropped.
- run off with sth: phrasal verb INFORMAL to leave a place or person suddenly after having stolen something from them: He ran off with $10 000 of the company's money.
- stall: noun [C] a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place: In the village market, the stalls are piled high with local vegetables. [tenda]
- tackle: verb [T] (especially in football or hockey) to try to take the ball from a player in the other team, or (in rugby or American football) to do this by taking hold of the player and causing them to fall
- tournament: a competition for teams or individual players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner is left.
- warrant (DOCUMENT): noun [C] an official document, signed by a judge or other person in authority, which gives the police permission to search someone's home, arrest a person or take some other action: a search warrant Judge La Riva had issued an arrest warrant/a warrant for his arrest. [procuração, autorização legal]
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