Portuguese English Dictionary

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diretor in English:

1. director director


Where's the director?
The tall guy smoking a cigar over there is a famous director.
I spent three years looking for a good director, but couldn't find one.
Conflicting reports prompted the director to reconsider her position.
Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.
Anime director Satoshi Kon died of pancreatic cancer on August 24, 2010, shortly before his 47th birthday.
The director of the school wants to close the canteen and create a new recreation room for the students.
No matter how you look at it, Satoshi Kon was a top class director and mangaka.
Without his wife's money, he would never be a director.
You will be interested to know that we have just introduced our new Managing Director, Mr Masaru Ezaki.
Our managing director is incompatible with the president.
Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.
Steven Spielberg is a brilliant director and I love his films.
Mimura Yasuyuki (Konichika LTD, Managing Director) died of heart attack on the third, age 45.

2. principal principal


Today, automobiles have taken the place of horses as the principal means of transportation.
principal reason
The principal called him to account for being absent without an excuse.
The organization plays a principal role in wildlife conservation.
The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.
He said that their principal would go there the next day.
This is an interesting case where there is no principal determining element.
The definition of principal is the first or highest in importance. An example of a principal ingredient is flour in bread.
My principal is Mrs Lidia Kącala.
Diana kept missing lessons, so the school principal telephoned her parents.
That was my principal reason for moving.
The instalment for my loan is $110 a month. $100 goes toward paying off the principal and the $10 is for the interest.
The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.
The principal made a rule for the purpose of giving a good school life to the students.
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

3. headmaster headmaster


We like the present headmaster better than his predecessor.
Our headmaster was very cordial to all of us on our graduation day.
Our headmaster is quite nice.
The headmaster is very friendly.
The school ceremony was opened by the headmaster
The headmaster of my school was a very respected person.
The headmaster will present the winners their prize.

English word "diretor"(headmaster) occurs in sets:

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