quarta-feira, 4 de abril de 2012

Word of the day: Kilter


Kilter:  boa condição, forma, ordem, estado físico (de uma pessoa)
Synonyms: estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, condition, order, repair, shape, trim
Obs.: in good kilter:  em bom estado / off kilter, out of kilter:  indisposto, fora de forma, com defeito.
“Since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter.”(www.meriam-webster.com)
“…the best way to repair an environment that is out of kilter, and to prevent even more animals from dying out...” (Newsweek, January 29, 2006)

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