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Fonte: http://alpinfun.blogspot.com

Elvis Presley - Amazing Grace

Elvis Presley - Amazing Grace

Fonte: www.sing365.com

Amazing Grace

chorus:

Amazing grace,

Oh, how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost,

But now I'm found

Was blind,

But now I see

When we've been there

Ten thousand years,

Bright shinning as the sun

We've no less days

To sing God's praise

Then when, when we first begun

Through many dangers

Toils and snares

I have already come

T'was grace that brought me

Safe thus far

And grace will lead me home

chorus

Was blind, but now I see

Knowledge, etc...

knowledge -  ( conhecimento, saber -subst.)

knowledgeable -  ( entendido, conhecedor, versado em)

acknowledge -  ( reconhecer)    

acknowledgement  (ou acknowledgment) - (reconhecimento)

acquaintance – (conhecido, uma pessoa que você conhece)

common knowledge =  (fato do conhecimento de todos, algo que todos

                                                   sabem mesmo sem ser oficialmente)

(Port.) conhecido ( part. do verbo conhecer) –(known)

(Port.) tomar conhecimento =( to learn)

Gerard has a considerable knowledge of German .= Gerard tem um considerável conhecimento de Alemão.

Jonathan drove my car without my knowledge. = Jonathan dirigiu meu carro sem meu conhecimento.

Susan is quite knowledgeable about Brazilian music.= Susan é bem entendida em música brasileira.

Our teacher acknowledged his mistake during our last class. = Nosso professor reconheceu seu erro durante nossa última aula.

We can consider his speech as an acknowledgement of our problems. = Podemos considerar seu discurso como um reconhecimento de nossos problemas.

Misplacing the car keys, forgetting the name of an acquaintance , or briefly losing track of what you were doing moving from one room to the next usually result from lapses in attention …” (Newsweek, April 17, 2009) = Deixar as chaves no lugar errado, esquecer o nome de um conhecido, ou brevemente perder noção do que você estava fazendo indo de uma sala para outra, normalmente resultam de falta de atenção…

It's common knowledge that a glass or two of red wine a night will do more than enhance a great meal or… (Newsweek, January 23, 2009) = É do conhecimento de todos que um ou dois copos de vinho vermelho por noite vão fazer mais do que realçar uma grande refeição ou…

Ele é muito conhecido por algumas bonitas cancões. = He’s very well known for some beautiful songs.

Assim que cheguei ao escritório tomei conhecimento de algumas más novidades. = As soon as I arrived at the office, I learnt some bad news.

Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades(Flávio Cruz)

Under a cloud

Under a cloud: diz-se de quem está sob suspeita de ter feito algo errado

“Ever since the rumours of corruption started, the president has been under a cloud and he probably won't win another election.”

“Henry has been under a cloud since the money disappeared and he bought a new car.” (www.englishclub.com)

Word of the day: Gaudy

Gaudy: enfeitado demais, afetado, pomposo, vistoso mas sem gosto, berrante, espalhafatoso / grande festa (de colégio)

Synonyms / definitions: flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank, ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented, marked by extravagance

“The showgirls wore gaudy costumes.”

“They bought the house for a gaudy sum.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

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American Presidents

PRESIDENTS ADAMS, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July; Coolidge was born on that day.
KENNEDY AND TAFT are the only presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
LINCOLN, JEFFERSON, F. Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are portrayed on U.S. coins.

Fonte: www.littleknownfactsshow.com

Mom and daughter (joke)

Overheard:

Mom: You're 18. You can do what you want.

Daughter: So I can run away!?

Mom: No. You're 18. You would just be leaving.

Daughter: Oh.

(Denise Bustamante: twitter.com/deeplusbee)

Think outside the box

Think outside the box: pensar de uma maneira criativa, sem restrições de ideias comuns ou preconcebidas

“One of the reasons Gerry can solve problems so well is that he's able to think outside the box.”

“It takes a lot of imagination and creativity to think outside the box.”(www.englishclub.com)

Word of the day: Slither

Slither: escorregadela, escorregar, resvalar, deslizar, serpear, serpentear

Synonyms/ definitions: belly, creep, grovel, slide, crawl, snake, worm, wriggle, to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface, to slip or slide like a snake

“The snake slithered through the garden.”

“To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.”

“She slithered quietly into the room.”

“He slithered his hand around her waist.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

Beside the point

Beside the point: diz-se de algo que não tem nada a ver com  o que se está fazendo ou falando

 “What older people think of the product is beside the point. We are marketing to young people, so the only thing that matters is what they think.”

I eat this food because it's good for me, so whether it's delicious or not is beside the point.(www.englishclub.com)

Que sera, sera...

Vídeo:  
Doris Day - Que sera sera

Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be.

The future is not ours to see. Que sera, sera”

 (Doris Day, 1956)

More interesting facts about English

1.We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word "therein" without rearranging any of its letters: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

2.The "QWERTY keyboard" gains its name from the fact that its first 6 letter keys are Q, W, E, R, T and Y. On early typewriters the keys were arranged in such a way as to minimize the clashing of the mechanical rods that carried the letters. (www.englishclub.com)

Word of the day: Outlandish

Outlandish: estranho, bizarro, grotesco, remoto, longínquo, distante

Synonyms: bizarre, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, offbeat, off-kilter, off-the-wall, odd, out-of-the-way, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky

“She fills her books with outlandish characters.”

“The actress wore an outlandish dress to the awards ceremony.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

More interesting facts about English

1. The longest English word without a true vowel (a, e, i, o or u) is "rhythm".
2. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth. The others are, in order from the Sun, Mercury, Venus, [Earth,] Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
3. There are only 4 English words in common use ending in "-dous": hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.

Making Believe Emmilou Harris

Vídeo: Making Believe Emmilou Harris

Fonte: www.sing365.com

(Jimmie Work)

Making believe that you still love me

It's leaving me alone and so blue

Still I'll always dream, but I'll never own you

Making believe, its all I can do

Can't hold you close when you're not with me

You're somebody's love, you'll never be mine

Making believe I'll spend my lifetime

Loving you and making believe

Making believe I never lost you

But my happy hours I find are so few

My plans for the future will never come true

Making believe what else can I do

Novo livro  (ficção científica) no Clube dos Autores:

 À procura de Lucas  (Flávio Cruz)

Hit the roof

Hit the roof: perder a calma, ficar com raiva

“When the boss saw Jim's mistake, he hit the roof. He yelled and thumped the desk and told Jim to get out.”

“When Johnny's dad found out that he'd been smoking cigarettes, he hit the roof.”(www.englishclub.com)

Word of the day: Agog

Agog: impaciente, ansioso, curioso, irrequieto, impacientemente

Synonyms:  agape, anticipant, anticipatory, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, crazy, desirous, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, greedy

“Parents agog for the latest news from the children away at college.”

“All agog to get started on their journey.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

TIE

tie (someone) down = restringir  a liberdade de uma pessoa

tie in = apertar ou conectar algo

tie the knot = casar

tied down = restringido por obrigações familiares ou pelo emprego

tied up = não disponível / sem tempo disponível, indisponível / interrompido,

   engarrafado (tráfego, por ex.) / em sociedade com

Have a heart-to-heart

Have a heart-to-heart: ter uma conversa honesta com alguém, partilhar os sentimentos

“After we'd had a good heart-to-heart we understood each other much better.”

If you're not getting on well with someone, having a heart-to-heart can really help a lot.

Obs.: "Heart-to-heart" pode ser usado também como adjetivo, por ex.,  "have a heart-to-heart talk". ( www.englishclub.com) 

Word of the day: Helm

Helm: leme do navio, direção, administração / elmo, capacete, cálice, por ou prover de capacete

Synonyms: the place of leadership or command, chair, driver's seat, headship, rein(s)

chair, driver's seat, headship, helm, leme do navio, direção, administração,  elmo, capacete, cálice, por ou prover de capacete

“With a blind person at the helm, the city has made a lot of improvements for the physically challenged.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

Obs.: “he sits at the helm: ele está no comando”

TIME

time after time = repetidamente

time of (one’s) life = uma época maravilhosa (We had the time of our lives when...)

time out = interrupção temporária de um jogo por qualquer razão

(your) heart isn't in it

(your) heart isn't in it: diz-se quando alguém não quer ou não tem vontade de fazer algo

“Ali was studying to be a doctor, but his heart wasn't in it so he decided to follow his real dream and study film-making instead.”

“We could tell that Sally's heart wasn't in it when she tried singing jazz, so we said she should stick to pop songs.”(www.englishclub.com)

Word of the day: Kismet

Kismet:  sorte, destino, sina

Synonyms: circumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, fate, lot, portion

“He always said that it was kismet that they met at a showing of their favorite movie.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

More interesting facts about English

We pronounce the combination "ough" in 9 different ways, as in the following sentence which contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." (Ouça a frase inteira)


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How do you spell...?

As my brother and a nurse filled  out paperwork following the birth of his daughter, he was asked for her name.

“Kelsey Noelle”, he answered.

The nurse was confused: “How do you spell Kelsey with no L?”

(Reader’s Digest / July / August 2012)

Donna Summer: Love to love you baby

Donna Summer: Love to love you baby

Fonte: www.lyrics007.com

I love to love you baby

When you're laying so close to me

There's no place I'd rather you be than with me,

I love to love you, baby

Do it to me again and again

You put me in such a awful spin, in a spin,

I love to love you baby.

Lay your head down real close to me

Soothe my mind and set me free, set me free,

Uh, I love to love you baby.

Love to love you baby

TUNE

tune out = parar de prestar atenção em alguma coisa

tune up = regular, ajustar o motor de um carro / afinar (um instrumento musical)

tune in = sintonizar (radio, TV)

tuned in = diz-se de quem está consciente, atualizado

Kiss-and-tell

Kiss-and-tell: revelar relacionamentos amorosos ou sexuais antes secretos e pessoais, revelar informação confidencial em primeira mão

 “A Presidential aide wrote a kiss-and-tell memoir.”

 “A real  man  doesn't kiss and tell.”

 “Don't ask how I voted; I don't kiss and tell.” (www.merriam-webster.com

Word of the day: Cringe

Cringe: lisonja servil, bajulação, adulação, encolher-se de medo, dor ou repugnância, bajular, lisonjear servilmente para obter favores

Synonyms / definitions: blench, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince, to draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily as from cold or pain,  to shrink in fear or servility, to behave in an excessively humble or servile way, to recoil in distaste

“Many English teachers cringe when their students use the word ‘ain't.’”

“I always cringe when I hear that song.”

“Just the thought of eating broccoli makes me cringe.”

“The dog cringed at the noise.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Gullible

Gullible: crédulo, ingênuo

Synonyms: easily duped or cheated ,dewy-eyed, exploitable, naive (or naïve), susceptible, trusting, unwary, wide-eyed

“I'm not gullible enough to believe something that outrageous.”

“They sell overpriced souvenirs to gullible tourists.” (www.englishclub.com)

Slip of the tongue

Slip of the tongue: pequeno erro ao falar

“I really meant to say Miss Davis, not Mrs. Davis, so it was just a slip of the tongue, but Judy thought I was teasing her.”

 “A newsreader made a slip of the tongue when reading out the scores. He said Chelsea had lost by a goal, instead of saying they'd won by a goal.” (www.englishclub.com)

Slang: Tight-ass

Slang

Tight-ass: diz-se de uma pessoa que é bastante reprimida e que segue à risca as regras sociais

“Don't be such a tight-ass, Rob. Let yourself have some fun for a change.”

 “Our teacher is a real tight-ass. We never do anything fun in class.”(www.englishclub.com)

How to Pronounce the Months of the Year

How to Pronounce the Months of the Year
(Rachels)

Word of the day: Brunt

Brunt : ímpeto de ataque, perigo ou crise, força, violência, parte mais difícil

Synonyms: body, bulk, chief, core, generality, main, mass, staple, weight

“The brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

More interesting facts about English

1. Some words exist only in plural form, for example: glasses (spectacles), binoculars, scissors, shears, tongs, gallows, trousers, jeans, pants, pyjamas (but note that clothing words often become singular when we use them as modifiers, as in "trouser pocket").
2. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
3. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless". (www.englishclub.com)

Give it a shot

Give it a shot: experimentar algo pela primeira vez, tentar algo, fazer uma tentativa

“John asked some guys riding skateboards if he could borrow one and give it a shot.”

“I've never tried playing golf, but I'd like to give it a shot.”(www.englishclub.com)

Silent consonants

Silent consonants (consoantes que não se pronunciam)

www.youtube.com

Novo conto: Uma vez mais, eu te amo…

Leia o Novo conto: Uma vez mais, eu te amo…

Pronunciation: silent letters

V'ideo:      Pronunciation: silent letters

Scientist

http://www.parentdish.com

"I'm asked sometimes... How did you get to be a scientist? How did you get to be an explorer? And I say, it's really easy.
You start out as a little kid, and then you never grow up."
- Explorer and biologist Sylvia Earle

(www.npr.com)

Word of the day: Grimace

Grimace:  careta, fazer caretas

Synonyms: a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain,  face, frown, lower,moue, mouth, mow, mug, pout, scowl, snoot

“ The patient made a painful grimace as the doctor examined his wound.”

“ He made a grimace when he tasted the medicine.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

There is little difference between something and something else. There is a fine line between a frown and a grimace. (http://www.phrases.org.uk)

Stevie Wonder-Isn't She Lovely

Vídeo:

Stevie Wonder-Isn't She Lovely

Fonte: www.lyrics007.com

Isn't she lovely

Isn't she wonderfull

Isn't she precious

Less than one minute old

I never thought through love we'd be

Making one as lovely as she

But isn't she lovely made from love

Isn't she pretty

Truly the angel's best

Boy, I'm so happy

We have been heaven blessed

I can't believe what God has done

through us he's given life to one

But isn't she lovely made from love

Isn't she lovely

Life and love are the same

Life is Aisha

The meaning of her name

Londie, it could have not been done

Without you who conceived the one

That's so very lovely made from love

Word of the day: Smear

Smear: sujeira, mancha, ataque malicioso, cobrir, lambuzar, manchar com graxa ou gordura, untar, engraxar, pintar, sujar, sujar-se, manchar-se, prejudicar, estragar,  ofender, engraxar, subornar

Synonyms: anoint, bedaub, besmear, daub, asperse, blacken, calumniate, defame, libel, malign, smear, traduce, vilify

“…they smeared paint on the walkways and chained a lamb to a light pole.”

( USA TODAY /June 19, 2012)