Word of the day: Tether

Tether: corda, trava, corrente para segurar um animal no pasto, âmbito, limite, amarrar, pear

Synonyms: attach,  bond, chain, fastening, fetter, halter, lead, leash, restraint, rope, shackle 

“…why did the Chinese first tether their currency to the dollar, after all, if not because of a belief that the United States had the world’s most dominant... “(www.newsweek, July 25, 2011)

Obs.: “that is beyond my tether”: “isso ultrapassa minhas forças” / “to be at the end of one’s tether”: “não ter mais forças, estar com os recursos esgotados”