Word of the day: Lurk

Lurk:  espreitar, atalaiar, emboscar

Synonyms: sneak, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, steal

“She could tell there was someone out there lurking in the shadows.”

“We caught a glimpse of someone lurking around the corner.”

  (www.merriamwebster.com)   

Deu no New York Times

Deu no New York Times: Obama tenta acalmar Brasil e México em relação à espionagem

Word of the day: Guzzle

Guzzle:  beber avidamente, especialmente bebida alcoólica

Synonyms: belt down, gulp, drink, hoist, imbibe, knock back, quaff, sip, slurp, sup, swig, swill

“…guzzled my soda before I could stop him…”

“…teenagers sneaking out to guzzle in the woods…”

  (www.merriamwebster.com)    

Take My True Love By The Hand

Take My True Love By The Hand - The Limeliters (Trilha sonora de BREAKING BAD)

(www.metrolyrics.com)

Times are getting hard boys
Money's getting scarce
Times don't get no better boys
Gonna leave this place.

Take my true love by her hand
Lead her through the town
Say goodbye to everyone
Goodbye to everyone.

Had a job a year ago
Had a little home
Now I've got no place to go
Guess I'll have to roam.

Take my true love by her hand
Lead her through the town
Say goodbye to everyone
Goodbye to everyone.

Every wind that blows boys
Every wind that blows
Carries me to some new place
Heaven only knows.

Take my true love by her hand
Lead her through the town
Say goodbye to everyone
Goodbye to everyone.

Times are getting hard boys
Money's getting scarce
Times don't get no better boys
Gonna leave this place.

Take my true love by her hand
Lead her through the town
Say goodbye to everyone
Goodbye to everyone.

Take my true love by her hand
Lead her through the town
Say goodbye to everyone
Goodbye to everyone.

Say goodbye to everyone
Goodbye to everyone.

Read more: The Limeliters - Take My True Love By The Hand Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Word of the day: Spout

Spout: jato, jorro, repuxo, cano, tubo, bica,biqueira de descarga,  casa de penhor, esguichar, verter, espirrar,  correr, sair com força, precipitar as frases,  penhorar, empenhar

Synonyms: jet, pour, rush, spew, gush, spurt, squirt, swoosh

“The well was spouting oil.”

“She kept spouting on and on about politics.”

  (www.merriamwebster.com)    

Hump day

Hump day: O meio da semana (quarta-feira)

Obs.: subentende-se a ideia de que já se conseguiu passar pela metade e o fim de semana está mais próximo

“After hump day, the weekend gets closer.”

 “We're on the other side of hump day, with the weekend in sight.”

 ( www.dictionary.reference.com), (www.urbandictionary.com)            

Dilma reclama do Obama

Dilma reclama do Obama (Washington Post)

Word of the day: Mull

Mull: ponderar, meditar, preparar uma bebida quente feita com vinho ou cerveja, açúcar e condimentos, espécie de musselina

Synonyms: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

“People in other professions can mull over their futures for months, if not years.”  (www.wordhippo.com)

Not worth a hill of beans

Not worth a hill of beans /  not worth a plugged nickel

-sem validade, inútil, sem valor, imprestável, sem merecimento

“ Your advice isn't worth a hill of beans.”

“This old cow isn't worth a plugged nickel.”

Word of the day: Spree

Spree: farra, bebedeira, divertimento

Synonyms: binge, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, ploy, revel, rollick, romp, fling

“They went on a killing spree.”

“…went on a spending spree…”

Obs.: We were on the spree. (Fizemos uma farra.) To go for a spree. ( Fazer uma farra)

Over the hill

Over the hill: que escapou da prisão ou do exército / muito velho para fazer algo

“Two privates went over the hill last night.”

 “They broke out of jail and went over the hill.”

“You're only fifty! You're not over-the-hill yet.”

“Some people seem over-the-hill at thirty.”  (www.thefreedictinary.com)

Sandhill Crane

Sandhill Crane

The Sandhill Crane is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest.

Scientific name: Grus canadensis

Rank: Species

Higher classification: Grus

Lower classifications: Greater Sandhill Crane

Sobre  Sandhill Crane:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_Crane

Word of the day: Newlywed

Newlywed: recém-casado

Synonyms: just married, wedding couple, happy couple, bride and groom, bride, groom, couple

“They took pictures of the happy newlyweds.”

“Melbourne actor Rachel Griffiths saw in the new year as a newlywed.”  (www.wordhippo.com)

Hearts and minds

Hearts and minds of: complete apoio de alguém, apoio intelectual e emocional

“I thought the president could have done a better job of reaching the hearts and minds of the American people in his speech on television yesterday.” (www.thefreedictionary.com)

Word of the day: Ballsy

Ballsy(col.):  corajoso, ousado

Synonyms: gutsy, nervy

“She's quite a ballsy lawyer.”

“…a ballsy attempt to sneak out of the house…”

(www.merriamwebster.com)

Get back on the horse

Get back on the horse: tentar de novo algo que falhou, tentar mais uma vez

“The only way to feel better about Penny going out with other guy is for you to get back on the horse.”  (http://forum.wordreference.com)

Word of the day: Kingpin

Kingpin:  chefe, pessoa mais importante no grupo, pino mestre.

Synonyms: key player, top dog, number one, linchpin, honcho, leading light, superstar, ace, principal

“Adam Gartrell An Indonesian people-smuggling kingpin has been jailed for arranging an ill.”          (www.wordhippo.com)

Wheels within wheels

Wheels within wheels: que é complicado, que envolve coisas que não são bem claras ou entendidas

 “It's difficult to find out just which government agency is responsible; there are wheels within wheels.”  (www.yourdictionary.com)

Flamingo (Florida birds)

•  Flamingos or Flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the genus Phoenicopterus, the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae.

There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.

Scientific name: Phoenicopterus

Rank: Genus

Higher classification: Phoenicopteridae

Lower classifications: American Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo

Mais: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo

Word of the day: Behoove

Behoove:  convir, ser conveniente,  caber a, tocar a

Synonyms: be somebody's duty

“Considering you can spend between $400 and $3500 for a good Nikon SLR camera these days, it would behoove.”

“It behooves me.” ( cabe a mim.)

(www.wordhippo.com)

CURIOSIDADES (cont)

CURIOSIDADES:

…the longest word with only one vowel is ‘strengths’ (9 letters long).

…there are only 4 words that end with ‘-dous’: ‘tremendous’, ‘stupendous’, ‘hazardous’ and ‘horrendous’.

…the oldest word is ‘town’.

…the longest one-syllable word is ‘screeched’.

Obs.: screech: grito alto (de terror ou dor)

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By the skin of (one's) teeth

By the skin of (one's) teeth: por quase nada, por uma margem minima, por muito pouco

 “Doug passed the exam by the skin of his teeth.” http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Curiosidades

Curiosidades:

…the longest word with all the letters in alphabetical order is ‘almost’.

…the only two words that end ‘-gry’ are ‘hungry’ and ‘angry’.

…the longest word without the main vowels is ‘rhythms’.

…the dot on top of the letter ‘i’ is called a ‘tittle’. (não confundir com’ title’)

…the most commonly-used word in conversation is ‘I'

http://voxy.com

Word of the day

Thug:  matador, assassino,  membro de uma antiga organização religiosa hindu de ladrões e assassinos

Synonyms: bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, homeboy, hood, hooligan

 “He was beaten and robbed by street thugs.”

“The Mob boss regularly sent his thugs after people who were slow to pay their debts.”

Factor in

Factor in: levar algo em consideração no planejamento ou cálculo de alguma coisa

“ Don't forget to factor in transport costs when you make the quotation.”

“ You need to factor the political situation in when deciding on a country to invest in.”

Word of the day: Quibble

Quibble:  minúcia, ninharia, preocupar-se com minúcias ou ninharias

Synonyms: carp, cavil, fuss, niggle, nitpick

“He spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II.”

”Don't quibble over who gets to sit in front.”

(www.merriamwebster.com)    

Blood is thicker than water

Blood is thicker than water  /  Blood runs thicker than water: Relações familiares são mais importantes que outras coisas, família vem em primeiro lugar

“My friends invited me to go camping on Saturday, but I have to go to my cousin's wedding instead. Blood is thicker than water, after all.”

“If you ever need help, don't ask your friends. Come home and ask us, your family. Blood runs thicker than water.”

Word of the day: Stump

Stump:  toco, toro, cepa, coto, parte de um membro amputado,toco (de cigarro, de lápis etc.),perna, local de comício polític

Synonyms: base, stub, butt, remains, remnant, end, nubbin

“Stump of a red wax candle.”

“There may be a few pine stumps among the field maple.”

(www.sentence.yourdictionary.com)

FALL FOR

1.)     Fall for: cair em alguma mentira ou engano, ser enganado, acreditar em algo falso ou alguma brincadeira, ser enganado

“Don't fall for email scams which promise to make you a lot of money.”

“ Lots of people fell for our April Fool's joke when we claimed that the UN was going to ban all languages except for English.”

2.)     Fall for: apaixonar-se por alguém, “ficar caído por alguém”

“I fell for Becky on our first date, and I knew then and there that she was the one for me.”

“My teenage daughter is going through that crazy stage when she says she's fallen for a different boy every month or two.”

Word of the day: Grapple

Grapple: agarramento, luta corpo a corpo, garra, agarrar, segurar, abraçar, lutar, brigar

Synonyms: clasp, clench, hold, grasp, grip, handgrip, handhold

“…was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match…”

“After a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair.”

  (www.merriamwebster.com)   

Hump day:

Hump day: O meio da semana (quarta-feira)

Obs.: subentende-se a ideia de que já se conseguiu passar pela metade e o fim de semana está mais próximo

“After hump day, the weekend gets closer.”

 “We're on the other side of hump day, with the weekend in sight.”

 ( www.dictionary.reference.com), (www.urbandictionary.com)            

Word of the day: Mulish

Mulish: teimoso, obstinado

Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, obstinate

“She approached the job with mulish determination.”

“…a mulish insistence on doing things his own way…”

(www.merriamwebster.com)

Word of the day: Thrust

Thrust:  empurrão, impulso, ímpeto, facada, golpe, propulsão, impulso, pressão,empurrar, impelir

Synonyms: drive, propel, shove, push

 “The doctor thrust the needle into the patient's arm.”

“He thrust at me with his sword.”

“He thrust his hands into his pockets.”

“He thrust his fist into the air.”  (www.merriamwebster.com)   

Obs.: Trust =  confiança, crença, fé, confidência

Blood is thicker than water

Blood is thicker than water  /  Blood runs thicker than water: Relações familiares são mais importantes que outras coisas, família vem em primeiro lugar

“My friends invited me to go camping on Saturday, but I have to go to my cousin's wedding instead. Blood is thicker than water, after all.”

“If you ever need help, don't ask your friends. Come home and ask us, your family. Blood runs thicker than water.”