quarta-feira, 31 de dezembro de 2014
A palavra mais usada em 2014
A palavra mais usada em 2014 não foi uma palavra:
Foi um HEART EMOJI:
Top Words of 2014: The heart emoji named most used term of the year
Foi um HEART EMOJI:
Top Words of 2014: The heart emoji named most used term of the year
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As 20 frases mais faladas em filmes
As 20 frases mais faladas em filmes de Hollywood e os filmes em que são faladas:
THE 20 MOST OVERUSED LINES IN CINEMA
2. "(S)HE'S BEHIND ME,
ISN'T (S)HE?"
3. "IT'S/SHE'S GONNA
BLOW!"
4. "WE'VE GOT
COMPANY!"
5. "DON'T DIE ON
ME!"
6. "WE CAN DO THIS THE
EASY WAY, OR THE HARD WAY."
7. "GET OUTTA THERE!"
8. "YOU JUST DON'T GET
IT, DO YOU?"
9. "I COULD TELL YOU,
BUT I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU"
10. "YOU LOOK LIKE
SHIT."
11. "IT'S NOT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE."
12. "____ IS MY MIDDLE
NAME."
13. "WE'RE NOT SO
DIFFERENT, YOU AND I."
14. "IF YOU TOUCH ONE
HAIR ON HIS/HER HEAD..."
15. "SIT DOWN AND SHUT
UP."
16. "THERE'S A STORM
COMING."
17. "DON'T DO ANYTHING
STUPID."
18. "TELL ____ I LOVE
HIM/HER/THEM."
19. "I WOULDN'T DO THAT
IF I WERE YOU."
20. "YEAH, YOU BETTER RUN!"
THE 20 MOST OVERUSED LINES IN CINEMA
1.
"IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT?"
2. "(S)HE'S BEHIND ME,
ISN'T (S)HE?"
3. "IT'S/SHE'S GONNA
BLOW!"
4. "WE'VE GOT
COMPANY!"
5. "DON'T DIE ON
ME!"
6. "WE CAN DO THIS THE
EASY WAY, OR THE HARD WAY."
7. "GET OUTTA THERE!"
8. "YOU JUST DON'T GET
IT, DO YOU?"
9. "I COULD TELL YOU,
BUT I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU"
10. "YOU LOOK LIKE
SHIT."
11. "IT'S NOT WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE."
12. "____ IS MY MIDDLE
NAME."
13. "WE'RE NOT SO
DIFFERENT, YOU AND I."
14. "IF YOU TOUCH ONE
HAIR ON HIS/HER HEAD..."
15. "SIT DOWN AND SHUT
UP."
16. "THERE'S A STORM
COMING."
17. "DON'T DO ANYTHING
STUPID."
18. "TELL ____ I LOVE
HIM/HER/THEM."
19. "I WOULDN'T DO THAT
IF I WERE YOU."
20. "YEAH, YOU BETTER RUN!"
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sábado, 20 de dezembro de 2014
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Word of the day: Demise
Demise: morte, falecimento (de um soberano ou nobre), fim
(de alguma coisa que estava indo bem), legado, transferência, cessão, cessão de
bens ou direitos mediante testamento, arrendamento ou abdicação, legar, ceder, arrendar
Synonyms: decease, die,
depart, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, check out, pass (on), pass
away, part, perish, pop off, step out, succumb
“…our
much beloved, recently demised leader…”
“She
had no property at the time of her demise.”
“The
musician met an untimely demise.”
“We
have not had truly local news coverage since the town newspaper's demise three
years ago.” (www.merriam-webster.com)
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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 considerávelconhecimento de Alemão.
Jonathan drove my car without my knowledge. = Jonathan dirigiu meu carro sem meuconhecimento.
Susan is quite knowledgeable about Brazilian music.= Susan é bem entendida em música brasileira.
Our teacher acknowledged his mistake during our last class. = Nosso professorreconheceu 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)
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Word of the day: Wuss
Wuss (slang): covarde, fraco, frouxa,”
bunda-mole”
Synonyms: weakling · doormat
... stop being such a wuss for feeling bad...
“Right, so this is Lady MacBeth basically telling her
husband to stop being such a wuss
for feeling bad about murdering people.”
( www.en.bab.la/dictionary/english-portuguese)
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Curiosidades sobre presidentes americanos
John Adams – Adams, the second President, and Jefferson, the third, both died on the same day, July 4th 1826, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Adam’s last words, probably apocryphal, are said to be ‘Jefferson survives,’ when in fact Jefferson had died hours earlier.
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Curiosidades sobre presidentes americanos
John Adams – Adams, the second President, and Jefferson, the third, both died on the same day, July 4th 1826, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Adam’s last words, probably apocryphal, are said to be ‘Jefferson survives,’ when in fact Jefferson had died hours earlier.
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Estranhas Histórias
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Word of the day: Entail
Entail: vínculo, herança
inalienável, ordem de transmissão por herança, ocasionar impor, requerer, acarretar, vincular,
inalienar, legar, morgadio
Synonyms: carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, include, involve,
number, subsume, take in
“He accepted the responsibility, with all that it entails.
<”…a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering
expense…” (www.merriam-webster.com)
“Pregnancy involves the bodily dependence of the unborn child on its
mother; in many cases, it entails a significant physical burden.” (Cathleen
Kaveny, Commonweal, 4 May 2007)
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for the record
(para esclarecer algo, para tornar algo público ou oficial, para registro)
I’d like to say, for the record, that our mayor told a big lie. = Gostaria de dizer, paraficar público, que nosso prefeito falou uma grande mentira.
Just for the record, I was not even at the place when those facts happened. = Apenas
para esclarecer, eu nem sequer estava no local quando…
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Labels:
acarretar,
carry,
comprehend,
contain,
Entail,
herança inalienável,
impor,
inalienar,
legar,
ocasionarvínculo,
ordem de transmissão por herança,
requerer,
vincular
domingo, 7 de dezembro de 2014
Word of the day:Glean / Jokes
Word of
the day
Glean: respigar, catar, respigar, juntar aos poucos,
coletar
Synonyms: to gather or collect (something) in a gradual way, to search (something)
carefully
She gleaned her data from various studies.
He has a collection of
antique tools gleaned from
flea markets and garage sales.
They spent days gleaning the files for
information.
www.merriam-webster.com
Obs.:
Gleam: vislumbre,
raio, aparência vaga, centelha
Clean: limpo,
limpeza, limpar,
assear
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Jokes
One friend complained to another,
"All my husband and I do anymore is fight. I’ve been so upset, I’ve lost
20 pounds."
"If it’s that bad, why don’t you just leave
him?" asked the second friend.
"I’d like to lose another 15 pounds first."
If you're so cool, why do you need
so many fans?
A
mathematician wanders back home at 3 AM and proceeds to get an earful from his
wife. You're late, she says, you said you'd be home at 11:45!
Actually,
the mathematician cooly replies, I'd said I'd be home by a quarter of 12.
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Word of the day: Pummel
Pummel: esmurrar, surrar
Synonyms: pound, punch, bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor,
belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, flog, hammer
“Storm-ravaged residents of New York and New Jersey
began urgent recovery efforts Tuesday after a nighttime pummeling from
Hurricane Sandy, which caused widespread flooding…” (www.washingtonpost.com/oct
31 2012)
“…pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived…”(www.merriam-webster.com)
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Word of the day: Moot
Moot: debate, disputa, debater, levantar
uma questão, discutível.
Synonyms: bring up, broach,
introduce, place, raise
“Conservatives had shouted down the
proposal when it was first mooted.”
“The issue of whether a person's
nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike.” (www.merriam-webster.com)
http://www.memegen.com/memes/
http://www.memegen.com/memes/
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Take into account:
Take into account: levar em consideração, levar em conta ( ao tomar uma decisão, ao fazer algo)
“Don't forget to take the traffic into account when you decide what time to leave for the airport.”
“The judge said she'd take into account his health problems when she sentenced him for the crime.” (www.englishclub.com)
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Word of the day: Eke out / Where the rubber meets the road
Word of the day
Eke out: suprir
com dificuldade, aumentar,
alargar, acrescentar, adicionar, economizar
Synonyms: make up for the deficiencies of, supplement, to make (a supply) last by economy
“He eked out his income by getting a second job.”
“He eked out a living
from the family's small farm.”
www.merriam-webster.com
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Where
the rubber meets the road: o momento da verdade, a momento mais importante de
alguma coisa
“An
athlete can train all day, but the race is where the rubber meets the road and
they'll know how good they really are.” (www.usingenglish.com)
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