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at this juncture - no momento, nesta hora

at this rate - neste ritmo, neste passo

at times - ocasionalmente, às vezes

at will - à vontade

MINI DICIONÁRIO de idioms, phrasal verbs e mais

Word of the day: Moat

Moat: fosso, valado, circundar com fossos

Synonyms: channel, trench, dike, drain, waterway, conduit, gully, trough

“Now a smooth, dirt road runs to within meters of the temple's moat…”   (http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-portuguese)

 “I'll finally get to build that moat.”   (www.wordhippo.com)

Famous Sayings

Famous Sayings 

Albert Einstein
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Swedish proverb

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

http://quotations.about.com/

Tit for tat

Tit for tat: retaliação, represália equivalente ao que se recebeu, detalhe por detalhe

Origin:

1550–60: talvez uma variação do antigo “tip for tap”

“He answered their insults tit for tat.”   (http://dictionary.reference.com)

Word of the day: Wallop

Wallop: batida forte, pancada, bater, surrar, espancar, fazer barulho, ruído, ferver, borbulhar, andar de forma atabalhoada, vencer de forma arrasadora

Synonyms: bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, bung up, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste, pound, punch out, beat, whip

“I was so angry I felt like walloping him.”

“…walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit…”

(www.merriam –webster.com)

Famous Sayings

Famous Sayings

Judy Garland

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Albert Schweitzer

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

John Maxwell

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

Judy Garland

Flare up

Flare up: ficar pior, piorar sair com ímpeto, estourar (doença, conflito),

“Julia's skin condition flares up whenever she gets stressed out by something.”

“It can be dangerous in this city. Fighting among street gangs can flare up at any time.”  

(www.englishclub.com)

NEW JERSEY STATE FLAG and seal

The State flag of New Jersey is buff colored. The state coat of arms is emblazoned in the center. The shield has three plows with a horse's head above it. Two women represent the goddesses of Liberty and Agriculture. A ribbon at the bottom includes the year of independence in 1776 and reads: Liberty and Prosperity. The New Jersey state flag was formally adopted in 1896.

(www.50states.com)

Word of the day: Stray

Stray: pessoa errante, animal desgarrado, estática, ruído parasita (em transmissão de rádio),vaiar, errar, andar a esmo, desviar-se, desgarrar, desgarrado, errante, extraviado, espalhado, esporádico

Synonyms: err, fall, sin, offend, transgress, trespass, wander

“Both of her cats were strays that she found wandering in the neighborhood.”

“The airplane strayed off course.”

“Our straying son swears he's returned to the straight and narrow.”

(www.merriam –webster.com)

Obs.:

Stray cat: gato sem dono que anda solto pelas ruas (mas não é um gato selvagem)

Electronics (picture dictionary)

Electronics   (picture dictionary)

Fonte::http://www.online-languages.info/english/picture-dictionary.php

   

transistor 
transistor

resistor 
resistor

transformer   
transforme

electricity 
electricity

xxxxx
electronics 
electronics

light bulb 
light bulb

measurement 
measurement

net 
net

Word of the day: Hew

Hew:  (hewed, hewn), cortar, derrubar, lavrar, desbastar

Synonyms: chop (down), cut (down), fell, mow

“They hewed logs to build a cabin.”

“The walls are built of stones hewn by skilled craftsmen.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

Cray cray

Cray cray: bem louco, louco (num nível bem maior)

(originado de “crazy”)

- "Lets have a milk chugging contest"

- "Ok No. Don't get cray cray."  ( urbandictionary.com)

NORTH CAROLINA STATE FLAG

That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776."

Fonte: www.50states.com

Jonquil:  junquilho Fonte; http://www.online-languages.info/english/picture-dictionary.php Narcissus jonquilla    widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers
Narziss; Narzisse  нарцисс  النرجس

Fubar

Fubar: bastante danificado, com danos

"The clock in the hall is fubar." 

Origin: Nos anos 40, do acrônimo Fucked Up Beyond Recognition (ou repair)

(www.oxforddictionaries.com)

Word of the day: Maze

Maze:  labirinto,estado de encantamento ou perplexidade, confusão, confundir, embaraçar

Synonyms: addle, baffle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, confound, fuddle, gravel, confuse, muddle, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex, labyrinth

“I'm completely mazed by the multitude of plans for health insurance.>”

“The experiment measured the time it took for a mouse to find its way through a maze to get its reward of cheese.”

“The school is a maze of classrooms.”

“…a maze of rules and regulations…” 

(www.merriam-webster.com)

BIRDS OF AMERICA: THE WESTERN MEADOW LARK

SHARE:

State Bird of Kansas, Montana,Nebraska, North Dakota,Oregon and Wyoming

By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.

VOLUME VII.

MISSOURI MEADOW-LARK.
[Western Meadowlark.]

STURNELLA NEGLECTA, Aud.
[Sturnella neglecta.]PLATE CCCCLXXXIX.--MALE.

Although the existence of this species was known to the celebrated explorers of the west, LEWIS and CLARK, during their memorable journey across the Rocky Mountains and to the Pacific; no one has since taken the least notice of it.

CHOPPER

CHOPPER:   1.um tipo de motocicleta que foi transformada a partir de uma original ou completamente montada em uma oficina

“More and more people are building their own motorcycles using chopper kits.”

                         2. Palavra informal para “helicopter”

“The sound of choppers filled the sky.”

“Army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone.”

(www.wordhippo.com)+ (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Daunt

Daunt: atemorizar, amedrontar, intimidar, assustar, descoroçoar, desanimar

Synonyms: chill, discourage, demoralize, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

“ …the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment…”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

2013 New Words:

2013 New Words:

listicle  = an article that is based on a list of points

Thanks to our sweet Kerry for inspiring a kiss and tell listicle.

[www.northwestmommy.com 07 April 2013]

I wonder if the moment when Don’t Panic put up a spoof listicle entitled The 9 or so Types of Hipster You See in London, which takes the piss out of a Buzzfeed UK listicle entitled The 22 Types of Hipster You Encounter in London, is a moment when all of us should look in the mirror and ask whether this internet thing is working out quite as well as we’d hoped.

[http://snipelondon.com/ 24 April 2013]

nanoblock = a very small integrated circuit

A related but simpler technology [...] is based on suspending small integrated circuits called “nanoblocks” in a fluid and then flowing them over a surface where they drop into tiny holes of corresponding shapes.

[New York Times (US broadsheet) 09 April 2013]

responsive (website) design = website design which allows for optimal viewing irrespective of which device is being used to view the site

With the emergence of responsive design as an industry benchmark, flat design has made inroads on the web too.

[www.shoutdigital.com 08 May 2013]

New TfL websites focused on ‘responsive design’

[www.independent.co.uk 12 June 2013]

Fonte: http://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/

Word of the day: Taut

Taut: esticado, teso, tenso, em ordem, em condições

Synonyms: rigid, tense, tight

“The rope was drawn taut.”   (www.merriam-webster.com

Emmylou Harris : Making Believe

Emmylou Harris : Making Believe

Fonte: http://www.azlyrics.com/

"Making Believe"

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 are so few

My plans for the future will never come true

Making believe what else can I do

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