Word of the day (Shackle), slippery slope,

Shackle:  algema,  elo, corrente, cadeia,  impedimento, obstáculo,  algemar, agrilhoar, impedir

Synonyms: band, bind, bracelet, chain, cuff(s), fetter, handcuff(s), irons, ligature, manacle(s), bond

“…placed shackles on the legs of the prisoners…

”The shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons.”

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Slippery slope: caminho ou assunto perigoso, assunto que pode causar confusão

“ The matter of euthanasia is a slippery slope with both legal and moral considerations.”

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short fuse  

(temperamento explosivo, “pavio curto”)

Don’t talk to him now. He’s upset and got a short fuse.  =  Não fale com ele agora. Está aborrecido e tem um “pavio curto”.

She doesn’t  like people who have a short fuse.  =  Ela não gosta de pessoas que têm temperamento explosivo.

Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades

Bind, blind

bind (bound, bound)    pronúncia	amarrar, enfaixar
blind                          pronúncia	cego, persiana

Word of the day: Predicament

Predicament:  apuro, situação desagradável ou difícil
"in a pretty predicament": num apuro tremendo

Synonyms: bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire, pickle, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

“If you had told the truth in the first place, we wouldn't be in this predicament.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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word of the day: Predicament

Predicament: situação desagradável ou difícil, apuro

Synonyms: bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

“The governor has gotten himself into quite a predicament.”

“I don't know how to get out of the predicament I'm in.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

“The captain of archers fidgeted and coughed and rolled his eyes at his men, as if such cupidity and dishonor were an inevitable but minor aspect of the human predicament …” (Michael Chabon, New York Times Magazine, 6 May 2007}

Obs.:” in a pretty predicament”: “ num apuro tremendo.”    

Word of the Day: Reprieve

Reprieve:  suspensão temporária de uma sentença, moratória, perdão, alívio, suspender temporariamente a execução de uma sentença, prorrogar, adiar, aliviar.

Synonyms: absolution, wait, amnesty, tie-up, bind, take pity on, blockage, suspension,  compassion, spare, suspend, pardon

"He was sentenced to death but then reprieved."(www.merria-mwebster.com)

"New Bailout Is a Reprieve for Greece, but Doubts Persist" (www.nytimes.com /February 21, 2012)

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