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terça-feira, 11 de fevereiro de 2014

Word of the day: Bloat

Bloat:  defumar,  bêbado, inchar, fazer inchar,empolar, envaidecer, intumescer-se, inflar-se
Synonyms: swell, inflate, blow up, expand, distend, swell up, puff up, dilate, balloon
“It would be easy to let things bloat out of control and become unmaintainable, so keeping…”


segunda-feira, 20 de maio de 2013

Word of the day: STOKE


Stoke: atiçar, remexer, alimentar, cuidar de fogo
Synonyms: accelerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, increase, supersize, up
“The engineer stoked the coals.”
“The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.”
“Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)