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domingo, 25 de maio de 2014

Word of the day: Squishy / Anything but


Word of the day

Squishy:  sentimental, piegas, meloso

Synonyms: flabby, mushy, pulpy, spongy, squashy, soft, squooshy
“The ground was wet and squishy.”
“…those are awfully squishy estimates for the final cost of a new football stadium…”
(www.merriam-webster.com)

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Anything but
-tudo menos (isso, isto)  / qualquer coisa menos
“Intended to be clean and efficient in a place that was anything but.”
(Destinado a ser limpo e eficiente num lugar que era tudo menos isso.)
(Spy Game / “Jogo de Espiões” )
 “I'll eat anything but mushrooms,” he said.”
(“Vou comer qualquer coisa menos cogumelos”, disse ele.)
(www.nytimes.com / Feb. 7, 2011)

(Conversação em Inglês:Frases e Expressões Úteis- Flávio Cruz) 

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domingo, 8 de abril de 2012

Word of the day:Sloppy


Sloppy:  molhado, aguado, sujo, lodoso, malfeito (trabalho), sentimentalóide, piegas, babaca
Synonyms: blowsy (also blowzy), dowdy, frowsy (orfrowzy), slobbish, slobby, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidy
He is a sloppy boy who always seems to have spilled something on his shirt.
“Your work has been very sloppy lately.” (www.merriam-webster.com)