Word of the day: Wiggle

Wiggle: meneio, linha ondulada, sacudir-se, serpear

Synonyms: jiggle, shake, wriggle, twist, waggle

“The puppy wiggled with excitement”

“...the baby wiggled in her sleep…”

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Word of the day: Slither / resume X resumé

Word of the day

Slither:  escorregadela,  escorregar, resvalar, deslizar, serpear, serpentear

Synonyms: belly, creep, grovel, slide, crawl, snake, worm, wriggle

“The snake slithered through the garden.”

“To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.”

“She slithered quietly into the room.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

resume  -  (retomar, recomeçar) 

résumé  -  (curriculum vitae)

(Port.) resumir  -  (summarize, reduce, sum up)

After he gets paid for his job, he can resume higher spending. =   Depois de ser pago pelo seu serviço, ele pode retomar gastos mais altos.

They hoped to get some relief  and then resume their normal lives.  = Tinham esperança de conseguir alguma ajuda e então retomar suas vidas normais.

Frieden passa a resumir a carta de três páginas que ele apenas tinha rubricado. =

Frieden proceeds to summarize the three-page letter he just initialed.(Newsweek, May 19, 2009)

His boss asked him to present his résumé once more. = Seu chefe pediu-lhe para, uma vez mais, apresentar seu curriculum vitae.

Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades

Word of the day: Slither / At cross-purposes

Slither:  escorregadela,  escorregar, resvalar, deslizar, serpear, serpentear

Synonyms: belly, creep, grovel, slide, crawl, snake, worm, wriggle

“The snake slithered through the garden.”

“To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.”

“She slithered quietly into the room.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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at cross-purposes - em desacordo, de opiniões diferentes

at death’s door - à beira da morte, gravemente enfermo

at (someone’s) earliest convenience - na hora que for melhor para...(at your earliest convenience - na hora que for melhor para você)

at ease - à vontade

at every turn - cada vez, toda vez

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MINI DICIONÁRIO de idioms, phrasal verbs e mais

Word of the day: Wiggle:

Wiggle: meneio, linha ondulada, sacudir(-se), agitar(-se), menear(-se), abanar(-se),serpear

Synonyms: fiddle, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, thrash, toss, twist, twitch, fidget, wriggle, writhe

“The puppy wiggled with excitement.”

“ The baby wiggled in her sleep.”

(www.merriam-webster.com

Word of the day: MEANDER

Meander: meandro, sinuosidade, serpear, correr em linhas sinuosas, meandrar

Synonyms: bat, cruise, drift, float, kick around, wander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove

“ The path meanders through the garden.”

“ We meandered around the village.”

“ The conversation meandered on for hours.”   (www.merriam-webster.com

Word of the day: WIGGLE

Wiggle: linha ondulada, meneio, sacudir(-se), agitar(-se), menear(-se), abanar(-se),serpear.

Synomyms: jiggle, shake, wriggle, twist, waggle

“The puppy wiggled with excitement.”

“The baby wiggled in her sleep.” (ww.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Slither

Slither: escorregadela, escorregar, resvalar, deslizar, serpear, serpentear

Synonyms/ definitions: belly, creep, grovel, slide, crawl, snake, worm, wriggle, to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface, to slip or slide like a snake

“The snake slithered through the garden.”

“To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.”

“She slithered quietly into the room.”

“He slithered his hand around her waist.”(www.merriam-webster.com)