Carry ( mais expressões)

carry on - continuar fazendo o que já estava sendo feito

carry (something) out -  colocar em ação, realizar

carry over - guardar para usar mais tarde, transferir (conta) para outra coluna ou página / mover para / vir de (She carried over part of her bills to the next month. / It is a bad idea to let personal problems carry over your professional life)

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PUNS (trocadilhos)

You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless of course, you play bass. ( Douglas Adams.)

Where do you find giant snails? On the ends of giants' fingers.

The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

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Quotes:  (atribuídas a Eleanor Roosevelt)


"He who loses money, loses much;
He, who loses a friend, loses much more;
He, who loses faith, loses all."

"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art."

GIFT / PRESENT

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift,
that's why it's called the present."

(atribuída a Eleanor Roosevelt)

Word of the Day: Keen

Keen: agudo, afiado, aguçado, mordaz, incisivo, penetrante, perspicaz, sagaz,vivo,sutil, fino, forte, potente, veemente, ardente, entusiástico

Synonyms:  delicate, fine, keen, perceptive, quick, sensitive, sharp, biting, bitter, keen, penetrating, cutting, edged, edgysharpened, alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, exceptional, fast, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, supersmart

“Moore has a keen business mind and is very Internet-savvy.” (Newsweek, March 13, 2012)

“He was not keen on spinach and refused to allow it onto his plate…”(Newsweek, February 14, 2012)

“From early on, Kelley was almost as keen on music as on art…”(Newsweek, February 06, 2012

“The question of Iran’s role in the opposition is of keen interest to the U.S. military.”(Newsweek, November 10, 2011)

Be my guest

Be my guest                                                                                                   

-fique à vontade,                                                                                            

-sirva-se                  
                                                                                            

“…and you stayed in that hotel on Lake Charles. You want to run, be my guest.  Your checks don't lie as well as you do.”                                                                                 

(...e ficou naquele hotel em Lake Charles. Você quer fugir, fique à vontade. Seus cheques não mentem tão bem quanto você.)

(Catch Me if you Can  / “Prenda-me se for Capaz”)

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