Word of the day: Foist

Foist:  impingir, empurrar,  insinuar, inserir sub-repticiamente

Synonyms: fob off, palm, palm off, pass off, wish

“…shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists…”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

“Americans, he thinks, should not "foist their system indiscriminately on societies in which it will not work.” (www.thedailybeast.com)

All I am saying is

All I am saying is

-o que quero dizer é                                                                                         

-só quero falar que / dizer que

“All I am saying is that my godson volunteered for the Army knowing that he might have to kill someone…”

(O que quero dizer é que meu afilhado apresentou-se voluntariamente para o exército sabendo que ele poderia ter de matar alguém…)  

(The Guardian, Oct.13, 2009)

(do livre "Conversação em Inglês...-Flávio Cruz)

Word of the day: Folderol

Folderol: bagatela, trivialidade, palavras sem sentido

Synonyms: applesauce, balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap,

“I wish we could just discuss these questions without having to go through all the folderol of a formal meeting.”

“I wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them.”

no matter how

no matter how

(não importa como ou quão)

We haven’t reached the bottom of it no matter how it looks.   =  Não importa como isto  pareça, não atingimos o fundo.

No matter how  small is the laptop you buy, it will cost at least as much as a genuine leather purse. =  Não importa quão pequeno seja o  laptop que você compre, ele vai custar no mínimo...

Big time

big time

(em grande escala, muito)

She needs him big time now. Things changed dramatically. = Agora ela precisa muito dele. As coisas mudaram dramaticamente.

Banks and big financial institutions failed big time In 2008. = Em 2008 bancos e grandes instituições financeiras falharam em grande escala.

MINI DICIONÁRIO (Flávio Cruz) 

Word of the day: Infatuated

Infatuated:  apaixonado de uma maneira tola,  cego de paixão

Synonyms / definitions: inspired with a foolish or extravagant love or admiration, one who has a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for someone or something

“She was infatuated with her boss.” ( www.dictionary.cambridge.org)

Nat King Cole - When I Fall In Love

Nat King Cole - When I Fall In Love

Fonte:www.sing365.com

When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.

Elvis Presley-Moody Blue

Elvis Presley-Moody Blue

Fonte:www.sing365.com

Well, it's hard to be a gambler

Bettin' on the number

That changes ev'ry time

Well, you think you're gonna win

Think she's givin' in

A stranger's all you find

Yeah, it's hard to figure out

What she's all about

That she's a woman through and through

She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue,

Oh, Moody blue

Tell me am I gettin' through

I keep hangin' on

Try to learn the song

But I never do

Oh, Moody blue,

Tell me who I'm talkin' to

You're like the night and day

And it's hard to say

Which one is you.

Well, when Monday comes she's Tuesday,

When Tuesday comes she's Wednesday,

Through another day again

Her personality unwinds

Just like a ball of twine

On a spool that never ends

Just when I think I know her well

Her emotions reveal,

She's not the person that

I though I knew

She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue,

Oh, Moody blue

Tell me am I gettin' through

I keep hangin' on

Try to learn the song

But I never do

Oh, Moody blue,

Tell me who I'm talkin' to

You're like the night and day

And it's hard to say

Which one is you.

Oh, Moody blue,

Tell me who I'm talkin' to

You're like the night and day

And it's hard to say

Which one is you.

Oh, Moody blue

Tell me am I gettin' through

I keep hangin' on

Try to learn the song

But I never do.

make room for

make room for

(criar ou arrumar espaço para, dar lugar para)

My mother made room for my computer in her office. =  Minha mãe arrumou um espaço para meu computador em seu escritório.

The small crowd  made room for the cop. =  A pequena multidão criou espaço para o policial.

O Perfeito Companheiro

Leia: O Perfeito Companheiro

Você jamais saberia quem era Ray se não pudesse olhar, com uma lente...

Word of the day: Muster

Muster: reunir (força, coragem, votos, etc), revista de tropas, ajuntamento de tropas para revista, lista de chamada de soldados para inspeção, número de soldados passados em revista, passar em revista (tropas),reunir tropas

Synonyms: assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, ingathering, meeting, gathering

“…considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for “word of the year”…” (www.merriam-webster.com)

“…to talk about their “reform” of the high-risk pool problem with all the pious sincerity they can muster.” (www.thedailybeast.com)

there’s no such a thing as

there’s no such a thing as - não existe esta coisa de, “não tem isso de”…(He insisted children be taught that there's no such thing as a sunrise or a sunset because it's Spaceship Earth that turns, not the sun. Or he could just be perverse…): Newsweek, Jun 30, 2008 

THINK...

think again - pensar melhor, mudar de opinião

think back - lembrar-se de algo que aconteceu no passado

think of (oneself) as - considerar-se como (I think of myself as your friend.)

think (something) over * - pensar com cuidado sobre algo, considerar cuidadosamente um assunto (This is a very difficult decision. You have to think it over.)* O mesmo que “think through” ou “think out”.

no matter who

no matter who

(não importa quem)

 No matter who you think you are, still you have to say “please”.-= Não importa quem você pensa que é, ainda assim você tem que dizer “por favor”.

Word of the day; Fester

Fester: pústula, chaga, ulceração, ulcerar, apostema,  inflamar-se, supurar, apostemar-se, apodrecer-se, corromper-se, envenenar o espírito, exasperar

Synonyms: boil, pock, hickey, papule, pimple, pustule, whelk

‘It's like the poem from the play A Raisin in the Sun—do you let a sore just fester and run? No. You have to stop it from infecting the...”(www.thedailybeast.com)

Vídeo com a letra: My Way (Elvis Presley)

Vídeo com a letra: My Way (Elvis Presley)

Look...

look for = procurar, ir atrás de, esperar que

look for trouble = procurar encrenca

look out =  tomar cuidado, estar alerta, dar proteção

look over = inspecionar, examinar

look to = estar pronto para, tomar conta de, olhar por / procurar por ajuda

I’ll take this as a compliment

I’ll take this as a compliment

-vou aceitar isto como um elogio

“I think you are too rude to these employees.

I’ll take this as a compliment.”

(Acho que você é muito rude com estes empregados.

Vou aceitar isto como um elogio.)

Do livro  "Conversação em Inglês:

Frases e Expressões Úteis " ( Flávio Cruz)                                                                                                       

I’ll get right to the point

I’ll get right to the point

-vou direto ao ponto

 “I don't get many opportunities to speak directly to Boston Red Sox fans, so I'll get right to the point: If you want to win…”

(Eu não tenho muitas chances de falar diretamente com os torcedores do Red Sox, desta forma vou direto ao ponto: se vocês querem vencer...)

(www.nytimes.com / Apr. 17, 2004)

Word of the day: Scrape

Scrape: ato, ruído ou efeito de raspar ou arranhar, aperto, dificuldade, raspar, tirar por raspagem,, arranhar, juntar, acumular

Synonyms: grate, grind, rasp, scratch

“Someone had scraped the car with a key.”

“I scraped one of the chairs while bringing it up the stairs.”

“I scraped my knee when I fell.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

We Have All The Time In The World

Louis Armstrong

We Have All The Time In The World

Fonte: www.lyrics007.com

We have all the time in the world

Time enough for life to unfold

All the precious things love has in store

We have all the love in the world

If that's all we have

You will find we need nothing more

Every step of the way will find us

With the cares of the world far behind us

We have all the time in the world

Just for love nothing more nothing less only love

Every step of the way will find us

With the cares of the world far behind us

We have all the time in the world

Just for love nothing more nothing less only love

Word of the day: Flaunt

Flaunt:  ostentação, pompa, alarde, ostentar, fazer ostentação de, alardear, exibir, pavonear, ondear, tremular ao vento

Synonyms: display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, show, lay out, parade, produce, show off, sport, strut, unveil, to display or obtrude oneself to public notice, to wave or flutter showily,  to display ostentatiously or impudently, to treat contemptuously

“She liked to flaunt her wealth by wearing furs and jewelry.”

“They openly flaunted the rules.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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TURN...

turn the other cheek - não se vingar, “dar a outra face”

turn the tables - mudar para uma posição mais forte, “virar a mesa”

turn up - acontecer / aparecer (repentinamente) / descobrir

turn upside down - virar de ponta cabeça, “bagunçar”, remexer em tudo (The police turned everything upside down trying to find the gun.)

Letter to God

Letter to God 


A little boy wanted $10 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened.
Finally he decided to write God a letter requesting the $10.
When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God , USA, they decided to forward it to the President of the U.S. as a joke.
The President was so amused, that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy $5.
The President thought this would appear to be a lot of money ($10) to a little boy, and he did not want to spoil the kid.
The little boy was delighted with $5, and decided to write a thank you note to God, which read:
"Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that you sent it through the President's House of US, and those donkeys deducted $5 as tax ... "

die / dye

Flashback   (posted on August 31, 2011)

die	morrer	Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)
dye	tintura, tinta, tingir	mesma

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Por onde andará Fred?

Leia o conto (suspense): 

Por onde andará Fred?

Você nunca imagina que certas coisas –bizarras, trágicas – possam acontecer com você, pois elas só acontecem com os outros...

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Lookin' Out My Back Door

Fonte: www.sing365.com

Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.

Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',

Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels.

Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.

A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.

Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?

Doo, doo doo.

Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.

Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?

Doo, doo doo.

Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll 'bide no sorrows.

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!

Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.

Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll 'bide no sorrows.

Pull the strings

Pull the strings: comandar as ações (secretamente), estar por trás de algo controlando

“I'd really like to know who's pulling the strings in that organization, because it's not the elected committee.”  (www.thefreedictionary.com)

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Word of the day: Tattletale

Tattletale:  linguarudo, alcagüete, fuxiqueiro

Synonyms: betrayer, deep throat, fink, informant, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon, talebearer, tattler, informer, telltale, whistle-blower

<”Stop!! Don't be such a tattletale!”  

dangle / tangle

Flashback  (posted on August 22, 2011)

dangle	Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)	balançar, pender
tangle	Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)	emaranhar

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Fall short of

Fall short of – falhar em satisfazer os objetivos, falhar em preencher as expectativas

“So, I hear you ask, if all the aforementioned commercials fall short of expectations, is there any...” (www.thedailybeast.com)

Word of the day: Pitfall

Pitfall:  alçapão, mundéu,  armadilha, cilada,  escolho, perigo imprevisto

Synonyms: booby trap, catch, catch-22, gimmick, gotcha, hitch, joker, land mine, snag

“Buying a house can be full of pitfalls for the unwary.”

“One of the pitfalls of ignorance is that people will also assume you're stupid.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Show-down

Show-down:  prova final, revelação dos fatos, luta final, ato de colocar as coisas em pratos limpos

“Brazil's economic slowdown so far leaves many unscathed” (www.latimes.com/ Aug 13, 2012)

Word of the day: Unscathed

Unscathed:  incólume, ileso, são e salvo

Synonyms: unhurt, uninjured, sound and safe, scarless, woundless, unharmed, undamaged.

“She escaped from the wreckage unscathed.”

“The administration was left relatively unscathed by the scandal.”(www.merriam-webster.com)