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quarta-feira, 13 de maio de 2015

Word of th day: Gist








Word of th day:

                                            Gist: essência, ponto principal, parte principal
Synonyms: bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, crux, heart, kernel, keynote
“…didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation…


Obs.:
Wean: desmamar, desaleitar, 
desacostumar, curar de (um vício)


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sábado, 7 de dezembro de 2013

Word of the day: Gist

Gist: essência, ponto principal, parte principal
Synonyms: bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, heart, keynote, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nucleus, pivot, point, root

“…didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation…”

“Einstein showed how time intervals depend on the motion of people and clocks doing the measuring. And that's the gist of relativity.”—Alan Lightman, Science, January/February 1984            (www.merriam-webster.com)

quarta-feira, 23 de outubro de 2013

Word of the day: Gist

Gist: essência, ponto principal, parte principal
Synonyms: bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, crux, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, nucleus, pivot, point, root

“…didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation…”
“… Einstein showed how time intervals depend on the motion of people and clocks doing the measuring. And that's the gist of relativity.” —Alan Lightman, Science, January/February 1984

((www.merriam-webster.com)