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sexta-feira, 29 de agosto de 2014

Word of the day: Muddle / Just to name a few / bottom line


Word of the day
Muddle: confusão, desordem, confundir, desorganizar, desnortear, tontear com bebidas alcoólicas
Synonyms:  baffle, bamboozle,, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, confound

“ A car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice. “
“Some mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

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bottom line – o ponto decisivo, o fundo da questão
“The bottom line is that Saudi Arabia would like to see a lower price.” (www.newsweek.com, March 29, 2012)

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Just to name a few: só para citar alguns (algumas)
"all its French expressions , aide-de-camp, deja vu, maladroit, just to name a few, of those I found in..." (Newsweek, June 29, 2003)

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Essa vida da gente

(crônicas e contos sobre o cotidiano)







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domingo, 27 de julho de 2014

Word of the Day: Rattle

Word of the Day


Rattle: matraca, chocalho,agitação, estrépido, estrondo, algazarra, tagarelice, palavreado, guizo da cascavel,  chocalhar, matraquear, agitar com ruído ovociferar, gritar, fazer algazarra, tagarelar, confundir, embaraçar, embaralhar. 

Synonyms:  babel, blare, bluster, brawl, chatter, clamor, clangor, discordance,  roar

“One of them (quakes)  largest ever to rattle the state.” (Newsweek, November 06, 2011)
Obs.:



Rattlesnake:   cascavel

 

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Just to name a few: só para citar alguns (algumas)
"all its French expressions , aide-de-camp, deja vu, maladroit, just to name a few, of those I found in..." (Newsweek, June 29, 2003)


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domingo, 29 de janeiro de 2012

Just to name a few:

Just to name a few: só para citar alguns (algumas)
"all its French expressions , aide-de-camp, deja vu, maladroit, just to name a few, of those I found in..." (Newsweek, June 29, 2003)