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quinta-feira, 29 de junho de 2017

Word of the day: Swindle / CLASH, CRASH, CRUSH



Swindle: engano, fraude, lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear, obter fraudulentamente
Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle

“Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)


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clash
choque, entrar em conflito
crash
estrondo, batida, queda (de avião, por ex.)
crush
esmagamento, esmagar, amassar, paixão intensa e passageira

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segunda-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2014

Word of the da: Swindle

Swindle: engano, fraude, lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear, obter fraudulentamente
Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, con, cozen, defraud, do, do in, fiddle, hustle, ream, rip off, screw, short, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, fleece

“Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)




sexta-feira, 8 de junho de 2012

Word of the day: Swindle


Swindle: engano, fraude, lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear, obter fraudulentamente.
Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, fleece, thimblerig
”Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds.”(www.merriam-webster.com)