Word of the day: Wane / Whine / BRING...

Word of the day

Wane: míngua, diminuição, decréscimo, declínio, decaída, falha em madeira, minguante, quarto minguante (lua), decrescer, diminuir, decair, enfraquecer, definhar, acabar, murchar

Synonyms: abate, decline, de-escalate, diminish, dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen

“The moon waxes and then wanes.”

“The scandal caused her popularity to wane.”

“Interest in this issue has continued to wane.”

Obs.:

Whine: ganido (de cão),lamentar(-se), choramingar, lamento, choro, queixume, lamúria, choradeira

(www.merriam-webster.com)

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BRING

bring home the bacon - trabalhar e ser capaz de sustentar a família

bring forth -  fazer algo acontecer                                           bring forward - fazer algo ficar conhecido ou exposto       bring in - fazer dinheiro                                                          bring it on - diz-se quando se quer começar uma briga ou competição 
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Dwindle / Keep your chin up

Dwindle: encolher-se, diminuir, decrescer, minguar, tornar-se menor, decair, definhar, declinar

Synonyms: abate, de-escalate, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, decrease, ease, lessen, lower, reduce

“Our energy dwindled as the meeting dragged on.”

“The town's population is dwindling away.”  .”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

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Keep your chin up: mantenha-se firme, fique firme (usado para encorajar quem está passando por uma carga emocional forte)

“Fred: I really can't take much more of this.

Jane: Keep your chin up. Things will get better.”

“John: Smile, Fred. Keep your chin up.

Fred: I guess you're right. I just get so depressed when I think of this mess I'm in.” (www.thefreedictionary.com)

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Word of the day: DWINDLE

Dwindle:  encolher-se, diminuir, decrescer, minguar, tornar-se menor, decair, definhar, declinar

Synonyms: abate, de-escalate, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, decrease, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce

“Our energy dwindled as the meeting dragged on.”

“The town's population is dwindling away.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Deprive

Deprive: privar, despojar, destituir, impedir de ter ou fazer alguma coisa, negar-se alguma coisa, privar-se de

Synonyms: abate, bereave, divest, strip

“ Working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep.”

“One of scores of bishops who had been deprived after the anticlericals came to power.” (www.merriam-webster.com)