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terça-feira, 9 de setembro de 2014

Word of the day: Fluster / Choke


Word of the day

Fluster: fervura, agitação nervosa, perturbação, confusão de espírito, agitar, aquecer, excitar, inebriar, confundir, perturbar, desconcertar, exaltar-se, perturbar-se, estar agitado, inquieto

Synonyms: abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, embarrass, mortify, nonplus, rattle

“The interruption flustered the speaker.”
“Some speakers fluster more easily than others.”
(www.merriam-webster



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choke (someone) up - fazer alguém se emocionar ou chorar
choke (something ) up - entupir / bloquear /expelir algo que estava engasgado

choked up - sem fala

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segunda-feira, 7 de julho de 2014

Word of the day Flutter


Word of the day
Flutter: esvoaçar, palpitação, agitação, vibração, confusão, excitação, taquicardia, tremular, flutuar, bater as asas, esvoaçar, estar irrequieto,  palpitar,  bater irregularmente

Synonyms: dance, dart, flick, flicker, flirt, flitter, flit, zip

“The bird was fluttering its wings.”
“Leaves fluttered to the ground.”
“The breeze made the curtains flutter.”
“She nervously fluttered around the office.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)
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segunda-feira, 14 de janeiro de 2013

Word of the day: Wobble


Wobble:  agitação, oscilação, balouço, ação de cambalear, bamboleio, vacilação, hesitação, cambalear, bambolear, agitar, oscilar, sacudir, tremer, estar incerto, vacilar, hesitar, titubear

Synonyms: agitate, bucket, convulse, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jounce, quake, quiver, shudder, vibrate, shake (also wabble)

“The vase wobbled but didn't fall over.”
“The boy was wobbling along on his bicycle.”
“The table wobbles a little.”
“They have been wobbling in their support of the president's policies.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

quarta-feira, 6 de junho de 2012

Word of the day: Wobble

Wobble: agitação, oscilação, balouço, ação de cambalear, bamboleio, vacilação, hesitação, cambalear, bambolear, agitar, oscilar, sacudir, tremer, estar incerto, vacilar, hesitar, ser inconstante, titubear
Synonyms: agitate, bucket, convulse, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jounce, quake, quiver, shudder, vibrate, shake
“The vase wobbled but didn't fall over.”
“The boy was wobbling along on his bicycle.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

terça-feira, 13 de março de 2012

Word of the Day: Frenzy


Frenzy: frenesi, furor, delírio, loucura, fúria, arrebatamento, exaltação, agitação, enfrenesiar, enfurecer
Synonyms: agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, fever, feverishness, flap, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, rage, rampage, uproar
“In its frenzy to flee the danger, the crowd became uncontrollable, and a number of people were trampled to death.” (www.merriam-webster.com)