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quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2014

Word of the day: Ornery


Word of the day
Ornery: genioso, intratável, irascível

Synonyms: acid, bearish, bilious, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, surly

“I'm getting more and more ornery in my old age.”

“…an ornery old man who always yells at the neighborhood kids to keep off is lawn…”                       (www.merrriam-webster.com)


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The longer the night lasts
The more our dreams will be...


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Essa vida da gente

(crônicas e contos sobre o cotidiano)







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domingo, 17 de agosto de 2014

Word of the day: Ornery / It takes two to ...


Word of the day
Ornery: genioso, intratável, irascível

Synonyms: acid, bearish, bilious, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, surly

“I'm getting more and more ornery in my old age.”

“…an ornery old man who always yells at the neighborhood kids to keep off is lawn…”                       (www.merrriam-webster.com)





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Quando um não quer, dois não brigam...


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Essa vida da gente

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quinta-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2013

Word of the day: Surly


Surly : de mau humor, aborrecido, carrancudo, rabugento, grosseiro, rude
Synonyms: glum, mopey, pouting, pouty, sullen, surly, having or showing a habitually bad temper, given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability, acid, bearish, bilious

 “The surly receptionist told us we'd have to wait outside in the rain.”
“…went about his chores in a surly huff, totally annoyed that he was stuck at home on this beautiful Saturday…” (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary)


Obs.:surely = seguramente, certamente, realmente, de fato