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quarta-feira, 3 de agosto de 2016

BY THE BOOK e outras expressões



by the book - de acordo com as regras, segundo as normas (The police officer was new on the job and certainly did all by the book.)
by the day - dia a dia, por dia (The Mexican boy is renting a room by the day.)
by the dozen, by the dozens - em grupo de 12 ou em grande quantidade
(We usually buy eggs by the dozen./ After the strike, the policemen were arresting people by the dozen.)

by the numbers - de uma maneira mecânica, passo a passo

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Minidicionário de expressões e phrasal verbs da Língua Inglesa


terça-feira, 9 de outubro de 2012

domingo, 25 de março de 2012

By...(cont.)


by the numbers - de uma maneira mecânica, passo a passo
by the skin of (one’s) teeth - por muito pouco, por uma margem muito pequena (He won the  elections by the skin of his teeth.) Obs.:  I : my teeth, You : your teet, etc
by the thousands, by the hundreds - aos milhares, às centenas
by the time - na época em que, por volta da época em que, quando ( By the time he was arrested, all his family was out of town.)
by the way -  a propósito, por falar nisso(By the way, I also need to buy a new car.)