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quarta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2013

Word of the day: Barge

Barge: chata, barcaça, batelão, barco grande usado para excursões, alvarenga, saveiro, casa flutuante, cambalear (to barge in:  entrar sem pedir licença)
Synonyms: lumber, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp

“He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.”

“She barged through the door without even knocking.”         (www.merriamwebster.com)    

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)

segunda-feira, 30 de abril de 2012

Word of the day: Stumble


Stumble: erro, ato impróprio, lapso, deslize, falta, tropeço, passo falso, tropeçar, cambalear, falar ou agir de modo hesitante
Synonyms: slip, fall, topple, trip, tumble
“The horse stumbled and almost fell.”
“I heard him stumble over the unfamiliar words.” (www.merriam-webster.com)