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terça-feira, 29 de agosto de 2017

Word of the day: ALLURE



Allure: fascinação, encantamento, fascinar, cativar, encantar, persuadir, convencer, atrair, seduzir
Synonyms: charm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, fascinate, kill, magnetize, wile
“…was so allured by his sister's college roommate that before long he was asking her for a date…”
“Allured by the promise of big bucks, he decided to have a go at a job on the trading floor of the stock market

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Minidicionário de expressões e phrasal verbs 

da Língua Inglesa



terça-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2013

Word of the day: Ravish


Ravish: arrebatar, cativar, encantar, raptar, violar, desonrar, pilhar, saquear

Synonyms: assault, force, outrage, rape, violate

“….tales of Caribbean pirates who abducted fair maidens and ravished them without mercy…”
“Travelers have long been ravished with wonder and awe by the immensity of the Great Pyramid at Giza.”