Word of the day Gash / "drop the act"

Word of the day

Gash: ferida profunda, cutilada, corte, talho, cortar, acutilar, ferir profundamente

Synonyms: incision, laceration, rent, rip, slash, slit, tear

“The dog had a bad gash in his leg.”

“The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

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Drop the act: para de fingir, para com a falsidade

Oh, drop the innocent act! (www.thefreedictionary.com)

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Word of the day: Scant

Scant: restringir, cortar, limitar, mostrar-se avaro, escasso, apertado, parco,  insuficiente, deficiente, pouco

Synonyms: exiguous, niggardly, poor, meager, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy

“Food was in scant supply.”

“She paid scant attention to the facts.”

“Police found scant evidence of fraud.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Hew

Hew:  (hewed, hewn), cortar, derrubar, lavrar, desbastar

Synonyms: chop (down), cut (down), fell, mow

“They hewed logs to build a cabin.”

“The walls are built of stones hewn by skilled craftsmen.”

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Word of the day: Curtail

Curtail: reduzir, cortar, restringir

Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, shorten, cut back, dock, elide, syncopate, truncate

“The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use.”

“School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.”

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Word of the day: CURTAIL

Curtail: reduzir, cortar, restringir

Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, shorten, cut back, dock, elide, syncopate, truncate

“The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use.”

“School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: EXCISE

Excise:  imposto, taxa /  cortar. Extirpar (em medicina)

Synonyms: remove, cut out, expunge, edit, erase, delete, expurgate, eliminate

“Canberra will face the wrath of motorists if the petrol excise is increased….”  (www.wordhippo.com)

“…an excise imposed on a number of goods…”

“...excise a tumor...” (ww.merriam-webster.com)

hack / rack / heck

Flashback

hack   Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)	cortar, talhar, corte, "hackear"
rack   Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)	bagageiro, estante
heck  Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)	interj de surpresa, irritação

Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades

Obs.: "heck" é uma espécie de eufemismo para se evitar o uso de "hell" . Exemplos:

used as a more polite form of hell ▪ Oh, heck, I forgot my keys. ▪ “Did you give her any money?” “Heck, no!” ▪ They were mad as heck. ▪ I decided to go just for the heck of it.▪ It was one heck of a good fight. ▪ Where in (the) heck did I put my keys? ▪ My back hurts like heck. ▪ Let's get the heck out of here. ▪ What the heck was that? ▪ What the heck, let's try it.   (Fonte: http://www.learnersdictionary.com)

Word of the day: Scythe

Scythe: segadeira, foice para segar, cortar, ceifar

Definition: a farming tool with a curved blade and long handle that is used for cutting grass, grain, etc.

 “He cut a swath through the field with his scythe.” (www.merriam-webster.com)