Word of the day: Swindle / CLASH, CRASH, CRUSH

Swindle: engano, fraude, lograr, enganar, fraudar, calotear, obter fraudulentamente

Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle

“Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings, and all they had to show for it were fake land deeds.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

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clash	choque, entrar em conflito
crash	estrondo, batida, queda (de avião, por ex.)
crush	esmagamento, esmagar, amassar, paixão intensa e passageira

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Word of the day: Bash

Bash: golpe esmagador, bater, esmagar, surrar, criticar

Synonyms: bang, hit, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

“I bashed my arm against the door.”

“Someone bashed him over the head with a chair.”

“They tried to bash the door open.”

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Word of the day: Plummet

Plummet:  prumo,  nível de prumo,  cair ou mergulhar verticalmente

Synonyms: crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, drop, plunge, sink, skid, tumble

“The acrobat plummeted into the net.”

“The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.”

“The satellite plummeted into the ocean.”

“Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.”

“The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.”

“Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.” (www.merriam-webster.com

Plummet / In the bag

Plummet: cair ou mergulhar verticalmente, prumo, nível de prumo

Synonyms: crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, drop, plunge, sink, skid, tumble

“The acrobat plummeted into the net.”

“The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.”

“The satellite plummeted into the ocean.”

“Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.”

“The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

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In the bag: que está seguro, que está garantido, que está bem guardado

“Once we'd scored the third goal, the match was pretty much in the bag.”

“The election is in the bag unless the voters find out about my past.” (www.thefreedictionary.com)

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Word of the day: JOSTLE

Jostle:  colisão, abalroamento, choque, encontro, empurrão, solavanco,  conflito, empurrar, apertar, acotovelar, colidir, abalroar, chocar

Synonyms: bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, muscle, push, shoulder, squeeze

“Everyone in the crowd was jostling each other trying to get a better view.”

<”Everyone glared at the man who jostled to the front of the line.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)