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: Squash / Ough

Squash:  polpa, massa esmagada, suco de legumes ou de frutas, aperto, atropelo, queda de um corpo mole, baque, espécie de jogo de tênis de ginásio, squash, esmagar, amassar, espremer,  abóbora, aboboreira

Synonyms: squeeze, crush, congestion, crowd, jam, rush, squeeze, press, mash, compress, flatten, pound, pulp

“He squashed his nose against the window.”

“His poor performance squashed any hope he had of a promotion.”

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We pronounce the combination "ough" in 9 different ways, as in the following sentence which contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."




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Word of the day: Cram

Cram: abarrotamento, empanturramento, abarrotar, forçar, saciar(-se), empanturrar(-se),  estudar sofregamente, preparar(-se) apressadamente para um exame

Synonyms: crowd, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge

“He crammed the suitcase with his clothes.”

“Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.”

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Word of the day: MANGLE

Mangle:  lacerar, mutilar, destroçar / calandra,máquina para passar roupa, lustrar papéis, tecidos etc.

Synonyms: crush, mash, smash, contort, twist, batter, maul, injure, mar, disfigure

“Just as he is not the first US politician to mangle the language.”

“Some journalists get it mostly right, some mangle what I have said beyond repair.”   (www.wordhippo.com)

Word of the day: Squelch

Squelch: golpe pesado, som de esmagamento, resposta esmagadora, silenciar, esmagar, desconcertar, fazer um ruído como quando se anda em lama ou neve derretida, chapinhar

Synonyms: clamp down, crack down,, crush, put down, quash, repress, slap down, squash, subdue, suppress

“…immediately squelched any signs of rebellion…”

“His irritated glare squelched any other potential objectors.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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crunch / crutch / crush

Flashback  (posted on August 12 2011)

crunch   Pronúncia (Merriam-webster)	mastigar, esmagar (sob os pés)
crutch   Pronúncia: Meriam-webster	muleta
crush    Pronúncia (Merriam-webster)	esmagamento, aglomeração, atração,paixão intensa e passageira

Word of the day: Quell

Quell : suprimir, subjugar, dominar,  mitigar, acalmar, abrandar

Synonyms: clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, repress, silence, slap down, snuff (out), squash, squelch, subdue, suppress, sit on

“The National Guard was called in to help quell the late-night disturbances downtown”

“The principal held up her hand to quell the students so they could hear the urgent announcement.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

“The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence but one that U.S. officials acknowledge poses substantial risks.”(www.washingtonpost.com)