Word of the day: Wane / Whine / BRING...

Word of the day

Wane: míngua, diminuição, decréscimo, declínio, decaída, falha em madeira, minguante, quarto minguante (lua), decrescer, diminuir, decair, enfraquecer, definhar, acabar, murchar

Synonyms: abate, decline, de-escalate, diminish, dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen

“The moon waxes and then wanes.”

“The scandal caused her popularity to wane.”

“Interest in this issue has continued to wane.”

Obs.:

Whine: ganido (de cão),lamentar(-se), choramingar, lamento, choro, queixume, lamúria, choradeira

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BRING

bring home the bacon - trabalhar e ser capaz de sustentar a família

bring forth -  fazer algo acontecer                                           bring forward - fazer algo ficar conhecido ou exposto       bring in - fazer dinheiro                                                          bring it on - diz-se quando se quer começar uma briga ou competição 
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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: Crumble

Crumble: substância em desagregação, esmigalhar-se,desintegrar-se, cair em pedaços, desagregar-se

Synonyms: atrophy, deteriorate, decay, decline, degenerate, descend, devolve, ebb, regress, retrograde, rot, sink, worsen

“Crumble the cookies into small bits.”

“The recipe calls for the herbs to be crumbled.”

“…bones so old they had crumbled to dust…”

“She was extremely depressed after her marriage crumbled.” (www.merriam-webster.com)