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sexta-feira, 29 de agosto de 2014

Word of the day: Muddle / Just to name a few / bottom line


Word of the day
Muddle: confusão, desordem, confundir, desorganizar, desnortear, tontear com bebidas alcoólicas
Synonyms:  baffle, bamboozle,, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, confound

“ A car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice. “
“Some mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

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bottom line – o ponto decisivo, o fundo da questão
“The bottom line is that Saudi Arabia would like to see a lower price.” (www.newsweek.com, March 29, 2012)

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Just to name a few: só para citar alguns (algumas)
"all its French expressions , aide-de-camp, deja vu, maladroit, just to name a few, of those I found in..." (Newsweek, June 29, 2003)

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Essa vida da gente

(crônicas e contos sobre o cotidiano)







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terça-feira, 5 de agosto de 2014

Word of the day: Muddle

Word of the day

Muddle: confusão, desordem, confundir, desorganizar, desnortear
Synonyms: addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound
“…a car shopper thoroughly muddled by too much well-meaning advice…
“Some mischievous brat had muddled the household accounts.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)


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quinta-feira, 15 de maio de 2014

Word of the day: Fray / All things considered

Word of the day

Fray: rixa, bulha, briga, refrega, luta, desordem, combate, motim,  rasgão, puimento, esfiapar, puir, cotiar,ficar exausto, ficar cansado
Synonyms: battle, fight, scrabble, throes, battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fracas, hassle, scrap

“That's the chance the small business stakeholder has to jump into the fray and really shine.”
“You can't just jump into the fray, throwing furnishings left and right in a mad tizzy.”



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All things considered    
                                                                           
-depois de se levar tudo em consideração                                                                
 -após considerar tudo
“So all things considered, what's the worst that can happen? It might not inspire kids to discard their iPods and hit the books...”
(Assim, depois de se levar tudo em consideração, o que de pior pode acontecer? Pode não inspirar os garotos a se desfazerem de seus iPods e entrar nos livros...)
(Newsweek, June 13, 2007)
(Conversação em Inglês:Frases e Expressões Úteis- Flávio Cruz)


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MINI DICIONÁRIO de idioms, phrasal verbs e mais

quinta-feira, 21 de março de 2013

Word of the day: HUDDLE


Huddle:  desordem, confusão, amontoado de pessoas ou coisas,  conferência, discussão fechada e intensa, misturar, amontoar,  fazer alguma coisa com pressa, sem cuidado, precipitar-se, apertar-se, acotovelar-se
Synonyms: assembly, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, powwow, bunch, cluster, crowd,
“We huddled around the campfire.”
“The sheep huddled together for warmth.”
“The students huddled over their desks.”
“Union representatives are huddling to discuss the proposal.” (www.merriam-webster.com)