Word of the day: Fret + idioms...

Fret: lamúria, choradeira, preocupação, inquietação, descontentamento, aborrecimento. atrito, desgaste, corrosão, amofinar-se, afligir(-se), queixar-se, corroer, desgastar(-se), esfregar, esfolar, , enrugar(-se), encrespar(-se) (a água

Synonyms dither, fluster, fuss, huff, lather, pother, stew, sweat, swelter, swivet, tizzy, twitter

“Germans fret about being unloved in Europe…”

It is natural for people to fret when dealing with cancer.  (www.merriam-webster.com)

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With your name on it: que está reservado especialmente para você

 “I got a heart with your name on it, name on it, I got a love…” (Heart with your name on it - GLORIA ESTEFAN)

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under water - no negativo, no vermelho (Many borrowers these days are struggling because they are under water, meaning they owe more than their homes are worth.): Newsweek, Oct 09, 2008) Obviamente o termo acima também é usado em seu sentido literal.: (Was court even in session after the storm? No, everything was under water. The courts were closed.): Newsweek, Aug 24, 2006

under way - em andamento

under wraps - em segredo (a ser revelado)

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Word of the day: Dither / Changes and Chances

Word of the day

Dither:  tremor, estremecimento, arrepio, confusão, excitação, tremer, arrepiar, estar fora de si, estar perturbado ou incerto ou indeciso

Synonyms: balance, hesitate, falter, halt, hang back, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble

“We don't have time to dither.”

“She did not dither about what to do next.”

(merriam-webster.com)

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Word of the day: Swelter

Swelter: calor opressivo, sofrer de calor, suar, transpirar, abafar, sufocar

Synonyms: dither, fluster, fuss, huff, lather, pother, stew, sweat, fret, swivet, tizzy, twitter

We were sweltering in the summer heat.

“The set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelter.”        (www.merriamwebster.com)    

Word of the day: FRET

Fret: lamúria, choradeira, queixa, preocupação, inquietação, descontentamento, aborrecimento, fricção, atrito, desgaste, corrosão,  amofinar-se, afligir(-se), irritar(-se), atormentar(-se), martirizar-se,  roer, corroer, esfregar, esfolar, agitar(-se), e aflição.

Synonyms:  dither, fluster, fuss, huff, lather, pother, stew, sweat, swelter,  tizzy, twitter

“One of my customers always gets into a fret if I'm so much as 15 minutes late delivering his newspaper.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

“It is natural for people to fret when dealing with cancer.”  (www.wordhippo.com)

Word of the day: Swelter

Swelter:  calor opressivo, sofrer de calor, suar, transpirar,  sufocar, “derreter de calor”

Synonyms:  dither, fluster, fuss, huff, lather, pother, stew, sweat, swivet, tizzy, twitter, to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat, to become exceedingly hot,  to oppress with heat

“We were sweltering in the summer heat.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

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