Word of the day: Quaint Quaint / Don’t get started

Word of the day: Quaint

Quaint:  estranho, esquisito, singular, fantástico

Synonyms: bizarre, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky, offbeat, outlandish, out-of-the-way, peculiar, odd, queer, quirky, remarkable, screwy, spaced-out

“The fishing village was very quaint.”

“The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives.”

“Almost everything in the quaint little town beguiles, from its architecture to its art to its people.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

a quaint house...

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Don’t get started

-nem começa!

-não começa com isto!

-nem vem com essa!

“Don’t get started! We’ll do things as I had planned and that’s it.”

(Nem começa! Vamos fazer as coisas como eu tinha planejado e está acabado.)

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Word of the day: Quaint / The wheels are turning

Word of the day

Quaint:  estranho, esquisito, singular, fantástico

Synonyms: bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky

“The fishing village was very quaint.”

“The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives.”

(www.merriam-webster.com)

The wheels are turning: algo está acontecendo, algo está para acontecer ( e que vai causar algo, que vai iniciar algo), as coisas estavam de tal forma que

“By the late 1940s the wheels were turning that would make space flight possible by the end of the 1950s.”   (www.thefreedictionary.com)

Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades

Word of the day: Extraneous

Extraneous:   estranho, alheio, irrelevante, externo, exterior, extrínseco, insignificante

Synonyms: accidental, adventitious, alien, extrinsic, external, foreign, supervenient

“She sped up the process by eliminating all extraneous steps.

“The architect's streamlined modern style shuns any sort of extraneous ornamentation.”                   (www.merriam-webster.com)

Quaint / Know the ropes

Quaint: estranho, esquisito, singular, fantástico

Synonyms: bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, eccentric, funny, kinky, odd, queer

“The fishing village was very quaint.”

“The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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Know the ropes: saber como fazer algo, saber como funciona algo

“Juan knows the ropes of substitute teaching.” (http://www.idioms4you.com)

“Good managers know the ropes. They have skills and experience.” (http://esl-bits.net)

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Word of the day: Outlandish

Outlandish: estranho, bizarro, grotesco, remoto, longínquo, distante

Synonyms: bizarre, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, offbeat, off-kilter, off-the-wall, odd, out-of-the-way, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky

“She fills her books with outlandish characters.”

“The actress wore an outlandish dress to the awards ceremony.”(www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the Day: Quirky

Quirky: estranho, peculiar
Synonyms: abnormal, whimsical, arbitrary, wanton, crank, vagrant, cranky

“.. and don’t be afraid of quirky ideas.”

Newsweek, November 14, 2010

Word of the day: Quirky

Quirky: estranho, peculiar
Synonyms: abnormal, whimsical, arbitrary, wanton, crank, vagrant, cranky

“.. and don’t be afraid of quirky ideas.”

Newsweek, November 14, 2010