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sexta-feira, 30 de maio de 2014

Word of the day: Lurch / Change of heart / Punography


Word of the day

Lurch: desamparo, abandono, balanço brusco, guinada, balançar, ficar de emboscada
Synonyms: heave, motion, roll, listing, stagger, wobble

“They just lurch around in a sea of uncertainty and can potentially be seized by any attractive force that comes across their path.”
“A person with lower back pain or hip pain often will limp with a lurch over to the side of the weight supporting limb.”
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Change of heart: mudança de opinião, de attitude ou de sentimentos

“The government seems to have had a change of heart about nursery education.”
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terça-feira, 26 de novembro de 2013

Word of the day: Heave

Heave:  erguimento, hasteamento, ação de levantar, deslocamento das camadas do solo, doença asmática de cavalos,  levantar, hastear, erguer, alçar, içar
Synonyms: boost, heft, hoist, jack (up), upheave

“She heaved the door shut.”
“The quarterback heaved the ball down the field.”

“She sat down and heaved a sigh of relief.”              (www.merriam-webster.com)

domingo, 30 de dezembro de 2012

Word of the day:Retch


Retch: ânsia de vômito,  fazer esforço para vomitar
Synonyms: barf, gag, heave, hurl, puke, vomit, spew, spit up, throw up
“The smell of rotten cabbage makes me retch.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

domingo, 12 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day:Heave


Heave: erguimento, hasteamento, ação de levantar, deslocamento das camadas do solo, doença asmática de cavalos levantar, hastear, erguer, alçar, içar, inchar, arfar, ofegar
Synonyms: boost, heft, hoist, jack (up), upheave
“She heaved the door shut.”
“The quarterback heaved the ball down the field.”
“She sat down and heaved a sigh of relief.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

terça-feira, 10 de julho de 2012

Word of the day: Hurl


Hurl:  arremesso, lance, lançar, atirar, arremessar, proferir com violência, vomitar
Synonyms: barf, gag, heave, puke, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, upchuck
“Someone hurled a rock through the window.”
“He hurled a chair at me.”
“It looked like she was going to hurl herself down the stairs.”
“The protesters hurled insults at us.”(www.merriam-webster.com)