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: Keening

Keening: lamentação, lamúria, queixume, choradeira

Synonyms: delicate, fine, acute, perceptive, quick, sensitive, sharp

“She's a very keen observer of the political world.”

“…pilots with especially keen eyesight…”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

When you've been trying to remember something and you suddenly remember it, the mental pleasure is keen. —Ian Frazier, Atlantic, October 2004

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: Fret

Fret:  lamúria, choradeira, preocupação, inquietação. aborrecimento.  atrito, afligir(-se), irritar(-se), atormentar(-se), roer, corroer

Synonyms: ablate, yelp, abrase, achievement, afflict, wreath, agitate, worry

“Television companies fret over competition.”

Newsweek, December 09, 2010