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segunda-feira, 14 de julho de 2014

Word of the day: Meager LAG / LEG


Word of the day
Meager:  magro,  escasso, atraso, retardamento, demora
Synonyms: exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp
“Every morning he eats a meager breakfast of toast and coffee.”
“We'll have to do the best we can with this year's meager harvest.”
“She came to this country with a fairly meager English vocabulary, but she is learning more words every day.”

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LAG  / LEG

Lag:  retardo, atraso, demora, ficar atrás, retardar-se, ir devagar, demorar-se, atrasar-se, tardio, retardado
 “Many federal agencies also lag in submitting relevant records to the system.”
Leg:  perna, pé (de mesa, cama etc.), cano (de bota), parte de roupa que cobre as pernas, suporte, trecho de um percurso
“My leg hurts.”
(http://www.reference.com/ www.merriam-webster.com / http://michaelis.uol.com.br/)

Obs,: 

Jet lag: fadiga de voo: sensação de cansaço que as pessoas têm após longas 

horas de voo, especialmente quando chegam a um lugar com grande diferença de fuso 

horário
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quarta-feira, 12 de março de 2014

Word of the day: Gaunt

Gaunt:  magro, esquelético, descarnado, com olhos fundos, desolado, sombrio
Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted
“He left the hospital looking tired and gaunt.”
“…a gaunt factory on the edge of town…”




quarta-feira, 5 de junho de 2013

Wor of the day: GAUNT


Gaunt: magro, esquelético, descarnado, com olhos fundos, desolado, sombrio
Synonyms: cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted

“He left the hospital looking tired and gaunt.”
“…a gaunt factory on the edge of town…”   (www.merriam-webster.com)

sexta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Meager


Meager:  magro, escasso.
Synonyms: exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy
“Economy ended 2011 growing at a meager 2.8% rate.” ( www.latimes.com)