Word of the day: Fluster / Choke

Word of the day

Fluster: fervura, agitação nervosa, perturbação, confusão de espírito, agitar, aquecer, excitar, inebriar, confundir, perturbar, desconcertar, exaltar-se, perturbar-se, estar agitado, inquieto

Synonyms: abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, embarrass, mortify, nonplus, rattle

“The interruption flustered the speaker.”

“Some speakers fluster more easily than others.”

(www.merriam-webster

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choke (someone) up - fazer alguém se emocionar ou chorar

choke (something ) up - entupir / bloquear /expelir algo que estava engasgado

choked up - sem fala

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Word of the day; Fluster

Fluster: fervura, agitação nervosa, atrapalhação, perturbação, confusão de espírito, agitar, excitar, inebriar,confundir, perturbar, desconcertar, exaltar-se, perturbar-se, estar agitado, inquieto

Synonyms: abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, embarrass, mortify, nonplus, rattle

“The interruption flustered the speaker.”

“Some speakers fluster more easily than others.”

(www.wordhippo.com  / www.merriam-webster.com / www.thefreedictionary.com)

Word of the day: FAZE

Faze: perturbar, inquietar, aborrecer, irritar, importunar, intimidar.

Synonyms: abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle

“You'll never succeed as a writer if you let a little bit of criticism faze you.”

“The collapse of part of the scenery didn't faze the actors one bit, and they just carried on.” (www.merriam-wbster.com)

PICK

pick on / at (someone) 

(ser muito crítico em relação a alguém, perturbar alguém, dizer ou fazer coisas más para alguém)

Jane  is always picking on her boyfriend for any small thing he says.  = Jane está sempre criticando seus namorado por qualquer coisinha que ele diz.

Why are you always picking at me?  = Por que você está sempre me criticando?

And I hate to pick on the company that pays my bills, but The Washington Post's preemptive act of contrition for using an illustration of…(Newsweek, February 28, 2009) = E eu detesto a ideia de criticar a companhia que paga minhas contas

Word of the Day: Roil

Roil: turvar, turbar, provocar, irritar, incomodar, perturbar, vexar

Synonyms: boil, churn, moil, seethe

“Case of convicted French kidnapper roils Mexico – again”(www.latimes.com / March 20, 2012)

“Financial markets have been roiled by the banking crisis.” (www.merriam-webster.com)