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sexta-feira, 3 de maio de 2013

Word of the day: NIBBLE


Nibble: mordicação, mordidela, mordiscar, beliscar (alimento)
Synonyms: peck, pick
“We nibbled cheese and crackers.”
“We nibbled on some cheese and crackers before dinner.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

segunda-feira, 26 de novembro de 2012

Word of the day: Peck


Peck:porção, grande quantidade, montão, bicada, marca de bicada, comida, alimento, beijo ligeiro ou distraído, bicar, dar bicadas,picar, apanhar com o bico, mordiscar, resmungar, implicar
Synonyms: nibble, pick
“The hen pecked my finger.”
“The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.”
“He pecked his wife on the cheek as he headed out the door.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

quinta-feira, 26 de abril de 2012

Word of the day: Abet


Abet: encorajar, incitar, estimular, instigar alguém a fazer algo errado
Synonyms: incite, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir
“Charles G. Taylor, the former warlord and president of Liberia, was convicted on Thursday of abetting militias that committed war crimes in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.” (www.nytimes.com, April 26, 2012)

quinta-feira, 29 de março de 2012

Word of the Day: Abet


Abet:  encorajar, incitar, estimular, instigar alguém a fazer algo errado
Synonyms: incite, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke
“Did he abet the commission of a crime?”(www.merriam-webster.com)

domingo, 12 de fevereiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Abet

abet:  encorajar, incitar, estimular, instigar alguém a fazer alguma coisa errada

Synonyms: incite, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick,provoke, raise, stir (up)
"Did he abet the commission of a crime?" (http://www.merriam-webster.com