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terça-feira, 18 de março de 2014

Word of the day: Sham

Sham: impostura, pretexto, engano, logro, fraude, impostor, fingir, simular, dar a falsa impressão, imitado,fingido, falso
Synonyms: fake, mock, bogus, imitation, pretended, pretend, pretend, fake, put it on, act, play, imitate

“He claims that the trial was a sham.”
“Their marriage was a sham.”
“Many people believed he could help them, but I knew he was a sham.”
“She exposed their sham and hypocrisy.”

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




terça-feira, 3 de setembro de 2013

Word of the day: Dalliance

Dalliance: namoro insincero, galanteio, requebro, brincadeira, gracejo, folgança, bate-papo, flerte

Synonyms: play, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, recreation, “…an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat…”    (www.merriamwebster.com)