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quarta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2013

Word of the day: Barge

Barge: chata, barcaça, batelão, barco grande usado para excursões, alvarenga, saveiro, casa flutuante, cambalear (to barge in:  entrar sem pedir licença)
Synonyms: lumber, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp

“He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.”

“She barged through the door without even knocking.”         (www.merriamwebster.com)    

quinta-feira, 14 de fevereiro de 2013

Word of the day; Drudge


Drudge: escravo do trabalho, burro de carga, servo, pessoa que executa trabalho duro e humilde, labutar, mourejar, lidar, trabalhar arduamente, ocupar-se em ofícios inferiores e mal pagos
Synonyms: bang away, beaver labor, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, plod, plow, plug, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail
“Factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks…” (www.merriam-wbster.com)

domingo, 19 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day: Scuffle


Scuffle:  luta corpo a corpo, briga, tumulto, lutar, brigar
Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, lumber, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge
‘Children scuffled on the playground.”
“Small creatures scuffled in the underbrush.” (www.merriam-webster.com)