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sábado, 12 de janeiro de 2013

Dirt cheap


Dirt cheap: que custa muito pouco, muito barato

“Be careful when you buy dirt cheap clothes. They could shrink easily or the colors could run when you wash them.”

“Kevin is very tight with his money. If he has to buy someone a present, it's always something dirt cheap.”  (www.englishclub.com)

domingo, 25 de março de 2012

By...(cont.)


by the numbers - de uma maneira mecânica, passo a passo
by the skin of (one’s) teeth - por muito pouco, por uma margem muito pequena (He won the  elections by the skin of his teeth.) Obs.:  I : my teeth, You : your teet, etc
by the thousands, by the hundreds - aos milhares, às centenas
by the time - na época em que, por volta da época em que, quando ( By the time he was arrested, all his family was out of town.)
by the way -  a propósito, por falar nisso(By the way, I also need to buy a new car.)