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quinta-feira, 14 de março de 2013

Word of the day: CHAFF


Chaff:  debulha, moinha, palhiço, resíduos dos cereais, droga, traste, picuinha, remoque, chiste, zombaria, pilheriar, motejar, mofar, troçar

Synonyms:  , deadwood, debris, dust, junk, litter, offal, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, trash, truck, waste, jesting, joshing,  jive, joke, josh, rally, razz, roast

“A coworker who likes to chaff at others' expense, and this often results in hurt feelings.” (www.merriam-webster.com)
“Ploughing through a plague of maggots that were eating into the meat of the sheep was like cutting chaff.” (www.wordhippo.com)

domingo, 19 de fevereiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Rabble


Rabble: plebe canalha, populaça, turba, tagarelar, tumultuar, amotinar
Synonyms / definition: a disorganized or confused collection of things, a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people : mob, the lowest class of people / proletariat, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum, tag, rag
“The crown prince was reminded that even the rabble of the realm deserved his attention and compassion.” (www.merriam-webster.com)
See, things have been done which have not happened for a long time past; the king has been deposed by the rabble”.) (Newsweek, April 10, 2011)