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quarta-feira, 1 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day: Scuffle


Scuffle:  luta corpo a corpo, briga, tumulto, lutar, brigar
Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], 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)

sábado, 4 de fevereiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Tussle


Tussle: luta, briga, contenda, lutar, brigar, tentar imobilizar e controlar o outro
Synonyms:  grapple, rassle, scuffle
“Consider Blockbuster's tussle with Netflix. How much of the movie-rental business eventually...”(Newsweek,