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sexta-feira, 6 de junho de 2014

Word of the day: Quaint / The wheels are turning

Word of the day
Quaint:  estranho, esquisito, singular, fantástico
Synonyms: bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky

“The fishing village was very quaint.”
“The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives.”





The wheels are turning: algo está acontecendo, algo está para acontecer ( e que vai causar algo, que vai iniciar algo), as coisas estavam de tal forma que

By the late 1940s the wheels were turning that would make space flight possible by the end of the 1950s.”   (www.thefreedictionary.com)

quinta-feira, 25 de abril de 2013

Quaint / Know the ropes


Quaint: estranho, esquisito, singular, fantástico
Synonyms: bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, eccentric, funny, kinky, odd, queer
“The fishing village was very quaint.”
“The writer talks about the quaint customs of the natives.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

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Know the ropes: saber como fazer algo, saber como funciona algo
“Juan knows the ropes of substitute teaching.” (http://www.idioms4you.com)

“Good managers know the ropes. They have skills and experience.”
(http://esl-bits.net)

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