Word of the day: Argot

Argot: jargão, calão

Synonyms: terminology, cant, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary  / more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group

 “All over the town there were groups of people communicating in their own secret argots.”

NYT: Louisiana Spillway Opened to Relieve Flooding

New York Times: Louisiana-Como lidar com a força bruta das águas?
MORGANZA, La. — After declaring that “public safety is our No. 1 priority,” officials from the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza spillway, sending water from the engorged Mississippi River rushing into the pastures and cropland here to forestall potentially catastrophic damage farther downstream. Veja  artigo completo no New York Times


Vocabulário pertinente: 

Spillway: vertedouro, desaguadouro.
Levee: dique

Downstream: rio abaixo

Flood: inundação,cheia, enchente

Slogans

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"Drive your way"
"Think different"
"We try harder"
"Just do it"
 "Save money. Live better"


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Animal sounds

the dog barks - the cat  meows  - the mouse squeaks- the horse whinnies - the sheep bleats - the cow lows- the pig grunts - the ass brays - the lion roars- the tiger roars – the elephant trumpets - the wolf howls - the frog croaks - the snake hisses

Fonte: http://www.happychild.org.uk/freeway/xxxxlanguage/vocab/sounds01.htm

in mint condition

in mint condition - em perfeitas condições

MINI DICIONÁRIO de idioms, phrasal verbs e mais

wedge/ edge

WEDGE

EDGE

wedge	cunha, calço	Clique aqui p/ PRONÚNCIA
edge	ponta	Clique aqui p /PRONÚNCIA

Pequeno Dicionário de Dicas e Dificuldades(Flávio Cruz)