Word of the day: Zest

Zest:  gosto, sabor, paladar agradável, prazer, deleite,  condimento, tempero,  interesse, atrativo, vida, temperar, condimentar, dar gosto ou sabor a, pedaço de casca de cítrico usado para dar sabor na comida

Synonyms: nip, pungency, spice, tang, piquancy, zing, relish, gusto, a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit

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“His humor added zest to the performance.”

“His humor added a certain zest to the performance.”

“The recipe calls for a tablespoon of lemon zest.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

egg on your face

(have) egg on your face: diz-se de uma pessoa que está envergonhada ou “sem graça” por ter dito ou feito algo idiota

Meaning: You have egg on your face if you've said or done something wrong, and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid.

“Stan had egg on his face after saying he could easily do fifty push-ups, and then giving up after doing just twenty.”

The police force had egg on its face because they arrested and beat up an innocent guy who had the same name as a suspect they were looking for.

Gut feeling

Gut feeling: sensação inexplicável de estar certo sobre uma pessoa ou situação

“As soon as I came into the room I had a gut feeling that something was wrong - and then I saw the dead body”

“Chaz said his gut feeling was that Laura was lying and, sure enough, she was.” 

Make a killing

Make a killing:ganhar muito dinheiro resultante de uma venda ou de um negócio

My aunt made a killing when she bought some shares in a company as soon as they were issued, and sold them a few weeks later for three times what she paid.

Lots of people made a killing when property values went so high back in the nineties. (www.englishclub.com)

American Presidents

FOR TWO YEARS the nation was run by a president and a vice president who were not elected by the people. After Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned in 1973, President Nixon appointed Gerald Ford as vice president. Nixon resigned the following year, which left Ford as president, and Ford's appointed vice president, Nelson Rockefeller, as second in line.


THE TERM "First Lady" was used first in 1849 when President Zachary Taylor called Dolley Madison "First Lady" at her state funeral.  It gained popularity in 1877 when used in reference to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. Most First Ladies, including Jackie Kennedy, are said to have hated the label.


JAMES BUCHANAN was the only president never to marry. Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives——two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House. Reagan was the only divorced president. Six presidents had no children. Tyler——father of fifteen——had the most.


Fonte: www.littleknownfactsshow.com

Elton John - Skyline Pigeon

Assista: Elton John - Skyline Pigeon (live)

Fonte: www.sing365.com

Turn me loose from your hands

Let me fly to distant lands

Over green fields, trees and mountains

Flowers and forest fountains

Home along the lanes of the skyway

For this dark and lonely room

Projects a shadow cast in gloom

And my eyes are mirrors

Of the world outside

Thinking of the ways

That the wind can turn the tide

And these shadows turn

From purple into grey

For just a Skyline Pigeon

Dreaming of the open

Waiting for the day

He can spread his wings

And fly away again

Fly away skyline pigeon fly

Towards the dreams

You've left so very far behind

Just let me wake up in the morning

To the smell of new mown hay

To laugh and cry, to live and die

In the brightness of my day

I want to hear the pealing bells

Of distant churches sing

But most of all please free me

From this aching metal ring

And open out this cage towards the sun

Word of the day: Mar

Mar: frustrar, arruinar, desfigurar.

Synonyms: blemish, darken, taint, poison, spoil, stain, tarnish, touch, vitiate

 “Fraud allegations mar Vernon election.” (www.latimes.comn 06/08/2012, )

A large scar marred his face.

Her acting mars an otherwise great movie. (www.latimes.com)