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01/09/2017
Peculiar vocabulary 😎
❗CLOCKWISE – sentido horário
❗❗COUNTERCLOCKWISE (or ANTI-CLOCKWISE) - sentido anti-horário
❗❗❗ASCENDING ORDER – em ordem crescente
❗❗❗❗DESCENDING ORDER – em ordem decrescente
✅ Most screws and bolts are tightened, and faucets/taps are closed, by turning CLOCKWISE.
02/08/2017
ROB or STEAL????
STEAL objects / things; ROB people / institutions.
That means that objects ate STOLEN, but people or institutions are ROBBED.
- The thief stole my watch.
- I was robbed! They stole my car!
- The criminals robbed the bank. They stole all the money from the bank’s safe.
18/04/2017
❗DON’T GET ME WRONG
Something that you say before you express an opinion about someone or something and you do not want people to think that you are criticizing that person or thing too severely (não me leve a mal).
✅ - Don't get me wrong, I like Carol, I just think she has some irritating habits.
14/04/2017
This weekend we celebrate Easter! Here is some Easter vocabulary:
Holy = sagrado (holiday = dia sagrado!)
Easter = Páscoa
Good Friday – 6a-feira Santa
Lent = quaresma
Easter egg – ovo de páscoa
Easter bunny – coelhinho da páscoa
08/03/2017
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS are used in English to avoid repeating information that is already clear. In general it makes the sentence less confusing because the same information is not being repeated.
1. This book is my book, not your book. (Sounds repetitive)
2. This book is MINE, not YOURS. Mine and yours are possessive pronouns
In sentence 1, MINE is a possessive pronoun that replaces MY BOOK.
In sentence 2, YOURS is a possessive pronoun that replaces YOUR BOOK.
The possessive pronouns in English are as follows:
(subject pronouns - possessive pronouns)
I - Mine
You - Yours
He His
She - Hers
It - Its
We - Ours
You (pl) - Yours
They - Theirs
Examples:
• I didn't have my umbrella so Marta lent me hers.
(I didn't have my umbrella so Marta lent me her umbrella).
• Her car is faster than mine.
(Her car is faster than my car).
• That food is ours and not theirs.
(That food is our food and not their food).
• I know this drink is yours but I need to drink something.
(I know this drink is your drink but I need to drink something).Remember that with possessive pronouns there are no apostrophes (').
24/02/2017
It's Carnival!
21/02/2017
❗COMPLEMENT (complemento)
😎 Complement is a noun and verb. In any case, it refers to something that completes or goes well with something.
✅ The sauce is a nice complement to the vegetables.
✅ The sauce complements the vegetables nicely.
✅ This book will complement his collection.
❗❗COMPLIMENT (elogio)
😎 Compliment is also a noun and a verb. It indicates the offering of praise or flattery (elogios) to another person.
✅ He gave me a compliment about my dress.
✅ He complimented me on my dress.
✅ Thanks for the compliment
✅ Thanks for complimenting me
14/02/2017
Valentine's Day, or St Valentine's Day, is celebrated every year on 14 February.The first Valentine's Day was in the year 496!
It's the day when people show their affection for another person or people by sending cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love.
Who was St Valentine?
The day gets its name from a famous saint, but there are several stories of who he was.
The popular belief about St Valentine is that he was a priest from Rome in the third century AD.
How did Valentine's Day start?
Having a particular Valentine's Day is a very old tradition, thought to have originated from a Roman festival.
The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February - officially the start of their springtime.
It's thought that as part of the celebrations, boys drew names of girls from a box. They'd be boyfriend and girlfriend during the festival and sometimes they'd get married.
Later on, the church wanted to turn this festival into a Christian celebration and decided to use it to remember St Valentine too.
Gradually, St Valentine's name started to be used by people to express their feelings to those they loved. (By BBC website)
01/02/2017
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31/01/2017
❗FEEL BLUE / HAVE THE BLUES
= To feel depressed or sad 🙁😪😓😰
✅ After seeing the old house in such bad shape, I had the blues for weeks.
✅ Patricia tends to feel blue during the winter.
✅ You look like you feel blue. What's wrong?
27/01/2017
What a perfect disguise!!!!
eggplant = the dark purple vegetable in the picture - berinjela
to disguise = to modify the manner or appearance of in order to prevent recognition - disfarçar-se
disguise (noun) = the act of disguising - disfarce
25/01/2017
MAKE UP as a verb has many different meanings!
• to form by fitting together or assembling b : to arrange typeset matter in (as pages) for printing
• 2 a : to combine to produce (a sum or whole)b : constitute, compose
• 3 a : to compensate for (as a deficiency or omission) b : to do or take in order to correct an omission
• 4 : settle, decide
• 5 : to wrap or fasten up
• 6 a : to prepare in physical appearance for a role b : to apply cosmetics to
• 7a : invent, improvise b : to set in order
• 1 : to become reconciled
• 2a : to act ingratiatingly and flatteringly b : to make advances : court
• 3 : compensate
• 4a : to put on costumes or makeup (as for a play) b : to apply cosmetics