New Words

Scholar: a person who studies a subject in great detail, especially at auniversity. someone who is clever or good at learning by studying.

Hay: grass that is cut and dried and used as animal food

Bale: a large amount of something such as hay, paper, wool, or cloth that has been tied tightly together.

Gush: a sudden strong and positive feeling, Or an expression of positive feeling, usually so strongit does not sound sincere. To flow or send out quickly and in large amounts, a large amount of liquid or gas that flows quickly.

Praise: things that you say that express your admiration and approval for someone or something. to honour, worship, and express admiration for a god.

Lass: a girl or young woman.

Driven: describes someone who is so determined to achieve something or be successful that all of their behaviour is directed towards this aim.

Chore: a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly.

Babble: to talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited, or silly way. Literary (of a stream) to make the low, continuous noise of water flowing over stones.

Gypsy: a member of a race of people originally from northern India who typically used to travel from place to place, and now live especially in Europe and North America.

Bibliografia:  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

New Words

02-07-14 à 25-09-2014

Spinach: Espinafre

Throb: to produce a strong , regular beat. If a part of your body throbs, you feel pain in it in a series of regular beats.

Eerie: strange in a frightening and mysterious way.

Praise: to express admiration or approval about the achievements or characteristics of a person or thing:

Liaison: communication between people or groups who work with each other. someone who helps groups to work effectively with each other.

Laison: An instance or a means of communication between different groups or units of an organization, especially inthe armed forces. One that maintains communication: served as the President's liaison with Congress. A close relationship, connection, or link. An adulterous relationship; an affair.

Roundabout: (traffic circle) a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle, rather than straight across. A a flat, round piece of equipment in playareas on which children sit or stand and are pushed round and round.

Bibliografia:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

New Words

20-06-14 à 01-07-14

Eggplant: Beringela

Zucchini: Abobrinha

Chickpeas: Grão-de-bico

Internment: the act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war.

Barley: a type of grain used for making food and alcoholic drinks (cevada).

Peddle: to sell things, especially by taking them to different places.

Idiosyncratic: a strange or unusual habit , way of behaving , or feature that someone or something has.

Prick: to make a very small hole or holes in the surface of something, sometimes in a way that causes pain.

Probe: to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions carefully and not directly. To examine something with a tool, especially in order to find something that is hidden.

Sage: wise , especially as a result of great experience

Bibliografia:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org

New Words

04/06/14 - 20/06/14

Conundrum: a problem that is difficult to deal with, an enigma.

Noodle: mascara, simplório, pateta, néscio.

Subthreshold: Subliminar.

Stxy: a river in the underworld, over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon, and by which the gods swore their most solemnoaths.

Dupe: to deceive someone, usually by making that person do something that they did not intend to do.

Shake a leg: used to tell someone to hurry or act more quickly.

Bibliografia

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

http://dictionary.reference.com/

Big Apple

A lenda leva a origem do nome à grande depressão quando fiinancistas fiajavam de termo para vender maças nas ruas de Nova York. O rumor diz que muitas famílias tradicionais da cidade passaram a vender maças e o termo "Grande maça" se popularizou. Já que essas sempre foram grande parte da economia local até o governo utilizou o termo para popularizar a cidade. Há outros versões como o uso da expressão por cantores de jazz.

De acordo com David Elli em "Lonely Planet 'New York City' guide" a cidade recebeu esse apelido pela primeira vez por de um escritor (John FitzGerald) do New York Morning Telegraph cobrindo uma corrida de cavalos em 1924. A cidade apoia essa história.

WTF? Aula de inglês :P

Fontes:

http://www.ny.com/histfacts/apple
http://www.barrypopik.com/   (contém uma linha do tempo do uso do termo)

New Words

18/03/13 - 20/03/13

Proprietary Trading: A firma decide obter lucro pelo mercado (ganho direto) ao invés de o fazer pelo processo de troca.

Sunbeams: Raios de Sol.

Hue (s): Matriz, tonalidade.

Oozy: Lamacento. Cheio de vaza ou Limo.

Ghastly (adj): Pavoroso, horrível, sinistro.

Realm: Reino, Região, Fronteira.

Summit: Cume, Ápice, Vértice, Topo. 

Dew (s): Orvalho, sereno, relento.

Deity: Divindade.

Shrubbery: Matagal, plantação de arbustos.

Foam (s): Espuma, baba, oceano.

Totter (v): Cambalear, Oscilar, Titubear.

Waded: to walk through water with difficulty because of the pressure of the water against your legs.

Peep: to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole.       

Peek: to look, especially for a short time or while trying to avoid being seen (you can be partly seen).

"And his brow was lofty with thought, and his eye wild with care; and, in the few furrows upon his cheek I read the fables of sorrow, and weariness, and disgust with mankind, and a longing after solitude. And the moon shone upon his face, and upon the features of his face, and oh! they were more beautiful than the airy dreams which hovered about the souls of the daughters of Delos!" -       Silence: A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe

Fontes: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/
http://translate.google.com.br/
http://poestories.com/read/silence