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★ Slang - Interjections!

OOPS! “OPA!” Oops! I’m sorry.Opa! Desculpe. A exclamação Oops! exprime surpresa ou arrependimento depois de um pequeno erro ou acidente. GAWD! “DEUS!” Oh, my gawd! I don’t believe it!Ah, meu Deus! Eu não acredito! Gawd é a grafia de uma pronúncia…
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★ Oxford First Dictionary

This major new edition of the Oxford First Dictionary in paperback includes new words and more pages to improve spelling, extend vocabulary and support comprehension in the new curriculum. As well as updated context sentences (including examples from children’s own…
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★ Food and eating

I COULD EAT A HORSE “ESTOU FAMINTO, ESFOMEADO, MORTO DE FOME” I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. Estou com tanta fome que poderia comer um boi. Literalmente, I could eat a horse significa: “Eu poderia comer um cavalo”. Não que a carne de cavalo faça parte da…
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Fluency and fun with fascinating word origins

The English language is extremely rich and varied. David Crystal estimates that there are up to 2 million words, the Oxford English Dictionary has over 600,000 and 25,000 new words are added each year. An educated native speaker uses 30-50,000 words. Research indicates that…
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★ Funny

Can you and your students explain why these are funny? SOUNDS A BIT FISHY Where do shellfish go to borrow money? To the prawn broker. Where do fish wash? In a river basin. Why did the whale cross the road? To get to the other tide Where do little fishes go…