Curiosidades do inglês
Jogando CARTAS A forma apropriada de dizer “dar as cartas num jogo de baralho”, é deal the cards (e não “give the cards”). Veja o exemplo abaixo:
You’re cheating, and I won’t let you deal the cards again!
Você está…
This month we’re going to look at some verbal collocations with mouth and eye(s), but we’ll be focusing only on those that pose a slight translation problem.
The first one is Watch your mouth! This is usually said to someone who uses bad language, but is obviously not…
Here are 2 activities you can use in your classes for B1 level students. AIM: To practise the second conditional and encourage creativity.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose 3 different types of music, for example jazz, classical music and rock. Play a part of each piece of music…
Heads up! pay attention!; watch out! (presta atenção!; cuidado!; “fica esperto!”) “Heads up! There’s a truck coming through,” Howard warned Jake.
“Cuidado! Tem um caminhão atravessando”, Howard alertou o Jake. “Heads up! The boss is coming…
Red tape Red tape = too much paperwork that slows down business; bureaucracy (papelada; burocracia)
There is always a lot of red tape to take care of before releasing your goods from the port.
Há sempre muita papelada para cuidar antes de liberar os produtos do porto.
The…
When you point a finger at someone… there are three fingers pointing at you! - Stella Tagnin
26/11/2015
This time we’re going to look at some verbal collocations (verb + noun) with body parts. We’re starting with hands and fingers.
You probably know quite a few of them, but there’s always something new. I hope the accompanying images will make their meanings clear. She…
News from the IATEFL I’ve just come back to work after my first IATEFL (International Association of Teachers as a Foreign Language) conference in Brighton, UK, and I can barely wait for Glasgow next year. In many ways, the IATEFL is like any other teaching…
Vocabulário e expressões coloquiais populares no Brasil e seus equivalentes nos EUA BATER O TELEFONE NA CARA DE ALGUÉM – TO HANG UP ON SOMEONESandy can be really rude when she wants to. Can you believe she hung up on me last night? (Sandy sabe mesmo ser…
A REALLY BAD DAY
There was this guy at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour.
Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him, takes the drink from the guy, and just drinks it all down. The poor man starts crying. The truck…
