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Balcony (n) - sacada
Balcão - counter
Baton (n) - batuta (música), cacetete
Batom - lipstick
Beef (n) - carne de gado
Bife - steak
Cafeteria (n) - refeitório tipo universitário ou industrial
Cafeteria - coffee shop, snack bar
Camera (n) - máquina fotográfica Câmara - tube (de pneu)
chamber (grupo de pessoas
Carton (n) - caixa de papelão, pacote de cigarros (200)
Cartão - card
Casualty (n) - baixa (morte fruto de acidente ou guerra), fatalidade Casualidade - chance, fortuity
Cigar (n) - charuto
Cigarro - cigarette
Collar (n) - gola, colarinho, coleira
Colar - necklace
College (n) - faculdade, ensino de 3º grau
Colégio (2º grau) - high school
Commodity (n) - artigo, mercadoria
Comodidade - comfort
Competition (n) - concorrência
Competição - contest
Comprehensive (adj) - abrangente, amplo, extenso
Compreensivo - understanding
Compromise (v) - entrar em acordo, fazer concessão
Compromisso - appointment; date
Contest (n) - competição, concurso
Contexto - context
Convenient (adj) - prático
Conveniente - appropriate
Costume (n) - fantasia (roupa)
Costume - custom, habit
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IDIOMS LETTER B
BACK AND FORTH = to go between two places, again and again.
He bikes back and forth between his job and his apartment every day.
BACK UP= to support, to help someone
Robert plans to back up his wife when she delivers her baby. (used as an infinitive)
also...
If he is unable to drive her to the hospital, they have a back up plan. His brother can drive her there. (used as an adjective)
BEND OVER BACKWARDS= to work hard at something; to try to help someone.
The government bent over backwards to get the I-35W bridge rebuilt
BETTER OFF= in a situation that is good--better than before.
Jen thinks she's much better off with her new boyfriend. Her old boyfriend wasn't very nice to her.
BREAK DOWN = a machine stops working, usually used for cars
Tim's car breaks down all the time. He has to get a new one.
This is the third time it has broken down this week. (present perfect)break up = 1. to make something small; 2. to end a relationship.
She got a phone call from her boyfriend. He told her he wanted to break up with her. (definition #2)
BUMP INTO = meet someone you know by chance or by accident.
On the way home from the store, Alice bumped into an old friend she hadn't seen in years.
BY THE WAY= This idiom is used when you want to introduce something new in a conversation. It's usually off topic.
"Juggling is easy for me. I've been juggling for years. By the way, I also know how to do backwards somersaults
NOW, SLANGS...STILL LETTER A
ANAL: easily upset over small problems; in total control.
Rosie is a little anal when it comes to her garden. It doesn't have a single weed in it.
ARTSY OR ARTSY FARTSY: A person or thing that tries to hard to show off artistic qualities.
There were all these artsy-fartsy people at the party, so we left.
ASAP= as soon as possible
I have to get this letter mailed asap.
ASS: 1. a mean person; someone who doesn't cooperate. 2. someone's but or rear end(caution: a little vulgar, but it's not a swear word if you choose to use it.)
Don't be such an ass. Just let me borrow your car for a couple of hours.
Attention: Some slang is inappropriate in certain situations.
vulgar = impolite or considered a swear word. Don't use it around your supervisor or somone who might be offended.
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