They don't believe me Judge: "The last time I saw you, I told you that I didn't want to see you here again". Accused: "That is what I tried to tell these policemen, your Honour, but they would not bel

TO TELL APART TO TELL APART: Diferenciar, distinguir uma coisa da outra. Only their mother could tell the twins apart. Apenas a mãe deles conseguia diferenciar os gêmeos. All the puppies look the same

Door of happiness When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. Vocabulary Help closed -

TO START OFF TO START OFF: começar, iniciar, dar início a algo. The race started off on time at 9 am. A corrida começou às 9 am. They started off the meeting with an attack on our performance. Eles co

At the plane It was mealtime during our trip on a small airline in the Northwest. Would you like dinner? the flight attendant asked the man seated in front of me. What are my choices? he asked. Yes or

TO HANG ON TO HANG ON: aguardar, esperar, pendurar-se The horse bolted and the rider hung on for all he was worth. O cavalo disparou e o cavaleiro se pendurou com tudo que podia. Can you hang on while

Dinner? Wife : "Do you want dinner?" Husband : "Sure! What are my choices?" Wife : "Yes and no." Vocabulary Help choices - opções dinner - jantar husband - marido sure - certamente want - querer wife

TO HEAR OF TO HEAR OF: ouvir falar, ouvir. I won't hear of you going by yourself. Não quero mais saber de você saindo sozinha. Have you ever heard of the time when the dinosaurs roamed the plains and

I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world A couple is lying in bed. The man says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman says, "I'll miss you..." Vocabulary H

TO GET ON A expressão to get on significa subir, entrar em um veículo, pegar um ônibus, prosseguir, continuar, se entender: I always get on the bus at 7pm. Eu sempre pego o ônibus às 7 horas da noite.

Red-tapism Take a cage with apes. In the cage we hang a banana on a string, and put stairs under it. Before long an ape goes to the stairs towards the banana, but as soon as it even touches the stairs

TO DROP OUT TO DROP OUT: sair, desistir, abandonar. She dropped out of school when she was 14 and got a job. Ela abandonou a escola quando tinha 14 anos e arrumou um emprego. As the soldiers were marc

The greatest obstacle to discovery "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge." //Daniel J Boorstin // Vocabulary Help discovery - descobrimento knowledge

TO DO AWAY WITH TO DO AWAY WITH: acabar, eliminar, destruir, matar. The government's doing away with all the subsidies on rice and petrol. O governo está acabando com todos os subsídios para o arroz e

Bom dia! 😊 Hello, how are you? Embora eu não tenha sempre a oportunidade de falar, o meu objetivo nestas newsletters semanais é trazer para você um conteúdo que seja inspirador e ao mesmo tempo lhe aj

Love Love tells us many things that are not so. Krainian Proverb Vocabulary Help tell (tell, told, told) - contar are not so - que não são »» Ouça também o áudio deste texto «« E-books sobre Desenvolv

TO CHECK OUT TO CHECK OUT significa sair de um hotel após pagar a conta ou verificar a acuracidade de uma informação. The hotel says we have to check out by 11 am. O hotel diz que temos que sair por v

Understanding women (a man's perspective) I know I'm not going to understand women. I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,

TO GET IN/INTO TO GET IN/INTO: entrar, ver-se em uma situação, chegar de algum lugar. Get in and I'll drive you to the railway station. Entre e eu te conduzirei para a estação de trens. Sometimes I wo

Live to be a hundred Patient: "Doctor, do you think that I will live until I'm a hundred?" Doctor: "Do you smoke or drink?" Patient: "No." Doctor: "Do you drive fast cars, gamble, or play around with