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Vocabulário avançado: palavras começando com gr- Posted by on May 4, 2012

Muitas palavras começadas com gr- em inglês seguem três padrões: são relacionadas com segurar algo ou com toque, expressam raiva ou reclamação e também mostram alguns sons que uma pessoa pode fazer. 1. Palavras relacionadas com segurar ou toque Grab – agarrar She grabbed my arm to try to stop me from leaving. [Ela tentou…

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Como estudar para o TOEFL: speaking e listening Posted by on Apr 25, 2012

Semana passada escrevi um post no meu blog com algumas dicas de sites para quem quer se preparar sozinho para o TOEFL. Hoje vou compartilhar com você alguns vídeos do canal Private English Portal, no Youtube, do professor canadense Steve Ford e além de falar do TOEFL o canal traz vídeos com vários tópicos como…

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Poem: Totally like whatever, you know?, by Taylor Mali Posted by on Apr 17, 2012

Hey, there! How’s it going? My dear friend Graeme Hodgson shared this video on Facebook and I thought I’d share it with you. It’s by poet Taylor Mali and it’s read by Ronnie Bruce. It show how the lack of attitude and overhesitation gets in the way of efficient communication. Enjoy! If you’re reading this…

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Advanced English: Emphasis Posted by on Mar 30, 2012

Hi, there! How’s it going? This post is for advanced students of English and it talks about emphasis. Today we are going to focus on changing word order to emphasize a sentence. Fronting and Inversion Let’s start by talking about fronting and inversion. Inversion refers to changing the normal word worder in the sentence so…

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O inglês das manchetes de jornal Posted by on Feb 16, 2012

Os redatores nos jornais tentam chamar a atenção do leitor usando quanto menos palavras possível. A linguagem usada é, consequentemente, diferente de várias maneiras. – Artigos e verbos auxiliares geralmente são omitidos: Early cut forecast in interest rates. – Usam-se formas simples dos verbos: Queen opens hospital today. – Usa-se o infinitivo para expressar o…

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Phrasemix: “I don’t want to get all bulked up; I just want to get toned.” Posted by on Feb 8, 2012

Hey, there! Tudo bem? Hoje temos mais um post do site Phrasemix e desta vez teremos o texto em inglês e os exemplos traduzidos, ok? Let’s go for it! You’re having your first meeting with a personal trainer. You want to start lifting weights, but you don’t want to get really big muscles. You say…

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Teste seu vocabulário avançado – Respostas Posted by on Jan 12, 2012

So, I’m sure you learned a lot from yesterday’s advanced vocabuary test, didn’t you? Let’s check out the answers, shall we? 1. a. A malapropism is the comical misuse of words, especially those similar in sound. Here, the speaker says, “ammonia” instead of “pneumonia.” 2. b. To importune is to ask incessantly or beg persistently…

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