Tag Archives: Artigos: Vocabulário
Substantivos Compostos Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
Quando temos um substantivo composto em inglês, ou seja, duas palavras com um único significado, a sílaba tônica (mais forte) sempre recai no primeiro substantivo. Veja e ouça alguns exemplos: babysitter (babá) bartender (barman) busboy (ajudando de limpeza – restaurante) cameraman (operador de câmera) disc jockey (DJ) dog trainer (treinador de cachorro) fireman (bombeiro) fisherman…
Sons Mudos: P e B Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
A lingual inglesa tem algumas letras com sons mudos. Elas aparecem nas palavras mas não são pronunciadas. Veja alguns exemplos com as letras P e B. bomb (bomba) climb (escalar) climber (alpinista) comb (pente) corps (corpo – organização) coup (golpe – de estado) cupboard (armário) debt (dívida) doubt (dúvida) dumb (burro) lamb (cordeiro) limb (membro…
Expressions with ‘To Make’ Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
Advanced students almost always know a lot of vocabulary but still don’t know how to use words correctly and fluently. This happens a lot with the verb to make. As a first meaning, to make is to produce something, usually with your hands or by putting some parts together. Here are some fixed expressions with…
Idioms Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
One of the most colorful aspects of a language are idioms. Idioms are fixed expressions that carry no meaning if you try to understand it word by word. On this post we’re going to be talking about some idioms that are very common in English. When we say that the phone is ringing off the…
Cores, Roupas e Objetos Pessoais Posted by Adir on Aug 24, 2009
Hello, everybody! How are you doing? Bem vindos ao blog da Transparent Language Brasil. Neste primeiro post nosso assunto será roupas, calçados e acessórios. Vamos começar revisando as cores: Blue – azul Light blue – azul claro Dark blue – azul escuro Navy blue – azul marinho Green – verde Yellow – amarelo Orange –…