Archive for September, 2011
Idiom: dar com a língua nos dentes Posted by Adir on Sep 6, 2011
E aí? Tudo bem com você? Our post today brings a very cool Portuguese idiom: dar com a língua nos dentes. It basically means to spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, give the game away. Let’s check out some examples: Era para ser uma festa surpresa, mas ela deu com a…
Oscar Niemeyer & Building Brasília Posted by polyana on Sep 1, 2011
I went to Brasília this past weekend, for the first time, to visit a friend, and was blown away by the architecture and the overall city planning. My friend and her husband took us everywhere in Brasília and gave us a good background on how the city was built and what Niemeyer, the architect, was thinking…