May 27th - Questions

May 27th - Idioms

Smart Idioms

A hot potato

Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed

A penny for your thoughts

A way of asking what someone is thinking

Actions speak louder than words

Back to the drawing board

When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.

Ball is in your court

It is up to you to make the next decision or step

Barking up the wrong tree

Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person

Be glad to see the back of

Be happy when a person leaves.

Beat around the bush

Avoiding the main topic. Not speaking directly about the issue.

Best of both worlds

Meaning: All the advantages.

Best thing since sliced bread

A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.

Bite off more than you can chew

To take on a task that is way too big.

Blessing in disguise

Something good that isn't recognized at first.

Burn the midnight oil

To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting.

Can't judge a book by its cover

Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.

Caught between two stools

When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

Costs an arm and a leg

This idiom is used when something is very expensive.

Cross that bridge when you come to it

Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.

Cry over spilt milk

When you complain about a loss from the past.

Curiosity killed the cat

Being Inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation.

Cut corners

When something is done badly to save money.

Cut the mustard [possibly derived from "cut the muster"]

To succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate

Devil's Advocate

To present a counter argument

Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched

This idiom is used to express "Don't make plans for something that might not happen".

Don't give up the day job

You are not very good at something. You could definitely not do it professionally.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

Drastic times call for drastic measures

When you are extremely desperate you need to take drastic actions.

Elvis has left the building

The show has come to an end. It's all over.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.

Far cry from

Very different from.

Feel a bit under the weather

Meaning: Feeling slightly ill.

Give the benefit of the doubt

Believe someone's statement, without proof.

Hear it on the grapevine

This idiom means 'to hear rumors' about something or someone.

Hit the nail on the head

Do or say something exactly right

Hit the sack / sheets / hay

To go to bed.

In the heat of the moment

Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.

It takes two to tango

Actions or communications need more than one person

Jump on the bandwagon

Join a popular trend or activity.

Keep something at bay

Keep something away.

Kill two birds with one stone

This idiom means, to accomplish two different things at the same time.

Last straw

The final problem in a series of problems.

Let sleeping dogs lie

Meaning - do not disturb a situation as it is - since it would result in trouble or complications.

Let the cat out of the bag

To share information that was previously concealed

Make a long story short

Come to the point - leave out details

Method to my madness

An assertion that, despite one's approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.

Miss the boat

This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance

Not a spark of decency

Meaning: No manners

Not playing with a full deck

Someone who lacks intelligence.

Off one's rocker

Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.

On the ball

When someone understands the situation well.

Once in a blue moon

Meaning: Happens very rarely.

Picture paints a thousand words

A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.

Piece of cake

A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple.

Put wool over other people's eyes

This means to deceive someone into thinking well of them.

See eye to eye

This idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.

Sit on the fence

This is used when someone does not want to choose or make a decision.

Speak of the devil!

This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives.

Steal someone's thunder

To take the credit for something someone else did.

Take with a grain of salt

This means not to take what someone says too seriously.

Taste of your own medicine

Means that something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have done to someone else

To hear something straight from the horse's mouth

To hear something from the authoritative source.

Whole nine yards

Everything. All of it.

Wouldn't be caught dead

Would never like to do something

Your guess is as good as mine

To have no idea, do not know the answer to a question

May 27th - Vocabulary

Parts of the Body -

arm = braço
back = costas
ears = orelhas
eyes = olhos
face = rosto
feet = pés
fingers = dedos
foot = pé
hair = cabelo
hands = mãos
head = cabeça
knees = joelhos
legs = pernas
mouth = boca
neck = pescoço
nose = nariz
shoulders = ombros
skin = pele
stomach = estomago
teeth = dentes
thumbs = polegares
toes = dedos do pé
tongue = lingua
tooth = dente
heart = coração
lung = pulmão
bone = osso
blood = sangue
heart = coração
chin = queixo
cheek = bochecha
belly = barriga
nail = unha

May 6th - Conversation Review

May 6th - Vocabulary Building

REVIEWING USEFUL VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES

1. happy
2. glad
3. honest
4. dishonest
5. perfect
6. imperfect
7. worried
8. unworried
9. tired
10. rested
11. better
12. worse
13. absent-minded
14. alert
15. rich
16. poor
17. weak
18. strong
19. beautiful
20. ugly
21. handsome
22. pretty
23. wonderful
24. calm
25. nervous
26. peaceful
27. violent
28. sad
29. awful
30. awesome
31. hot
32. cold
33. noisy
34. silent
35. tall
36. short
37. fat
38. thin
39. shy
40. talkative
41. hungry
42. thirsty
43. online
44. offline
45. outgoing
46. workaholic
47. friendly
48. unfriendly
49. patient
50. short-tempered
51. cool
52. dim-witted
53. kind
54. stingy
55. nice person
56. inconsiderate
57. prudent
58. thoughtless
59. smooth
60. strict
61. authoritarian
62. reliable
63. unreliable
64. birds
65. tree
66. peace
67. hope
68. useful

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1- Copy
2- magazines
3- comic books
4- newspaper
5- newstand
6- letter
7- email
8- @
9- underscore
10- .com.br
11- story
12- soap opera
13- novel
14- play
15- reading
16- way
17- process
18- writer
19- favorite
20 - kind
21-  type
22- clothes
23- nailware
23- makeup
24- error
25- mistake
26- also
27- gift
28- beverage
29- furniture
30- department store
31- necklace
32- lipstick
33- detail
34- traveler
35- credit card
36- cheap
37- expensive
38- tickets
39- concert
40- show
41- profile
42- event
43- corporate
44- itinerary

Expressions

1- something
2- anything
3- nothing
4- so far
5- sold out
6- what kind of
7- It's about time
8- How much it cost?
9- How much is it?
10- here you are
11- To pay cash
12- Do you take credcard?
13- letter of apology
14- corporate card

Verbs

1- to read / read /read
2- to write / wrote /written
3- to buy / bought / bought
4- to sell / sold / sold
5- Can/ Could / Could have

Grammar

1- I would like to / I'd like to
2- I would rather / I'd rather
3- to buy something for somebody
4- to sell something to somebody
5- to write/to read something to somebody
6- somewhere
7- anywhere
8- nowhere
9- somebody
10- anybody
11- nobody


Sentences

1- Laura bought something for her mother downtown.
2- I didn't buy anything for my brother Joner at the mall.
3- Did you buy anything for me?
4- I bought nothing for you.
5- I would like to write a letter of apology to them.
6- I would rather write a letter of apology to them.
7- He sold his tickets to his friend.
8- My family is gonna go to somewhere on this vacation.
9- My family isn't gonna go to anywhere on this vacation.
10- My family is gonna go to nowhere on this vacation.
11- Evelyn has written many emails to somebody.
12- She hasn't sold anything to anybody.
13- Have you done anything for your family?
14- I read nothing to my children.

15- Bolsonaro can't use his corporate card to pay his personal trips.

16- Moro could have written a letter of apology explaining in detail what happened.

17- She could have sold a different type of necklace.

18- Could Laura have bought a gift to his teacher on his birthday?