Dicas (e dúvidas) da Semana

Fazer hora extra: To do overtime

Usar gesso: To wear a cast

Demitir/Ser demitdo: Give the sack/ get the sack

Chipre/Cipriota: Cyprus/Cypriot

Paraíso fiscal: Tax heaven

O cachorro fez xixi no chão: the dog peed on the floor

Altas de preço descontroladas: runaway price rises

escada (de mão):  ladder

lucro trimestral: quarterly earnings

recompra (ex.: ações): buyback

to pinpoint (pin·point·ed, pin·point·ing, pin·points)

1. To locate or identify with precision. (www.thefreedictionary.com)

Ex.: “The hunt came to an end as officers pinpointed the 19-year-old to where he was hiding in a boat in the back garden.” (The Financial Times)

Wow /uau/

wow ¹  /uau/ Informal

interj. Used to express wonder, amazement, or great pleasure.

n. An outstanding success.

v. wowed, wow·ing, wows

To have a strong, usually pleasurable effect on: 

Ex.: a performance that wowed the audience.

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Year-over-Year:

The measure of performance in one year compared to the previous year. This is done so that growth or decline might be measured. For example, one might compare sales in 2009 to those in 2008. If a company sold 1,000,000 widgets in 2008 and 1,250,000 in 2009, this indicates 25% growth in sales, and is a positive sign for investors. (www.thefreedictionary.com).

Ex.: “(…)marked its first year-over-year drop in earnings in almost a decade” (The Financial Times)