quinta-feira, 24 de setembro de 2015

Dicas de Inglês



Vocabulary

cravo (acne): blackhead
fazer um pedido (compra): place an order

filtro (que refrigera a água): water cooler

algodão doce: cotton candy
assessor de imprensa: Press agent

Expressions


“fall short of something”

if something falls short of a particular level or standard, it does not reach it. Sales for the first half of the year fell short of the target.
www.thefreedictionary.com

“walk the walk”
to show that something is true through your actions: He says the team will be just as good without Groncki as they were with him, but we'll have to see if the team can walk the walk.
www.thefreedictionary.com

“At rest”
In a state of inactivity or repose, either physical or mental.

“Internal customer”
Internal customer or internal service provider can be anyone in the organization. An internal customer can be a co-worker, another department, or a distributor who depends upon us to provide products or services which in turn are utilized to create a deliverable for the external customer.
http://www.donnaearltraining.com/Articles/InternalCustomerService.html

Thread: A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=thread




 
"on the on hand, on the other hand":  something that you say when you are speaking about two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking about a situation. Ex.: On the one hand, I'd like more money, but on the other hand, I'm not prepared to work the extra hours in order to get it. On the one hand, you complain that you're lonely, and on the other hand you won't come to parties with me. 
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“You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”

It is easier to get what you want by flattering people and being polite to them than by making demands. Jill: This meal is terrible. Let's get the restaurant manager over here and make a scene unless he gives us our money back. Jane: We might have more luck if we ask politely. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

www.thefreedictionary.com


“Stress somebody out”
it's an expression that means  to make someone feel very nervous and worried
Cambridge dictionary

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