sexta-feira, 16 de outubro de 2015

Dicas de Inglês



Vocabulary
Sem grana/quebrado - broke (Ex.: I’m broke!)
quebra de sigilo telefônico - ''breach of telephone secrecy'', ''invasion of telephone privacy'', ''violation of telephone privacy''.
senado upper house
câmara dos deputados - lower house

pastilha contra dor de garganta - Sore throat lozenges


Expressions, acronyms, etc

“Business hours”
the hours that a shop or other business is usually open

'to have a temperature' or 'to run a temperature' = have a fever. But 'to have a fever' is strictly AE, in BE it would mean you have a disease like Yellow Fever.

“in-house” adj., adv.
within, conducted within, or utilizing an organization's own staff or resources rather than external facilities: an ad created in-house.

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“lay off”
To terminate the employment of (a worker).

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“Downsize”

To dismiss or lay off from work: workers who were downsized during the recession.

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