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CONFUSING WORDS

The difference among  LIFE, LIVES  and LIVE or TO LIVE  is simpler than you imagin e.  A diferença entre  LIFE, LIVE and LIVES  é mais simples do que você imagina. La diferencia entre  LIFE, LIVE  and  LIVES   es más sencilla de lo que imaginas. Life (singular noun) = vida /  Lives (plural noun) = vidas To live (verb) - viver / morar / estar vivo / ficar guardado live (Adv.)    = ao vivo OR vivo, não morto.  Life (singular noun) = vida /  Lives (plural noun) = vidas To live  (verb) - vivir / estar vivo / quedar en un lugar live (adv.)   = en vivo ⚫ LIFE is a noun and it's pronounced  /laɪf/ . ⚫  " LIFE" é um substantivo, que significa 'VIDA' e se pronuncia  /laɪf/ . ⚫   " LIFE" es un sustantivo, que significa 'VIDA' y se pronuncia /laɪf/ . Eg.: ⮚ Life's too short to worry about money. (A vida é muito curta pra se preocupar com dinheiro. / La vida es muy corta para se preocup...

BUSINESS WORLD

IMAGE CREDIT: freepik.com ➤  ➤  Working in the business world varies widely from culture to culture and it can be really challenging to bridge the language gap at work, but learning a set of basic business-related terms is a great place to start. That’s where we come in! See below some useful words for specific industries, so you can learn the English you can actually use in the real world. ➤  Trabajar en el mundo de los negocios varía mucho de una cultura a otra y puede ser realmente desafiante cerrar la brecha del idioma en el trabajo, pero aprender un conjunto de términos básicos relacionados con los negocios es un buen lugar para comenzar. ¡Ahí es donde yo entro! Presento abajo algunas palabras más útiles para industrias específicas, para que puedas aprender el inglés que utilizarás en el mundo real. ➤  Trabalhar no mundo dos negócios varia muito de cultura para cultura e pode ser realmente desafiador preencher a lacuna linguística no trabalho, mas aprender um ...

LANGUAGE FOR GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS

LANGUAGE THAT YOU MIGHT USE WHEN YOU NEED TO GET ON WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. LINGUAGEM QUE VOCÊ PODE USAR QUANDO PRECISA CONVERSAR COM ALGUÉM SOBRE ALGUMA COISA. LENGUAJE QUE PUEDES UTILIZAR CUANDO NECESITAS PLATICAR CON ALGUIÉN SOBRE ALGO. ⮚  I need to turn this business round.                                              ⮚  I didn't mean to interrupt you. I'll let you get on with your work.       ⮚  You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself and just get on with your life. ⮚  This introduction is taking forever. I wish they'd just get on with it the play. ⮚  They've never really got on with each other. ⮚  Stop talking and get on with it. ⮚  I like to be left to get on with the job. ⮚  I suppose I could get on with the ironing while I'm waiting. ---------- ---------- How do I admit I've made a mistake? Here are...

IDIOMS - Expressões Idiomáticas / Modismos

What are IDIOMS ? An idiom (also called idiomatic expression) is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers. This meaning is different from the literal meaning of the idiom 's individual elements. In other words, idioms don't mean exactly what the words say. They have, however, a hidden meaning. ⚫ Examples: ⮚  "to let the cat out of the bag" ⮚  "Kick the bucket" ⮚  "Spill the beans" The meaning of these expressions is different from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which they are made. Their meaning is however used figuratively.  They mean respectively: ⮚  "to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to" ⮚  "to die " ⮚  "to tell people secret information" -------------- -------------- O que são IDIOMS ? Um idiom em inglês (chamado de expressão idiomática em português) é uma expressão, palavra ou frase que tem um significado fi...

WHATEVER, WHICHEVER, WHENEVER, WHEREVER, WHOEVER OU HOWEVER

Image credit: freepik.com ► When we add -ever after what, which, when, where, who or how , we are referring to one element and to every element described by the question word at the same time, it doesn’t matter which.  👉  👉  For example, if we say: 💬  ‘You can sit wherever you want’ , we mean that you can sit in some place and that this place can be any of all the available places, it doesn’t matter which. English explanation source: test-english ============== ============== ► Quando adicionamos -ever after what, which, when, where, who ou how , estamos nos referindo a um elemento e a cada elemento descrito pela interrogativo ao mesmo tempo, não importa qual.  👉  👉   Por exemplo, se dissermos: 💬  ‘You can sit wherever you want’ , queremos dizer que você pode sentar em algum lugar e que esse lugar pode ser qualquer um de todos os lugares disponíveis, não importa qual. ============== ============== ► Cuando agregamos -ever después de...