Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

What's the difference between,  "To hang, to hang up, and to hang out?" Audio link:  Instagram Image credit: freepik.com To Hang: This is a general verb that can have various meanings, but it often refers to suspending something or someone. In a business context, it might be used in a more literal sense, such as hanging a sign or a banner. For example: 💬 "Please hang the new company banner outside the office for the event."  💬 "Please hang the new promotional banners in the lobby for the product launch." 💬 "We need to hang the company policies poster in the break room." To Hang Up: This phrasal verb is commonly used when ending a phone call by disconnecting or placing the handset back on the phone. In a business context: 💬 "I need to hang up now; I have another meeting in 5 minutes." 💬 "I'll need to hang up now; I have a conference call scheduled in a few minutes." 💬 "The CEO hung up after concluding the imp...

  VOCABULARY LESSON  Lições de vocabulário Read the text below and check the meaning of the highlighted words in the following exercise.  (Leia o texto abaixo e confira o significado das  palavras destacadas no exercício seguinte.)  If you’re one of the millions of people who uses Blogger to  share   your views on current  affairs , teach the world how to make sushi, or just  offer  a  peek  into your day, then you  know  how important it is to be able to put your personal stamp on your blog. After all, your blog isn’t just a place you share, it’s a reflection of who you are and the   impression  you’d like to leave with your readers.  1.   Choose the option that DOES NOT define ‘ share ’ and the closest in meaning to it in the text above:  ( Escolha a opção que NÃO define  'share'  e a melhor definição para ela no texto acima)  a.  to tell someone else about your thoughts,...

Image credit: freepik.com PIRATE SHIP ADVENTURE Sammy was a six-year-old little boy who lived in an imaginary world with his imaginary friends. One day, Sammy was pondering what he wanted to do for an adventure. He decided that he wanted to go on an adventure on a pirate ship and he wanted to find some buried treasure. • “Oh yes,” dreamed Sammy. “An adventure on a pirate ship would be just the adventure I need.” Sammy thought long and hard about the new adventure he wanted to go on. He thought about how much fun it would be to meet up with some pirates. However, then he started to think about the danger he could face with the pirates and he was a little reluctant to go on a pirate ship adventure. Sammy found his best friend, Stephen, sitting outside on a big rock. • “Stephen,” said Sammy. “I was thinking of going on an adventure on a pirate ship.” • “Oh now that would be some adventure,” said Stephen. “Being on the high seas, rocking back and forth in the waves. However, do you know ho...

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...

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 ...

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...