BASICBASICENGLISHENGLISH500 Opportunities to Learn_________________________________________EXPRESSIONS_________________________________________Charlles Nunes TTAABBLLEOOFFCCOONNTTEENTTS EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonss--AAa caminho deon the way toa cavaloon horse backa coisa t pretathings are looking bada dinheiroin casha espera dewaiting fora essas horasby this timea fim de queso that moby hand medida queas long asa menos queunlessa meu verin my opinion moda antigain the old-fashioned waya no ser queunlessa partir debeginning ona partir de (4 de maro)from (March 4th) ona pon foota perder de vistaas far as eyes can seea propsitoby the way prova dguawater proof prova de bombabomb proof queima-roupaat close range, point blanka respeito deregardinga sabernamelya tempoon time, in time vontadeat ease; to feel at homeaborrecer-se comto become bored withabra o olhokeep your eye on itacabar de fazer algoto have just done somethingacabou-seits all overacertar o relgioto set the clock, watchachar graato think something is funnyacho que noI dont think soacho que simI think soafinal de contasafter all, the long runagora mesmoright nowagentar a mojust a minute, hold onainda quealthoughalm dissobesidesalm do maisfurthermorealgo de novosomething newali mesmoright therealisin fact, actually, in factamanh de manhtomorrow morningamarelarto be afraidamigo da onaa false friendanda, vamoscome on, lets goandar de brancoto wear whiteandar de mal a piorgo from bad to worseano bissextoleap year ao longo daalong theao passo quewhile, whereasao p da letraliterally, by the bookao p denear, close toAparea!come again (to visit us)apertar as mos deto shake hands withapertar o passoto quicken your stepapesar dein spite ofas aparncias enganamappearances are deceivings suas ordensat your services vezesat times, sometimesassim comoas well asassim queas soon asat amanhsee you tomorrowat brevesee you soonat logosee you later, so longAt onde?How far? (distance)At quando?How long? (time)at que enfimfinallyatender a um pedidoto grant a requestatender ao telefoneto answer the telephone EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssBBbater o queixoto shiver, chattering teethbater palmasto clap handsbater papoto talk, to chatbater uma fototo snap a picturebem direitinhofairly wellbem educadohaving good mannersBem feito!Nice going! (sarcastic)bem melhormuch betterbotar a boca no mundoto scream ones head offBotar no olho da ruato throw someone outbotar os pingos nos isto get things straightened outbotar os pingos nos isto dot the is and cross the ts EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssCCcabea de ventoscatterbraincaber a uma pessoato be up to a personcaber emto fit in, to be room forCada macaco no seuEveryone should care forgalhotheir own jobcada qualeach onecada vez maismore and morecaf da manhbreakfastcair em sito suddenly realizecair por terrato fall flatcalar o bicoto be quiet, keep a secretCalma que Brasil nosso!Take it easy!cerrar as cortinasto draw the curtainschamar a atenoto attract the attentionChega!Thats enough!chegar a serto become, get to bechegar ato amount to (of sums)chegar-se ato draw close tocheio de siproudcoisa algumanothingcom as mos abanandowithout achieving onespurposecom certezacertainly, surely com efeitoas a matter of factcom licenaexcuse me (permission toleave)com respeito aregardingcomer o po que o diaboto go through greatamassouhardshipcomo o quimmensely, very much,loads ofcomprar a prestaesto buy on installmentsconhecer de nometo know by nameconhecer na ponta dato know it backwards andlnguaforwardsconsentir emto allow (someone doingsomething)contanto queprovided thatcontar com algumto count on someonecontente da vidavery happyconvir emto agree tocor-de-rosapinkcorrer o mundoto travelcorrer perigoto run a risk, dangercortar o cabeloto get a haircutCuidado!Watch out! Be careful! EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssDDda a poucoin a short whiledaqui a poucoin a little whiledaqui a um anoa year form nowdaqui em diantefrom now ondar luzto give birth to, to deliverdar as boas vindasto welcomedar as cartasto deal cardsdar bom diato say good morningdar caboto put an end to, finish updar certoto turn out rightdar comto encounter, run intodar em nadato have no resultsdar gostoto be pleasingdar gritosto shout, cry outdar no rdio, TVto be broadcastdar o brao a torcerto admit your own faultdar o forato walk out, get outdar parato look out upon, to facedar para (msica, etc)to be gifted in (music,etc)dar parte deto reportdar por sito be aware ofdar por vencidoto give updar pulosto jump dar um jeitoto find a waydar um passeioto take a walk, ridedar um passoto take a stepdar um puloto visit someonedar um puloto jump, to drop in, bydar um troteto kid someone, to trickdar uma olhadato take a look atdar uma volta na chaveto turn the keydar uma volta porto go throughdar uma voltato take a walkdar-se bem comto get along withdar-se conta deto realizedar-se mal emto faildar-se por vencidoto admit ones defeatde duas em duas horasevery two hoursde trs em trs diasevery three daysde acordo comaccording tode boa vontadewillingly, gladlyde bom gradowillingly, gladlyde bruosface downde camato be (sick) in bedde costas parawith ones back tode diaby day, during the dayde graafree, free of chargede hoje a oitoa week from today de hoje em diantefrom today onde jeito nenhumno wayde lutoto be in mourningde madrugadaat dawnde mal a piorfrom bad to worsede maneira queso thatde manh (cedinho)in the morning (early)de modo algumnot al allde modo queso thatde noiteat night, in the eveningde novoagainde outro modootherwisede ouvidoby hearsay, by earde pstandingde propsitoon purposede quebrar a cabeait drives me crazyde repentesuddenlyde sorte queso thatde tardein the afternoonde tremby trainde uma vez por todasonce for allde verdadereal, reallyde vez em quandofrom time to timede voltato be backdeitar-seto go to bed, lie down deixar de fazerto quit, to stop (doing)deixar passar em brancasto ignore something, tonuvensforgivedentro em poucoin a short whiledepois de amanhthe day after tomorrowdescascar um abacaxito solve a problemdesligar a luzto turn off the lightdespedir-seto say ones goodbyedesta vezthis timedia tilworking daydirigido aaddressed, directed todirigir-se ato speak to, go towarddivertir-seto have a good timedizem as ms lnguaspeople are talking aboutdo outro mundoextraordinarydobrar a esquinato turn the cornerdoidinho da Silvacompletely crazydormir como anjoto sleep soundlydormir como uma pedrato sleep soundly EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssEE canja de galinhaits a piece of cakeE da...?And so...?E da?So what? mesmothats item brevesoon, brieflyem casaat homeem dia comto be up-to-dateem pautaon the agendaem pupright, standing upem pleno veroin the middle of Summerem seguidaafterwards, right awayem toda parteeverywhereem todo casoin any caseem vez deinstead ofem volta dearoundencontrar comto meet (by chance)enquantowhileest bemall rightestar bemto be well (off)estar certo, ter razoto be rightestar cheio de dedosto be all thumbsestar com boa aparnciato look wellestar com calorto be warm (of a person)estar com cimesto be jealous estar com dor de cabeato have a headacheestar com fometo be hungryestar com frioto be cold (a person)estar com pressato be in a hurryestar com raivato be angryestar com sedeto be thirstyestar com sedeto be thirstyestar com sonoto be sleepyestar com sorteto be in luck; to be luckyestar com sorteto be luckyestar com saudades deto miss, to long forestar com vergonhato be ashamedestar com vontade deto feel like doingestar duroto be broke (money)estar forato be outestar malto be in a bad dayestar morrendo de dor deto have a splittingcabeaheadacheestar na hora deto be on timeestar pela hora da morteto be exorbitant in priceestar prestes ato be about doingestar quites comto be even withesticar as canelas, bater asbotasto die, to kick the bucketEstimo melhoras pra voc.I hope youll get better.Eu sei l?How should I know? EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssFFfalar com duplo sentidoto speak with a forkedtonguefalar da vida alheiato gossipfalar pelos cotovelosto talk too much, to be achatterboxfaltar a uma aulato miss a classfaltar com a palavrato break ones wordfaltar dinheiroto lack moneyfaz um msa month agofazer a barbato shavefazer a chamadato call the rollfazer anosto have a birthdayfazer as malasto pack bagsfazer as pazesto make up after a quarrelfazer as refeiesto take ones mealsfazer as unhasto manicure the nailsfazer bem ato be good for a personfazer bom tempoto be good weatherfazer bonitoto make a good impressionfazer calorto be warm, hot (weather)2fazer caretasto pull facesfazer caso deto pay attention tofazer comprasto go shoppingfazer direitoto do well fazer feioto make a bad impressionfazer festas ato show affectionfazer frioto be cold (weather)fazer greveto go on strikefazer mal ato hurtfazer provato take a testfazer questo deto make a point of, to insistfazer solto shine (the sun)fazer tempestade numto make a mountain out ofcopo dguaa mole hillfazer um p de meiato save up a nest eggfazer um seguroto take out insurancefazer uma assinaturato subscribefazer uma confernciato give a lecturefazer uma viagemto take a tripfazer-se de boboto play dumbfazer-se, tornar-seto become (a professional)ficar aborrecido comto become annoyed atficar amarradoto be tied downficar bomto recover from an illnessficar comto keep, take, acquireficar em cima do muronot to commit oneselfficar noivoto become engagedficar para amanhto be put off until tomorrowfoi uma distraoit was a slip fora de modaout of style (date)formar-seto graduateEEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssGGganhar a vidato earn a livingganhar um presenteto receive a giftgraas athanks toEnglishExpressionsHEnglishExpressionsHh alguns anossome years agohthere is, there arehesitar emto hesitate tohora certaright, correct timehorrio do expedienteofficial business hoursEnglishExpressionsIEnglishExpressionsIir cidadeto go downtownir ao centroto go downtownir ao encontro deto go in order to meet someoneir ao estrangeiroto go abroadir com a carato get along withir ter comto go meet, go to a personir-se emborato go awayisso o de menosthat is not the worst part EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssJJjogar forato throw awayEEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssLLl em baixodown there, downstairsl em cimaup there, upstairsl pelas oito horasat about (around) eight oclocklegalcoollevantar voto take off (airplane)levar a caboto carry out, fulfilllevar a malto take amisslevar a srioto take seriouslylevar a srioto take something seriouslylevar a vida na flautanot to take something seriouslylevar em contato take into accountlevar jeito parato be gifted in somethinglevar tempoto take timeligar o rdioto turn on the radiologo queas soon aslouco porcrazy about EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssMMmais uma vezonce moremandar (fazer)to ordermandar buscarto send for (a thing)mandar chamar o mdicoto send for the doctormandar entregarto have deliveredmanter informadoto keep informedmarcar uma consultato make an appointmentmarcar uma horato make an appointmentmaria-vai-com-as-outraswish-washymatar o tempokill timematria primaraw materialme faa o favordo me a favormeia dziahalf dozen, sixmenos malnot so badmesmo assimeven somesmo que (or se)even ifmeter a colherstick your nose intometer o bedelhoto poke your nose inmontar a cavaloto ride horsebackmontar uma lojato set up a shopmudar de casato movemuitas vezesoften, many times EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssNNna certacertainly, for surenada de novonothing newnada de segredosno secretsnada dissono wayno adiantaits no worth the troubleno caber em si decontenteto be beside oneself with joyno chegar aos ps deto be inferior tono dar pela coisahe didnt catch onno dizer que sim nemque nonot to commit oneselfno de se estranharqueit is not strange thatNo ? (N?)isnt it, arent you, haventthey, etcno faz malit does not matter, nevermindno faz malno matter, never mind,thats okno h de queyou are welcome, dontmention itno obstantenot withstandingno passar deto be no more thanno pregar o olhonot be able to sleepno pregar o olhonot to sleep a wink no prestar pra nadato be good for nothingno que eu saibanot that I knowno querer saber denot want anything to do withno ter nada com issonot to be ones affair, jobno ter ps nem cabeanot to make any senseno t nem aI just dont carenem mesmo senot even ifnem... nemneither... norno entantonevertheless, howeverno olho da ruain the middle of the streetnoite passadalast nightnovinho em folhabrand new EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssOOo manda chuvathe bosso quanto antesas soon as possibleO que aconteceu?Whats happened?O que h?Whats the matter?O que voc tem?What is the matter with you?onde quer quewhereverontem noitelast nightOra, essa!What a question!osso difcil de roera hard nut to crackou sejaor ratheroutra vezagain, another timeoutro qualquerany otheroutro tantoas much again, twice as muchouvir dizerto hear (something said)ouvir falar deto hear (tell) of EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssPPPalavra de honra!I cross my heart!palavra queI give you my word thatpo-duromiser, a stingy personpara ingls verjust for show - make animpressionpara queso that, in order thatpara todo o semprefor ever, foreverparecer-se comto look like someonepassagem de ida evoltaround trip ticketpassar a + infinitiveto go on to, to beginpassar a ferroto press, ironpassar a noite em claronot to be able to sleeppassar bemeverything is going wellpassar fometo starve, to be extremelyhungrypassar os olhos porto glance atpassar por altoto overlook, to omitpassar semto do withoutpassar um filmeto show a moviepassar um pito emalgumto scold someonepassar um telegramato send a telegrampassar um vestidoto iron a dresspassar uma lio parato assign a lesson for passar-se, acontecerto happen, to be going onPasse bem!Good-bye! (Farewell)p de meianest eggpedir / pegar caronato hitchhikepedir desculpasto beg pardonpegar com a boca nabotijato be caught in the actpegar fogoto catch firepegar no sonoto fall asleeppegar o nibusto catch the buspego em flagranteto be caught in the actpela noitinhaat twilightpelas quatro horasat about four oclockpelo jeitoby the look of thingspelo menosat leastpelo sim, pelo nojust in caseperder o fio da meadalose the thread of theconversationpois thats itPois no?Can I help you?por acasoby chance, per chancePosso entrar?May I come in?por athereaboutpor aquiaround here, this waypor atacadowholesalepor baixo dos panossecretly por causa debecause of, on account ofpor enquantofor the moment, so far, yet,stillpor falar nissoby the waypor favorpleasepor fimat lastpor isso quethats whypor isso mesmofor that reasonpor mais queno matter how muchpor menos queno matter how littlepor na conta deto charge topor poucoalmost (within an ace of)por toda parteeverywherepor via das dvidasjust in caseporo de, umaa large number of, a lot ofpr-se a + infinitiveto startpr-se a caminhoto start out, set outpr-se em pto get upposto quealthough, inasmuch aspregar uma peato play a trickprestar atenoto pay attentionPronto!Ready! Thats all! Finished!puxar a me, pela meto take after ones mother EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssQQqual o qunot at all, of course notquando do seu regressoupon his returnquanto aas forquanto antes melhorthe sooner the betterquanto antes, oas soon as possiblequanto mais melhorthe more the betterQuanto tempo?How long? (time)Que bicho te mordeu?Whats the matter with you?Que nada!Nonsense, not at allque nemjust like (colloquial)Que tal...How about...Que tal?What do you think of that?quebrar o galhoto get a job done by favorqueira + infinitivepleasequem quer quewhoever, whomeverquerer bem ato love (someone)querer dizerto mean, to mean to sayquerer mal ato have ill will for someonequinze diastwo weeksEEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssRRraspar mquinato use the clippers (cutting hair)responder certoto answer correctly EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssSSsaber de cr e salteadoto know by heartsaber lidar com umaknow how to handle apessoapersonsair bem ou malto come out well or poorlysaltar deto get off (a taxi, bus)so horas deit is time tose bem quealthoughseja como forcome what waysem mais tardarright nowsem quererby accident, unintentionallysem um vintmpennilesssemana que vemnext week (month...)sentir calorto be warm (a person)sentir falta (saudades) deto miss, be homesick forser dono de si mesmoto be ones own bossSer?Are you sure about that?servir (para)to be good, useful (for)s prestar para o fogonot be worth two centssob medidamade to order, tailor-made EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssTTT na mesa, pessoal!Dinner is on!tal pai, tal filholike father, like sontanto quantoas much asto cedoso soonto como (or quanto)as... asTenho que...I must...ter cuidadoto be carefulter de + infinitiveto have to (ter que)ter do bom e domelhorto have nothing but the bestter juzoto be prudent, sensibleter medoto be afraidter notcias deto hear fromter pena deto feel sorry forter queda parato have a bent, inclination forter receio deto be afraid, to be suspiciouster saudades deto be homesick for, to misster vontade deto feel like doing somethingter... anosto be ... years oldtim-tim por tim-timin details, exactlytirar a sorte grandeto hit the jackpot, win the firstprizetirar a sorteto flip a cointirar conclusesto draw conclusions tirar cpiasto make copiestirar desforra deto get even withtirar um retratoto take a picturetirar uma sonecato take a nap, snoozetocar pianoto play the pianotodas as vezes quewhenever, as often astodo o mundoeverybodytodo prosavery proudtodos os diasevery daytomar banho de marto go swimmingtomar conta deto take care of, to take chargeoftomar coragemtake couragetomar providnciastake the steps to do somethingtornar a + infinitiveto... againtratar de + infinitiveto take care of, to try totratar-se deto be about, to be a question ofEnglishExpressionsUEnglishExpressionsUuma vez queseeing that, once (that), since EEnngllisshhEExxppreessioonssVVvaler penato be worthwhile (worth thetrouble)valer-se deto make use ofVamos nessa?Lets go?Vamos... + infinitiveLets...vez por outranow and then, once in a whilevirar de cabea prabaixoto turn upside downvirar pelo avessoto turn inside outvisto queseeing that, sincevoltar a + infinitiveto ... againvou ver (se)I will see (whether)