quarta-feira, 5 de setembro de 2012

Vocabulario

root around (for something)
to dig or shuffle in or through something, looking for something. Alice rooted around in her desk drawer for a pen. I'll root around here and see if I can find it.

seam  (sm)
n.
1.
a. A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.


speak of someone or something 
1. to mention or discuss someone or something. Were we speaking of Judy? I don't recall. We were speaking of the new law.

speak of someone or something 
1. to mention or discuss someone or something. Were we speaking of Judy? I don't recall. We were speaking of the new law.

knock off
vb (mainly adverb)
1. (intr, also preposition) Informal to finish work we knocked off an hour early
2. (tr) Informal to make or do hastily or easily to knock off a novel in a week
3. (tr; also preposition) Informal to reduce the price of (an article) by (a stated amount)
4. (tr) Slang to kill
5. (tr) Slang to rob or steal to knock off a bank to knock off a watch



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