Collocations Flashcards
Chuva Forte
**Diriving…/heavy…/pounding…/torrential… **
- He offered tips for driving in heavy rain. (Ele ofereceu dicas para dirigir na chuva forte.)
- Snow, heavy rain and strong winds are expected across the South Island. (Neve, chuva forte e ventos fortes são esperados por toda South Island.)
- We drove slowly through the driving rain. (Dirigimos devagar na chuva forte.)
Estas são apenas algumas das formas de dizer “chuva forte”, temos ambém pouring rain / torrential rain / lashing rain (esp. BrE)
- We found her sitting in the pouring rain. (Encontramos ela sentada na forte chuva.)
Spoken forms:
- It’s raining hard/heavily. (raining a lot)
- It’s pouring (with rain)(BrE). (I got outside and started pouring) Used to say that it is raining very hard.
Chuva fraca / chuvisco / garoa
Chuva de verão
drizzling rain / fine rain / light rain / summer rain / soft rain
- The fine rain turned to mist in the early evening. (A chuva fraca se transformou em névoa naquela tarde.)
- The forecast is for wind and light rain. (A previsão é de vento e chuva fraca.)
- Summer rain brings hope to western Queensland farmers.
Spoken forms:
- Is it raining outside? ‘It’s just drizzling’ (Tá chovendo lá fora? Só uma garoa)
- Is it raining outside? ‘It’s just sprinkling’ (Tá chovendo lá fora? Só uns pingos/chuvisco)
Chuva de granizo
- It hailed for an hour. [Choveu granizo por uma hora.]
- It’s hailing. [Está chovendo granizo.]
- The hail melted once the sun came out. [O granizo derreteu assim que o sol saiu.]
- We got caught in the hail. [Fomos surpreendidos por uma chuva de granizo.]
- It was terrible driving through the hail. [Foi horrível dirigir no meio da chuva de granizo.]
- A heavy hail storm damaged at least 50 houses at Kharam Pallen village
Highly (adv. Formal)
is used with some probability words (likely, unusual). With the exception of highly controversial it usually combines with very positive words. Extremely can also be used with all the opposite adjectives except recommended.
~ dangerous / toxic / flammable
- Danger: highly flammable materials!
~ skilled / educate / trained / intelligent
- Our engineers are highly skilled and very difficult to replace when they leave
~ successful / productive
- She arrived in Australia as a refugee, but went on to become a highly successful lawyer.
~ (un)like/ unusual / successful / competitive / profitable / effective / controversial / recommended
- It is highly unlikely that I’ll finish my work on time.
- Jill’s highly unusual behaviour began to worry her parents.
Absolutely, utterly (slightly more formal)
Combine with adjectives wiith very extreme meanings where we can’t use very. For example: we say absolutely/utterly exhausted, not very exhausted, whereas we way very tired, but not abolutely or utterly tired. Often, but not always, these words have negative connotations.
~ ridiculous / stupid / impossible / wrong / alone / appalled / convinced / devastated / miserable / marvellous / wonderful / delicious / filthy / disgusting / awful / terrified / delighted / furious / necessary / essential
- It was an absolutely stupid comment to make.
- The whole area was utterly devastated after the earthquake.
- We had an absolutely marvellous day.
- The costumes were absolutely stunning.
- When they came in from the yard, they were absolutely filthy.
- She stood in the middle of the stage looking absolutely terrified.
- Don’t call me unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Utterly impossible / useless / worthless / rejected / spoil / destroy
- Without their help it would have been utterly impossible to arrange the conference.
- Whether you like her or not is utterly irrelevant.
- We utterly reject the philosophy of compulsory wage control.
Bitterly
Carries a feeling of deep sadness; used slightly more in writing than in conversation.
disappointing/disapointed / resent / criticise / regret / complain / cry / weep / ashamed / opposed / cold
- I was bitterly disappointed when I failed the exam.
- I heard the sound of a woman weeping bitterly. (=crying hard)
- I bitterly regretted my decision to leave. (with a feeling of great sadness)
- She bitterly resented his mother’s influence over him. (Ela ressentiu-se/rancorou-se profundamente por conta da influência materna sobre ela.
- She felt deeply ashamed of her son’s behaviour.
Deeply
collocates mainly with words associated with feelings; used slightly more in writing than in conversation.
ashamed / concerned / shocked / committed / moved / affected / hurt (of feelings) / regret / care / religious / unhappy / disturbed / greatful / worried / unpopular
- Professor McDellvit was always deeply committed to her students.
- I am deeply/extremely grateful for the assistance your staff have provided.
ridiculously
suggests something extreme, which seems unbelievable or unreasonable
cheap / expensive / easy / low / high / long / short / small / large / early
- The restaurant was ridiculously expensive. I don’t think we’ll go there again.
strongly
collocates with verbs, particularly verbs that relate to having an opinion.
oppose / influence / believe / deny / recommend / support / condemn / suggest / feel / argue / object / link / related / criticize
- I would strongly recommend that you learn a foreign language
- Our economy is inextricably/strongly linked with America’s.
- Cigarette smoking behavior is strongly related to educational status.
- INU-Republican and Democratic dignitaries from the US on Saturday strongly criticized the Obama administration’s soft policy on Iran
What’s this?
Damp Walls / damp house
- Oh, dear me, no one could live in a cold, damp house!
What you can describe this weather?
A dump weather.
Sort of Breads
- pão francês » roll, bread roll
- pão de alho » garlic bread
- pão de hambúrguer » hamburger bun ou burger bun
- pão de cachorro quente » hot dog bun
- pão de centeio » rye bread
- pão de forma » sliced bread
- pão de queijo » cheese bread
- pão integral » wholemeal bread ou wholewheat bread
- pão sírio » pita bread (Inglês Americano) ou pitta bread (Inglês Britânico)
- pão com gergelim » sesame seed bread
- pão caseiro » homemade bread
- baguete » baguette, French stick, French bread
Storming of the Bastille
storming a building
Tomada da bastilha
Ataque ao prédio (ataque armado ou violento)
- We refer to this event as the Storming of the Bastille, and it is still common to talk about troops or gunmen storming a building when it is a fast, violent attack.
- The ISIS militants had placed a number of snipers on the building rooftop who were killed by the YPG fighters before storming the building. (http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/260620157)
overthrow a government or the monarchy
- Revolutions happen when a group of people want to overthrow a government or the monarchy. (derrubar/destituir um governo ou monarquia)
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period of unrest
tensions escalate
- They usually occur after a period of unrest, and when people become more and more angry, we say that tensions escalate.
