podcast

Question 1

just down the road

Answer 1

Como você viu, down the road foi traduzido como “no futuro”. Este é o sentido que a expressão irá transmitir. Essa ideia de estrada, faz referência que algo estará ao longo do caminho, mas não agora, neste momento, mas depois. Então, entenderemos o sentido como futuro. No futuro, futuramente, enfim, qualquer tradução que expresse essa ideia.

• We may at some point buy a house but that’s down the road.
  Nós podemos, em algum ponto, comprar uma casa, mas isso é futuramente.
• I was asked to gather statistical data that could be useful down the road
• Why worry about something that’s 10 years down the road?

Question 2

he wonders if he should´ve suck to drawing blueprints

Question 3

crispy

Answer 3

/ˈkrɪs.pi/
Crispy food is hard enough to be broken easily:
crocante
- crispy bacon

Question 4

he pins the two sides together

Question 5

the tooth picks are so the taco can keep it´s shape

Question 6

the brats stuck their tongues out

Answer 6

a child, especially one who behaves badly:

spoilt brat She’s behaving like a spoilt brat.

a type of sausage made from pork (= meat from a pig), spices, and herbs. Brat is short for bratwurst :
- First, put 5 brats in a pan, then add 2 cans of beer

Question 7

stick your tongue out
stick/put your tongue out

Answer 7

to move your tongue quickly out of your mouth as an insult.
to make a rude sign by putting the tongue outside the mouth:

• An old man was staring at her, so she stuck her tongue out at him.

Question 8

solely

Answer 8

/ˈsoʊl.li/
only and not involving anyone or anything else:

• I bought it solely for that purpose.
  It seems he’s not solely to blame for the accident.
• The product’s success cannot be attributable solely to the ads.
• It must be strange to be celebrated solely for your beauty.
• The authors are solely responsible for its content.
  From the Cambridge English Corpus
• you´re solely responsible for signing that