INGL_EXERCICIOS_RAFAELA 2.

PLURAL FORMS
THE NETHERLANDS
TO FLICKER = to produce flickers 3. ISLANDS
intermittent flashes of light. A lightbulb, a THE PHILLIPINES
flashlight, a lantern, a signal can flicker THE BAHAMAS
THE FALKLANDS
A SPLUTTER = cuspido THE CARIBBEAN

SPLUTTERING = to be about to die down. A MANIFOLD = sth that had increased several
spluttering economy. An engine starts times. The crises had increased manifold.
spluttering when is about to die. Kenya’s geothermal energy production is
expected to increase threefold in ten years
FIERY = what is on fire what posses fire in it.
Fiery sun, fiery lantern, fiery eyes. SORELY = faltar muito. East Africa sorely
lacks west Africa’s oil.
ATICLE USAGE COUNTRIES/PEOPLES
TO THRIVE = to bloom, to improve, to
THE develop. Some people thrive under pressure.
BRAZIL Economy is now thriving owing to the use of
GERMANY geothermal energy
SPAIN
ARGENTINA TO TURN DOWN = to reject, to refuse an
POLAND offer = to lower in intensity = to diminish one’s
CHINA eagerness. It would create few jobs, a fact that
ITALY turns down many African politicians.
CUIDADO PEGADINHA TO TURN OFF = devices opposite of to turn
Se o país for o sujeito do verbo não tem the, por on
mais que seja qualificado com adjetivos, os TO TURN UP = to increase in intensity x to
adjetivos não alteram a regra de colocação de turn down
artigo TO TURN IN = to surrender (to the police)
Fantastic enormous Brazil is a rich country TO TURN AROUND = to go back
Em compensação quando o sujeito ou o núcleo
mais importante não for o pais então vai ter A SPELL = 1) magic/enchantment 2) dizziness
artigo 3) interval of time Dry spells = drought
The Brazil that my father lived in… (períodos de seca) the best punishment to Bush
The Brazil of which you speak so much… is to stay a spell in the opposition (a melhor
punicao para o bush é ficar um tempo na
THE oposicao)
1. COLLECTIVITIES
a. UNITED A TOKEN = 1) a token of love = a
b. KINGDOM remembrance, or symbol; 2) to buy a token in a
c. UNION trip = a memento, a souvenir; 3) a group of
d. REPUUBLIC riders displayed token resistance to authorities
THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL = symbolic, not effective the president on his
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA token speech (symbolic, rhetoric)
THE UNITED STATES
THE UNITED KINKDOM TO UPROOT = desenraizar, tirar algo que está
THE EUROPEAN UNION muito pervasivo na sociedade. They will help
THE SOVIET UNION uproot capitalism and hence combat poverty.