English Pills: games

Vocabulary! Hoje você aprenderá várias expressions e slangs (gírias). Nesta primeira atividade, teste se você já conhece alguma delas. Escolha uma das opções em choose e depois clique em check para ver a resposta correta.

01. ace
He's an ace reporter.


02. action
Do you know where the action is in this town?


03. airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.


04. all wet
Your ideas about politics are all wet.


05. antifreeze
I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.


06. armpit
This town is really an armpit.


07. awesome
What an awesome sunset.


08. barf
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.


09. beat
After working all day I am really beat.


10. beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.


11. bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.


12. bent
It's OK. Don't get so bent.


13. bent out of shape
Don't get so bent out of shape.


14. big gun
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.


15. big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.


16. big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.


17. blade
He carried a ten inch blade with him.


18. blimp
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.


19. bomb
The movie was a bomb.

21. boo-boo
If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.


22. booze
I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.


23. bread
I need some bread to pay the rental.


24. break
A lucky break helped him get the job.


25. break it up
Break it up, or I will call the police.


26. bring-down
The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.


27. buck
Do you have a buck I can borrow?


28. bust
The whole idea was a bust.


29. call
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.


30. catch some rays
I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.

Na atividade abaixo tente entender o significado das slangs ou expressions e complete as frases. Depois clique em check para ver a resposta certa.

catch some Z's = get some sleep

cheesy = cheap / bad quality
chicken = coward
chow down = eat a lot
clunker = old car
cold fish = dull
cool = good
cool down = calm down
cop = policeman
come up for air = take a break

01. The showed me his badge.

02. I need to before I go on my trip. I'm really tired.

03. This is a really place to work.Everybody is so nice.

04. That is really a outfit. Where did she buy it? Bad taste!

05. I can't go on a date in that .I need to make a good impression.

06. Don't be a .I can't believe you are afraid of cockroaches.

07. My date for the dance was a .

08. He has to or he will die from exhaustion.

09. I need to find a place to .I'm starving.

10. Things should in a day or two.

i-Pocket Pod! Uma boa forma para aprender expressions e slangs é ouvindo muita música, especialmente rap e similiares; e ver muito filme, pois ambos trazem novidades da língua falada. Abaixo você ouvirá e lerá a letra da música "It's like that", Mariah Carey. Em vermelho você terá algumas explicações para entender melhor (em Inglês).

[Mariah Carey:]
I came to have a party
Open off the Bacardi (Open up the bottle of Bacardi rum)
Feeling so hot tamale (I'm feeling super sexy)
Boy, I know you watchin me
So what's it gonna be? (So what is it going to be?)
Purple taking me higher (Strong marijuana is taking me higher)
I'm lifted and I like it (I'm feeling high and I like it)
Boy, you got me inspired (Boy, you make me feel inspired)
Baby, come and get it
If you're really feelin me (If you're really interested in me)

Cuz it's my night (Because it's my night)
No stress, no fights
I'm leavin it all behind (I'm leaving all those negative things behind)
No tears, no time to cry
Just makin the most of life (I'm just enjoying my life as much as possible)

Everybody is livin' it up (uh) (Everybody is having a great time)
All the fellas keep lookin' at us (cuz) (All the men keep looking at us because)
Me and my girls on the floor like what(Me and my girlfriends are on the dance floor having a great time)
While the DJ keeps on spinnin the cut
(While the DJ keeps on playing the music)
It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) (That's how it is)
It's like that, that, that, that, I like that y'all (that y'all) (That's how it is, I like that)
It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all)
It's like that, that, that, that, I like that y'all (that y'all)

You like this and you know it
Caution, it's so explosive (Be careful, the situation is so explosive)
Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion
(Those other women are nothing compared to super smooth and sexy me)
Baby, come and get it
Let me give you what you need
It's a special occasion
Mimi's emancipation (Mariah Carey is free)
A cause for celebration (It's a reason for celebration)
I ain't gonna let nobody's drama bother me
(I am not going to let anyone else's personal problems bother me)

Cuz it's my night (Because it's my night)
No stress, no fights
I'm leavin it all behind (I'm leaving all those negative things behind)
No tears, no time to cry
Just makin the most of life (I'm just enjoying my life as much as possible)

Everybody is livin it up (uh) (Everybody is having a great time)
All the fellas keep lookin' at us (cuz) (All the men keep looking at us because)
Me and my girls on the floor like what (Me and my girlfriends are on the dance floor having a great time)
While the DJ keeps on spinnin the cut
(While the DJ keeps on playing the music)
It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) (That's how it is)
It's like that, that, that, that, I like that y'all (that y'all) (That's how it is, I like that)
It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all)
It's like that, that, that, that, I like that y'all (that y'all)
Cuz it's my night (Because it's my night)
No stress, no fights
I'm leavin it all behind (I'm leaving all those negative things behind)
No tears, no time to cry
Just makin the most of life (I'm just enjoying my life as much as possible)

Everybody is livin it up (uh) (Everybody is having a great time)
All the fellas keep lookin' at us (cuz) (All the men keep looking at us because)
Me and my girls on the floor like what (Me and my girlfriends are on the dance floor having a great time)
While the DJ keeps on spinnin the cut
(While the DJ keeps on playing the music)
It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all) (That's how it is)
It's like that, that, that, that, I like that y'all (that y'all) (That's how it is, I like that)
It's like that y'all (that y'all), that y'all (that y'all)
It's like that, that, that, that, I like that y'all (that y'all)
[Fatman Scoop:]
Let's Go Now (what), let's go now (what)
Here we go now (what), here we go now (what)
Let's Go Now (what), let's go now (what)
Here we go now (what), here we go now (what)

[Fatman Scoop and Mariah:]
Let's Go Now (what), let's go now (what)
Here we go now (what), here we go now (what)
Let's Go Now (what), let's go now (what)

Here we go now (what), here we go now (what)

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Vocabulary! Aprenda abaixo algumas palavras e depois ouça a estória que segue. Aproveite para aprender a pronúncia das palavras e também mais vocabulary.

once upon a time = era uma vez

witch = bruxa

wizard = feiticeiro, mago

cast a spell = lançar um feitiço

stick = varinha

paws = patas

costumes = fantasias (roupa)

broom = vassoura

broomstick = cabo de vassoura

trick or treat = doces ou travessuras

buzz off! = suma daqui!

The witch who was frightened of Halloween

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Katie.

Katie was seven.

And she lived in nice house with her mum and dad, and her little brother Joey, and a dog called Muffin.

And it was all quite normal really.

Except for one thing.

They were witches.

Well, except for her Dad, who was a Wizard.

And the dog, Muffin, who was a D-witch, which is a dog who casts spells.

Anyway being a witch wasn’t so bad.

Mum would just twitch her nose and all the cleaning would get done.

Dad would wave his stick, and the lawn would cut itself.

Muffin would click his paws, and a few dog treats would tumble out of the sky.

They’d even taught Katie some magic.

She knew how to make her homework do itself.

And her room got tidied just by twitching her ear.

But there was just one thing Katie really didn’t like.

Halloween.

Once a year, when the leaves were falling off the trees, and the nights were getting longer, all the children in her school and along her street would get terribly excited about Halloween.

They made costumes of horrible looking witches.

With long pointy noses, and spots, and nasty black hats, and broomsticks.

And Katie said in school: “Witches aren’t like that, really. My mum looks quite nice.”

And all the other girls fell about laughing.

“Katie thinks she’s a witch,” they laughed. “She’s ugly and horrible, just like a witch.”

And when Katie went home that day, she was really upset.

She cried and cried and cried. And when her mum asked her what the matter was, she said: “Everyone hates witches. And they especially hate them at Halloween.”

And her mum tried to explain that although some people didn’t like witches, it was also quite useful sometimes, like when the washing up got done all by itself.

“I don’t ever want to have anything to do with witch-craft again,” said Katie angrily.

But on Halloween night, all the girls from her school were organising a trick or treat tour of the street.

And Katie didn’t want to go, because she’d decided she didn’t want to have anything to do with witch-craft.

Never, never, never….

But her mum said she had to.

Because a witch can hardly stay in on Halloween.

And she whispered something in Katie’s ear.

Do you know what it was?

Well, I’ll tell you in a minute.

Anyway, Katie went to join the other girls.

And some of them started laughing at her.

“Katie doesn’t have to dress up, because she’s already a witch,” they laughed.

And Katie felt cross.

And embarrassed.

But she decided to say nothing.

At the first house, they got a load of sherbet lemons.

At the second, a jumbo pack of sweeties.

At the third, loads and loads of crisps.

And at the forth, a giant packet of chocolate biscuits.

But at the fifth house, there lived a man called Mr Bones.

And Mr Bones didn’t like children.

He certainly didn’t see why he should give them any treats.

“Buzz off, you stupid kids,” he said when they knocked on the door.

“Trick or treat, trick, or treat…” cried the girls.

“Yes, well, I think I’ll take the trick, if it’s all the same to you,” said Mr Bones.

And a horrible smile creased up his face.

“Because you’re just a bunch of stupid little girls, and you don’t scare me.”

“But one of us is a real witch,” said Amelia, the biggest of the girls.

“Yes, yes, Katie’s a real witch,” they all cried.

But Mr Bones just laughed and laughed.

“That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard,” he said.

“Go on, Katie,” said Amelia. “Let’s see if you really are a witch.”

And so Katie stepped forwards.

“You don’t look scary to me,” said Mr Bones. “You’re just a stupid little girl.”

But Katie remembered what her mum had whispered in her ear.

Do you know what it was?

A special spell.

So right then, Katie recited the magic words.

And she wriggled her ear.

And all the girls gasped in amazement.

Because suddenly Mr Bones wasn’t Mr Bones anymore.

He was a little brown, fluffy hamster. Inside a cage. Running around and around on a wheel.

All the girls laughed and laughed.

Katie leaned into the cage. “Is it fun being a hamster?”

The little creature squeaked and shook its head.

And Katie spun the wheel, so that he had to run faster and faster.

And then she recited the magic words and Mr Bones was turned back into a man again.

“I’ll get you some treats, girls,” he said very quickly and nervously.

And he came back with tons of chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, biscuits, and even a new Barbie DVD for each girl.

“Please come back next year girls,” he said. “I’ll have even better stuff for you.”

And he went back inside, looking very nervous.

And as they went down the rest of the street, everyone had heard that there was a real witch out trick and treating tonight, so they all gave the girls even more sweets and biscuits than usual, and even some toys.

And Katie was the most popular girl in her class.

“You know, maybe it’s not so bad being a witch after all,” she said when she got home. “And I think I’m going to enjoy Halloween from now on.”

Credits to: StoryNory

E para terminar nossa Halloween party, jogue o tic-tac-toe abaixo! Be careful, even some little games can be really scary!

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Roberto Santos

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L 0017: Slangs & Expressions

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L 0016: Special Post - Halloween