To lie through your teeth

 To lie through your teeth  =  to say things that are not true in a way that seems sincere

- He asked me how old I was, lying through my teeth, I said "29" !

 

The Brazilian carnival queen deemed 'too black' – video

Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows. But some regarded her complexion to be too dark to be an acceptable queen. Nayara and her family wonder what this says about racial roles in modern Brazil. See Nayara`s story here.


 

REDHEADS: Discover the world of GINGERS

Ronnie is a ginger. If you thought we meant she is a root vegetable, think again. Being a ginger means to have naturally red hair. Gingers or redheads have a very interesting history, indeed. In this lesson, you will learn both the history of redheads and words that relate to red-haired people such as freckles, pale, strawberry blonde, and even some slang like carrot top. After watching, you will understand and appreciate my mysterious people even more!

 

Things Brazilians Are Sick Of Hearing

REDHEADS: Discover the world of GINGERS · engVid

REDHEADS: Discover the world of GINGERS · engVid: Ronnie is a ginger. If you thought we meant she is a root vegetable, think again. Being a ginger means to have naturally red hair. Gingers or redheads have a very interesting history, indeed. In this lesson, you will learn both the history of redheads and words that relate to red-haired people such as freckles, pale, strawberry blonde, and even some slang like carrot top. After watching, you will understand and appreciate my mysterious people even more!

Virginia Woolf quotations

25 January 1882 was the day on which Virginia Woolf was born. To celebrate the birthday of the renowned novelist, essayist, and feminist icon, I’ve taken a look in Oxford Essential Quotations to pick out some of her most memorable moments.










 

155 frases necessárias para uma conversa em inglês

http://incrivel.club/inspiracao-dicas/155-frases-necessarias-para-uma-conversa-em-ingles-32255/

London Underground

          London Underground: the origins of some unusual names

Angel

This tube station is named after the Angel area of London, but if you’re thinking that the residents of the locale are particularly saintly, we’re sorry to disappoint. It’s named after a former coaching inn on the Great North Road called the Angel, dating from the 17^th century.

Baker Street

The most famous resident of Baker Street is, of course, Sherlock Holmes. You might think that it was named after a maker of cakes of pastries, but its namesake is actually William Baker, a builder who laid out the street in the second half of the 18^th century.

Bank

If you’re anything like me, you may have wondered whether Bank station was named after a riverbank or a money bank. Well, it turns out I’d been getting confused with Embankment: Bank is nowhere near the river, and is named after the Bank of England. Incidentally, it was voted the most disliked tube station in 2013.

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak, now the name of a suburb in Barnet, first appears in the name of a group of fields on a map of 1754. In the mid-19th century, these fields became part of the Victorian suburb of Red Hill, giving their name to a small estate built on the site. The tube station constructed here in 1924 was also known by the name of Burnt Oak, which soon eclipsed Red Hill as the name of the suburb. And the eponymous tree? This was presumably a distinctive oak tree that had been struck by lightning, and came to be used as a boundary marker

Canada Water

This tube station is named after a lake and wildlife refuge called Canada Water which, in turn is named after the former Canada Dock. It was chiefly used by ships docking there from Canada, but was closed in the 1970s and turned into the lake, refuge, and… a shopping centre.

Canary Wharf

Opened in 1999, Canary Wharf tube station shares its name with the business district in Tower Hamlets. What have canaries got to do with it, then? Canary Wharf takes its name from a warehouse on the West Wood Quay of the Import Dock, built for the Mediterranean and Canary Islands fruit trade. Those Canary Islands, in turn, are actually named after dogs rather than birds: their Latin name was Canariae Insulae, as (according to Pliny the Elder) the Mauretanian king Juba II said the island was full of dogs.

Chalfont & Latimer

Chalfont and Latimer may sound like a fictional legal practice, but it’s named after the three picturesquely-named Chalfont villages (Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, and Little Chalfont) and Latimer, another village. Chalfont, in turn, means ‘chalk spring’ – which brings us on to…

Chalk Farm

Was there a place farming chalk, or (who knows) a farm made of chalk? Nothing so unusual, unfortunately: Chalk is in fact derived from the former name of the settlement, Chaldecote or Chalcot; the soil in the area is, in fact, clay.

Cockfosters

Serving the Cockfosters area, this name dates back to the 16^th century and is thought to have originally been the name of the residence of the cock (that is, chief) forester.

Elephant and Castle

You may have heard that Elephant and Castle is a corruption of ‘La Infanta de Castilla’, being a reference to various Spanish princesses. That explanation is just folk etymology, however. The actual derivation is a little more prosaic: it comes from an inn of that name, and from an old heraldic sign used, for example, as the symbol of the Cutler’s Company. The Elephant inn even gets a mention in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (“In the south suburbs, at the Elephant, is best to lodge.”)

Golders Green

What is a golder, and why do they have a green? Well, Golders probably represents a local surname, while the Green was simply land on which the settlement was built.

Hainault

What is the link between Hainault tube station and Hainault in Belgium? It’s a bit complex. Residents of Hainault might be surprised to learn that this unusual name comes from the Old English ‘Hyneholt or ‘Henehout’ and means ‘wood belonging to a religious community’. The spelling change came about in the 17^th century, influenced by a fictitious connection with Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III.

Hanger Lane

This one sounds a bit ominous; is your neck in danger in this neck of the woods? Well, no: the lane is named after Hanger Hill, the hill over which it travels, where hanger comes from the rather more innocuous Old English hangra, ‘a wood on a slope’.

King’s Cross St Pancras

This tube station services King’s Cross and St Pancras National Rail stations. The former is now perhaps best known for being Harry Potter’s entrance to Hogwarts, but the king in question is King George IV (who reigned 1820-1830), and the cross, a monument that was demolished in 1845. St Pancras was born around 289, and beheaded for his Christian faith when he was 14 years old. So many people say and write Pancreas instead of Pancras that a pancreatic cancer charity teamed up with St Pancras International on 11 March 2014.

Maida Vale

Astute visitors to Maida Vale will have observed that it is nowhere near Maida in southern Italy. The unusual sounding district served by this tube station is named after the Hero of Maida inn. When this inn stood, it was named in honour of General Sir John Stuart, who was made Count of Maida after the Battle of Maida in 1806.

Mile End

What puts the mile in Mile End? Well, it’s actually originally recorded as La Mile ende in 1288, and means ‘the hamlet a mile away’ – in this instance, about a mile away from Aldgate.

Monument

London is nothing if not replete with monuments, so which of them gave Monument its name? It’s one which is actually most commonly known simply as Monument, but its full name is ‘Monument to the Great Fire of London’, finished in 1677 on the site of the first church to be burnt down by the Great Fire in 1666.

Oxford Circus

If you’re getting out at Oxford Circus hoping to see some clowns and acrobats (or, indeed, Oxford) then you’re going to be disappointed. The oldest sense of circus is ‘a large building, generally oblong or oval, surrounded with rising tiers of seats, for the exhibition of public spectacles’ – thus not entirely different from today’s most common use – but, in this instance, it is simply a ‘circular open space at a street junction’.

Pimlico

Pimlico almost certainly takes its name from a well-known alehouse in Hoxton, also called Pimlico, named after its owner Ben Pimlico. It was a favourite haunt of theatrical folk, and is referenced in plays by Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, and others. It has been argued that this surname was transferred from the Pamlico Indians of North America, and thus is almost certainly the first native American place name to have been introduced into England.

Seven Sisters

There are various places or things called Seven Sisters around the world (and, indeed, out of it), from the Pleiades star cluster and the Greek mythological characters they are named after, to the group of American women’s colleges. The area served by this tube station, though, has rather more humble aspirations: the seven sisters were seven elms planted in a ring around a walnut tree on an area of land called Page Green. The trees were moved and then cut down; a circle of seven hornbeam trees were planted in 1997.

Shepherd’s Bush

Although connections with Moses’ burning bush have been mooted over the years, the truth is a little less abstract. It’s thought that it is either named after somebody called Shepherd, or that the land here was once a resting place for shepherds on their way to Smithfield Market.

Sloane Square

Though Sloane now has its own meaning and punning epithet – ‘a fashionable upper-class young woman’; Sloane Ranger – this came, unsurprisingly, after the place. Sloane Square itself is simply named after the noted physician and naturalist Sir Hans Sloane, who once owned the land.

Swiss Cottage

As with Elephant and Castle and various other tube stations, this area owes its unusual name to a local inn. The Swiss Tavern, built in 1803-4, was in the style of a Swiss chalet – later renamed to the humbler Swiss Cottage.

Temple

When it originally opened in 1870, Temple was known as The Temple – named after the Temple area, after the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple. These religious-sounding buildings are actually two of the four Inns of Court, which are professional associations for barristers in England and Wales.

Tooting Bec

Tooting Bec is perhaps the most amusing name given to a tube station, but its origins aren’t too mired in mystery. Bec comes from Bec Abbey in Normandy (which owned this land after the Norman Conquest), while Tooting is a little less clear; it may have referred to ‘the people of the lookout place’.

Turnpike Lane

This station (and the road) gets its name from the local turnpike – but what is a turnpike? It’s a historical term for a toll gate, though was originally a spiked barrier – thus a sense of pike meaning ‘a spiked staff or stick’.

White City

Why White City? Well, this area got its name from the white-stuccoed walls of the stadium and exhibition opened here in 1908, originally as the venue for the Franco-British Exhibition and the 4th Olympic Games.
 

Nouns that are always plurals

Nouns that are always plurals:

Trousers = calça



Scissors = tesoura



Glasses = óculos



Clothes = roupa



Thanks = obrigado


 

Pulp Fiction - Dance Scene (HQ)

mais momentos "classics" John Travolta! 

OneRepublic - Counting Stars [Lyrics]

"Every thing that kills me...makes feel alive!" 

Confessions of an Idiom

Você curte aprender idioms? Se curte, creio que vai gostar e muito desta dica. Nela você encontrará uma lista incrível de idioms. 

Confessions of an Idiom foi dirigido por Amanda Koh e Mollie Helms. O vídeo foi publicado em 2013, ganhou alguns prêmios e fez muito sucesso.

Todo ele é baseado em um esqueleto (a skeleton) que sai de dentro de um armário (closet) e é confrontado a revelar seus segredos. Vale dizer aqui que “a skeleton in the closet” é um idiom em inglês usado para dizer que alguém tem algo em seu passado que pode denegrir sua imagem (um segredinho que não pode vir à tona).

O skeleton sai do armário quando um elefante dá uma pancada na parede. O idiom aí é “there’s an elephant in the room“, cujo significado remete ao fato de alguém ter um problema óbvio ou estar em situação difícil e ainda assim não querer admitir isso. Portanto, o skeleton in the closet ao sair, se depara com an elephant in the room e precisa então lidar com a difícil situação de admitir seus crimes, erros, segredos obscuros.

Ao conversar com o elefante, o nosso querido Skeleton faz uso de uma série de idioms em inglês. Cada idiom sendo usado tem uma representação visual no vídeo. Além disso, alguns idioms ficam subentendidos nas imagens ou na fala do Skeleton. É justamente isso que torna Confessions of an Idiom um vídeo extremamente rico e inteligente.

Abaixo, lista dos idioms presentes no vídeo. Alguns idioms são representados visualmente; ou seja, apenas as imagens remetem a eles. Outros são realmente ditos pelo Skeleton ou fica subentendidos em sua fala.

• have a bone to pick with someone
• sweep dirt under the rug
• have a clean slate
• have a bigger fish to fry
• stick to one’s guns
• fish for compliments
• shoot fish in a barrel
• holy mackerel
• have an eye on someone
• be well enough alone
• calling your bluff
• pack of lies
• let the cat out of the bag
• fall apart
• not have a leg to stand on
• be in the limelight
• spill the beans
• break someone’s heart
• kill two birds with one stone
• stab someone in the back
• a window of opportunity
• laugh one’s ass off
• time flies
• picture worth a thousand time
• frame of mind
• good apple, bad apple
• cut the cheese
• on the chopping block
• put all your eggs in one basket
• piece of cake
• cry over spilt milk
• everything but the kitchen sink
• the last straw
• come clean
• beat a dead horse
• cup of joe
• have a lot on one’s plate
• head on a plate

April in London - Shakespeare's Birthday

Sunday 19th April 2015

Sun 10am-6pm

FREE

About Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

This replica of the Shakespeare's 16th century theatre, reconstructed just 200 yards from its original site, is the brainchild of American actor and director Sam Wanamaker. Built in wood and thatch, using techniques from 400 years ago, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre opened in 1996. More about Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Shakespeare's Globe opens its doors for the biggest birthday party on Bankside in honour of the Bard. This year's Shakespeare's Birthday party is Hamlet-themed, with an Elsinore bouncy castle, sword fighting and a grave digging ball pool complete with skull. Actors who have played Hamlet through the ages will be on the Globe stage attempting to deliver the quickest reading of the play ever, and different film adaptations of Hamlet will be screened throughout the day, whilst mitts can get sticky in edible ghost-making workshops

8 Tips for British English Pronunciation - 8 dicas de pronúncia do inglês britânico

april fool´s day

Burger King Japan's perfume, which smells like a flame-grilled burger patty and is named 'Flame Grilled Fragrance', is seen in front of a whopper at their store as part of the company's April Fool campaign in Tokyo. The perfume, which comes with a Whopper and is limited to 1,000 units, is selling at the price of 5,000 yen (42 USD) and is only available in Japan.

The Best of British - Buns

Buns



Fruit buns are made by aunties and grandmas and often served with a cuppa. It is perfectly acceptable to say "Mmmmm, nice buns Grandma".

Lulu Santos - Tudo Azul

Tudo AZUL é estar tudo bem, tudo zen, tudo ok, tudo em paz mas a mesma sensação de bem estar em inglês é ROSA :
- I am in the PINK !

dica de inglês : cores e seus estados de espírito

I’m Red Hot, I'm In the Pink, I'm Blue and I'm Green With Envy - click to listen

Every people has its own way of saying things -- its own special expressions.  Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.

Red is a hot color.  Americans often use it to express heat.  They may say they are “red hot” about something unfair.  When they are "red hot" they are very angry about something.  The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called “red hots” for their color and their fiery taste.  Fast, loud music is popular with many people.  They may say the music is “red hot” -- especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.

Pink is a lighter kind of red.  People sometimes say they are “in the pink” when they are in good health.  The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20^th century.  It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.

Blue is a cool color.  The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful.  Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song -- “Mood Indigo” -- about the deep blue color, indigo.  In the words of the song: “You ain’t been blue till you’ve had that Mood Indigo.”  Someone who is blue is very sad.

The color Green is natural for trees and grass.  But it is an unnatural color for humans.  A person who has a sick-feeling stomach may say she feels “a little green.”  A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car.  That person may say he is “green with envy.”

Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called “greenbacks” because that is the color of the back side of the paper money.

The color Black is used often in expressions.  People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as “a black day.”  The date of a major tragedy is remembered as "a black day."  A “blacklist” is illegal now.  But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.

In some cases, colors describe a situation.  A “brown-out” is an expression for a reduction in electric power.  Brown-outs happen when there is too much demand for electricity.  The electric system is unable to offer all the power needed in an area.

“Black-outs” were common during World War Two.  Officials would order all lights in a city turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes to find a target in the dark of night.

trava língua : the woodchuck

How much wood…


would a woodchuck chuck…


if a woodchuck…


could chuck wood?


Not too hard, right?
So let’s try it again.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?


If a woodchuck could chuck wood?


Good! Now a bit faster, without stopping.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?


That sounded nice. But can you keep up with a native speaker at full speed. Repeat after me.
How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck?
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

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