Podcast Inglês Online

Hello, all. O episódio de hoje é diferente. Como assim? Bom, diferente porque o inglês que eu vou usar nele é um pouco mais básico. É um inglês que quem tiver completado o meu Curso Básico de maneira bem sucedida vai conseguir entender. A razão pra eu fazer isso é que eu quero que os meus alunos, assim como outros aprendizes com conhecimento mais básico, consigam entender e aproveitar essa dica, já que ela foca em um dos erros de pronúncia inglesa mais comuns entre nós, brasileiros: a terminação -OUS. Esse é um exemplo do que uma pessoa que começ0u do zero vai conseguir compreender (e eventualmente falar) fazendo o Curso.

Lembre-se que quanto mais você ouvir um som; quanto mais você se familiarizar com as palavras e com aqueles sons, mais natural esses pedaços do inglês se tornam para você. Não tem jeito mais eficaz de absorver a lingua inglesa (ou qualquer outra) do que mergulhar em conteúdo que você compreende naquela língua. Se você tem nível básico ou pré-intermediário, não perca esse episódio! Ao fim dele, vai ter ouvido a maneira correta de pronunciar -OUS várias vezes, e vai conhecer muitos exemplos desse sonzinho.

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Hello, all. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: The more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbors, your family and keep listening!

Today I'm talking about words like famous and anxious. What do these words have in common? Both end in -OUS. Here in Brazil, it is very common to hear people pronounce words like famous and anxious like this: "feimous" and "enkxious". It is a very common mistake. So I'm going to tell you exactly how to pronounce these words. Here we go: "feimãs" and "enkxiãs."

NOT "feimous" and "enkxious" - these sound like Portuguese! Famous, anxious. It is important to know how to spell these words; how to spell famous and anxious. Famous is f-a-m-o-u-s, and anxious is a-n-x-i-o-u-s. We are talking about the sound -OUS ("ãs"). How do you spell it? O-U-S.

Here are some examples with famous:

* Luan Santana is a famous artist.

* Neymar is a famous football (or soccer) player.

* Ivete Sangalo is a famous singer.

* Robert de Niro is a famous American actor.

* Susana Vieira is a famous Brazilian actress.

Famous, famous, famous. Got it? Now here are a few examples with "anxious."

* I feel anxious about my exam tomorrow.

* My friend Mary feels anxious about her English test next week.

* Karen feels anxious about her wedding.

* Jim and Jennifer feel anxious about their trip.

* I feel anxious about my birthday party tonight.

Anxious, anxious, anxious.

Here are more examples with the sound -OUS: dangerous.

* It is dangerous to drive a car when you are very tired.

* It's also dangerous to cross a busy street when you are not paying attention.

* Peter lives in a dangerous neighborhood.

* Alcohol and driving is a dangerous combination.

* Car racing is a dangerous sport.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. Now listen to these words: curious, jealous, nutritious, delicious.

Hey, everybody. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre a expressão "dar de ombros" em inglês (shrug, ou shrug your shoulders), assim como uma outra expressão equivalente a "Ele nem ligou" (he shrugged it off.)

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Hey, everybody. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: The more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbors, your family and keep listening!

So I'm back in Brazil for a month or so and one of my favorite things to do is eat stuff I can't get in London. Namely, pastel de escarola and mango. Oh, I can get mango in London, but... it's just not the same. I'll leave it at that. Let's get started with an interesting term: shrug your shoulders. Listen again: shrug. That's s-h-r-u-g, shrug. You may not be familiar with this term, but I'll bet you're very familiar with what it means. To shrug your shoulders, or simply shrug, means to move your shoulders up a little bit, you know... To raise your shoulders slightly, just to show that either you don't care, or you don't know. Maybe you don't know what to do, or you're in doubt, or you don't care.

So let's say you're watching a tennis match and your friend asks you "Who's winning?" You have no idea. In fact, you know nothing about tennis. All you know is, it involves two rackets, a few balls and a tennis court. So when your friend asks you who's winning, you shrug and say "No idea." You shrug your shoulders, or just "You shrug." That works just fine - "You shrug."

Another example: You have an exam tomorrow and your classmate Jane says she's going to the movies this afternoon. You say "What? We have an exam tomorrow! Are you sure you don't wanna join our study group this afternoon?" Jane shrugs and says "Nah. I have a feeling it's gonna be an easy one." Later as you get home your mom says "Where's Rex? I haven't seen him all morning." Rex is the family dog. You've no idea where Rex is; you just walked in! You shrug and say "I just stepped in; Mary must have taken him out." So when you have no idea, you may shrug. When you don't care one way or another, you may shrug your shoulders. When you shrug, you're expressing that you have no idea; you don't know and you probably don't care much.

Now imagine your classmate Kevin tells you on Monday that the exam is actually gonna be 2 hours long and that he heard it's gonna be really tough. Kevin is really worried, but you just say "Hmm... That's ok. I think we're gonna be fine. We spent the entire weekend studying, remember? Don't worry about it." Here's what you just did: You shrugged it off. Maybe you moved your shoulders; maybe you didn't. The expression shrug something off can be used figuratively - in other words, you don't need to actually move your shoulders as you shrug something off, although it's ok if you do. When you shrug something off, you're minimizing its importance. You're expressing that you don't think it is that bad, or hard, or difficult. Your brother says "Mom said we're not getting our allowance this month." You shrug it off saying "I've got my savings."

That means that you think you're fine, even if your mom doesn't give you the allowance this month. So notice that this expression, shrug something off, actually involves an object: a direct object. You shrug 'something' off. In my first example, what did you shrug off? You shrugged off the news that the exam is going to be hard.

Hello, everyone. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre idioms do inglês usados para dizer que você está atolado ou até o pescoço de coisa para fazer.

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Hello, everyone. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: the more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbor, your family and keep listening!

This episode is all about being busy. Actually, it's all about being extremely busy; so much so that you're forced to decline invitations to parties and other social activities... Or maybe a less extreme situation: you're having an incredibly busy afternoon; you're on a deadline, or you just happen to be overly busy right now.

We've already had a podcast episode with the term "I've got a lot on my plate", which is a pretty good one. "I've got a lot on my plate right now, which means I'm not available for new projects at the moment." Go check that episode out if you haven't listened to it yet.

For today, though we've got another three expressions that can be used when you want to convey just how much work you've got ahead of you. Here's one that I learned from my website developer: snowed under. That just means you have so much work to do. Picture the literal meaning of snowed under: you're covered by so much snow that you can't get out. You can't even move! You're snowed under with work.

So when Paul, my web developer, first told me that, I was trying to get him to do some work on my website. He replied "I'm pretty snowed under this week and the next." So what he was telling me, in other words, is that he had a full workload for the next couple of weeks. He was fully booked for the two following weeks. So, if you have the chance to speak to a native English speaker in the future and you wanna tell them that you're too busy to do anything else, say "I'm pretty snowed under." Which is gonna be funny since there's pretty much no snow in Brazil.

Ok, here's another example: swamped. "I'm swamped." This is a great term for when you're at work, it's ten minutes before noon, and your colleague rings

a swamp

you to say that everyone's going to the Italian place for pasta because it's Jane's birthday today and they're going to celebrate. And you think of everything you have to get done today before 5PM and you jsut shake your head. You say "I'd love to go, but I'm totally swamped. I'm just gonna wolf down my sandwich and get back to work."

And there's another idiom that's perfect for that: I'm up to my neck. I'm up to my neck in work. I'm up to my neck in paperwork, in emails, in reports. This one can be used for anything, really, not just work. If there's something in your life that feels overwhelming, something of which you've got a lot to go through, you could say: I'm up to my neck in debt. I'm up to my neck in trouble.

Are you a student? Do you you have a job? Both, maybe? Does it feel like you're swamped most of the time? Or sometimes? Let me know! Talk to you next time.

 

Hi, all. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre quatro idioms em inglês que te comparam a um animal.

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Hi, all. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: the more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbor, your family and keep listening!

Today I'm gonna talk about four idioms that compare people to animals. Yep, that's right. You know when a quality stands out in an animal, and then when you see a human being display that same quality... You compare that person to the animal? Here are the four animals for this episode: Peacock, horse, dog and fox. So these four animals are apparently capable of displaying certain qualities, or a state, in such a prominent way that they have inspired these idiomatic expressions.

So here are the qualities associated to these particular animals: Strong, proud, clever and sick. Which one do you think is the strong one - peacock, horse, dog or fox? What about proud - which one of these would be associated with being proud? Clever? Sick?

So here you go: The strong one is the horse, or so they say. When someone is as strong as a horse, this person is doing well health wise; they're very strong. It's a very useful idiom when someone has recovered well from illness, for example. You could say that your dog was so sick last week, but it's recovered and is now strong as a horse! Yep, you could say that your dog is strong as a horse. Sounds kinda funny, but... Totally fine to say. I mean, I came across a tweet that said "My legs are fine now. They're strong as a horse." Legs strong as a horse, so there you go.

And when someone is very smart, very clever, we can say that this person is sly as a fox. Sly means smart and clever, but sometimes in a cunning way. If we say that Mary is smart and cunning, we could be saying that Mary is capable of using deception in her favor. And beware... Deception does not mean "decepção." Deception, to put it simply, is the act of fooling someone; of making someone believe something that is not true. So Mary can use deception; she can deceive you in a smart way to get what she wants. Cunning and sly are not always negative qualities necessarily; sometimes no one gets hurt... And sometimes doing something in a cunning way means nothing more than being very bright and doing that thing in a very clever way. I guess sly in a more negative sense could mean malandro, and in a more positive sense could mean just esperto. So people can be sly as fox.

And what about when someone is proud as a peacock? That's not a compliment. We're saying that this person is too proud; they're vain even. But this idiom is frequently used in a good-natured way by parents who are proud of their kids, for example. Someone tweeted "Only a child can beat you at checkers and make you feel as proud as a peacock." Or you could say "My manager's compliments left me proud as a peacock, I must admit." Have you ever felt as proud as a peacock? What happened that made you feel that way?

And finally, we have sick and dog. Yeah, that's how the saying goes: sick as a dog. That means very, very sick. I don't really get how this one originated. Anyway, here's an example I found: "I'm sick as a dog and my grandpa came over and is staying to take care of me." Lucky girl. Here's what this guy said, though: "I'm sick as a dog with a 102-degree temperature.

Hi, all. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre dois idioms do inglês relacionados a dar uma de espertinho. Quando você percebe que alguém está querendo te passar a perna (if they're trying to pull one over on you), talvez você reaja e pense "Ele que se prepare / Ele é que pensa - está muito enganado!" (He's got another thing coming!) Eu tenho exemplos disso na minha vida e muita gente deve ter também.

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Hi, all. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: the more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbor, your family and keep listening!

So let me introduce you to our expression of today... Picture this: You're looking for a part-time job to supplement your income. So when your sister, Jessica, tells you that the owner of the computer shop around the corner is looking for an assistant, you decide to go check that out. Can't hurt, right? So go to the shop and tell Mr. Stevens, the owner, that you would like to apply for the position. The two of you have a quick chat, and he tells you that he will need you in the shop about four or five hours a day, Monday through Saturday. "Perfect!", you think. That's just what you were looking for, so you say yes.

You're supposed to start at the shop this coming Monday. Today is Saturday, and when you're about to step out you bump into your sister, who's just come back from the computer shop. She says "So, just had a quick chat with Mr. Stevens. I thought you said you were looking for a part-time job?!" Your sister looks confused. You say "That's right. I've got a part time job at the computer shop!" Your sister shakes her head and says "Nah ah... That's not what Mr. Stevens just told me. He said you're gonna be there all day - from nine in the morning to eight pm!" And you're like, "What? Are you sure he was talking about me? That is not what we agreed on."

Your sister assures you that he was talking about you and your work hours. And... She says "Don't let Mr. Stevens take advantage of you... I heard from a previous employee that he will make you work extra time every day and then try to get out of paying you for it." You can't believe what you just heard. Mr. Stevens! He's already telling people that you're going to work full time at the shop, while in reality the both of you agreed that it was going to be a part time job. You say to your sister "Well, if Mr. Stevens thinks I'm gonna work full time for a part time salary, he's got another thing coming!" If he thinks I'm just gonna agree to that and not say a thing, he's dead wrong! You're going to talk to Mr. Stevens right now and make it very clear that you have agreed to take on a part time job. If Mr. Stevens thinks he can get away with this, he's got another thing coming.

Mr. Stevens is trying to pull one over on you. He is trying to trick you into working full time for part-time pay. He is trying to pull one over on you. This is our second idiom of today, and it is related to the first expression. When someone tries to pull one over on you, this person is, as we say in Brazil, "dando uma de esperto com você." Here's the expression again: to pull one over on someone. That guy tried to pull one over on me. Mark pulled one over on Sarah. He convinced her to go to an expensive concert and the night before told her h...

Hi, all. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre dois idioms do inglês com a palavra foot. Como você diria esses idioms em português?

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Hi, all. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. Thanks for all the comments at the iTunes store and if you haven't yet left a comment for this podcast please do so: The more comments for the Inglesonline podcast, the more people will find out about it and listen to the episodes. Thanks for telling your friends, your neighbors, your family, keep listening and thanks for all the comments so far.

So let's start with a very nice idiom: shoot yourself in the foot. Again: shoot yourself in the foot. What does shoot mean? Well, when you have a fire weapon and you use the weapon to shoot something or someone, you're gonna hurt or maybe even kill your target, right? So think about this idiom: shoot yourself in the foot. That's when you do or say something that, in the end, will cause you problems. Or maybe it will put you in a position of disadvantage.

Here's an example: I read an article the other day with tips for job interviews that stated that not being prepared to talk about your skills and strengths is a surefire way to shoot yourself in the foot. What does that mean? It means that if you go to a job interview, you should probably be able to explain to the interviewer what your skills are, the things you're good at; you should be able to talk about your strengths, the things you do best. The author of the article thinks that going into an interview unprepared is shooting yourself in the foot. The interviewer will probably ask you to talk about your skills and strengths. If you're unprepared; if you didn't take the time to think what your skills and strengths are, there's a good chance your answer to that question will not be a good one, and it may hurt your chances of getting the job. And this is something you could have worked on; you could have prepared. So by not getting prepared, you're shooting yourself in the foot. You're shooting yourself in the foot.

Another job example: So let's say you went to the interview and got the job. So you start at the new office and on your second day you're late. Like, thirty minutes late for a meeting. Then while you're in the meeting you're texting your friends and not really listening to what's being said. You're totally shooting yourself in the foot with such behavior. You're doing things that will hurt your chances of being successful at the new job. You got the new job, you succeeded at the interview - that's great! But now you're being careless; you're not being professional by being late and not paying attention in the meeting and that's likely to have consequences... Bad ones. You're shooting yourself in the foot.

And here's another good one with the word foot: put your best foot forward. When you put your best foot forward, you're trying to make a good impression. You're trying to act your best. Plain and simple, you're acting in a way that hopefully will cause other people to have a good opinion of you. In what situations do people usually put their best foot forward? When they want to impress someone. In a job interview. When they go on a date. When they're on TV, maybe. When they're going to meet someone whose opinion they value, for example.

Tell me: When is it that you put your best foot forward? Let me know in the comments and talk to you next time.

 

Keywords

* shoot yourself in the foot

* put your best foot forward

 

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Hello, everyone. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre dois idioms extremamente comuns no inglês.

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Hey, everyone. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. To download or just listen to other episodes and download transcripts, go to inglesonline.com.br and click Podcast Inglesonline.

So today we're gonna talk about the idiom "thick skin." This is an extremely common term in English, and if you've been following American TV shows for a while, I'm pretty sure you've heard it before. Do you have a thick skin? Not in the literal sense... But think about it, think about what it would mean to have a thick skin. It would be like having a thick layer of skin protecting you. When you hear this sentence: "So and so has a thick skin", what this means is that this person is able to not get affected by criticism. They're able to ignore it. Which, honestly, I think is a great thing. I mean, throughout your life people will tell you - sometimes from very early on - that they don't like your clothes, your hair, the way you are, the way you behave. So, of course it does help to have a thick skin.

I think people who live in the spotlight - in other words, celebrities - must have a pretty thick skin. Do you agree? I mean, they're talked about all the time, they're on magazine covers... They're all pretty much putting themselves out there for public criticism so it's obviously helpful to have a thick skin in that situation. If you're an actor, for example, one day you'll come across an unfavorable review of your work... I mean, it's just a matter of time. Sooner or later, you'll learn that someone said that your performance in some TV show or movie was bad, or that you didn't look good, etc. I'd say it would be great for these people to have a thick skin. Actually, I think having a thick skin is an awesome thing in general. What's your opinion?

And here's another way to say that: we can use the adjective "thick-skinned" and say that Mary, for example, is very thick-skinned. What that means is that Mary is not easily upset or hurt. She doesn't really get upset, or maybe she doesn't notice when people criticize her. She's very thick-skinned. Are you thick-skinned? What would you say?

I have to say, sometimes when I see someone being rude, or unpleasant to me, I tend to think that that's just how that person is...! But then when it happens again, the penny drops - it's like, oh, ok! Whatcha gonna do?

By the way, that's another nice expression: the penny drops. We have a very similar expression here in Brazil. You know the one I'm talking about? That's when you finally understand something... And then you say "Oh... Ooooh, ok!" That's because the penny dropped. You know when someone tells a joke, and then they get to the punch line, and then they're done with the joke, and you're still not getting it... And after a few seconds then the penny drops, and you're like "Oh, yeah, right! Yeah, that's funny!"

This idiom, however, isn't just for jokes or what someone says... It's also when you realize what's going on, for example. Let's say there's a lady in your office - let's say her name is Caroline, and there's this guy Mike. Caroline and Mike are friends with each other and they're friends with other people as well and they all seem to get along very well and that's that. Then, one day, you walk by Caroline's office and you catch a glimpse of Caroline and Mike and they're holding hands.

Hi, everyone. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre idioms em inglês com as palavras anywhere e nowhere.

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Hi, everyone. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. To download or just listen to other episodes and download transcripts, go to inglesonline.com.br and click Podcast Inglesonline.

So this episode centers around two expressions: one with the word "nowhere", and the other one with the word "anywhere". The expressions are "not going anywhere" and "going nowhere." Examples: "I'm not going anywhere" and "This is going nowhere." It is kinda interesting that 'not going anywhere' and 'going nowhere' have the same literal meaning, but are frequently used to mean different things.

First of all, notice that when we say "This is going nowhere", this is a positive or affirmative statement and that is why we use the word nowhere. On the other hand, if we said "This is not going anywhere", that would be a negative statement because of the verb in the negative form. A verb in the negative form calls for "anywhere." It's the same with nobody and anybody, for example. Listen to these examples: I saw nobody I knew last night; and I did not see anybody I knew last night. Or nothing and anything: I want nothing; I don't want anything.

So, again, "This is going nowhere" and "This is not going anywhere" have the same literal meaning... They're not always used in the same way though. Here's what I mean: When people say that something is going nowhere, they mean that that thing isn't really making progress. It's not evolving; it's not changing positively; it's not producing the desired results. Example: Let's say you have been involved in a research project for a year and things have been moving very slowly. One day, the research leader calls a meeting with the entire team and says "Everyone, it's time we face the music. We've been working on this research for over a year with no significant results. The truth is, the research is going nowhere." After one year, no progress has been made. There's no reason to continue. The research is going nowhere.

Now listen to this: John started working in an office four years ago. He has had four different managers in that period. A while ago, he thought he had a shot at getting a promotion but then his manager quit and someone else got hired for the position John had his eye on. Now the new manager has announced budget cuts and more downsizing. John feels his career is going nowhere. No promotion in sight, budget cuts, four years doing the same job. He feels his career is going nowhere.

Now, you could also say "John's career isn't going anywhere." But, honestly, when you say something isn't going anywhere - that frequently means something else. Let me explain: Imagine your friend texts you saying she's going through a pretty hard time. She wants to get together to talk. You guys meet up at a bar and have a chat. Your friend feels desolate: her mother is sick, she just lost her job, her boyfriend dumped her... You get the picture. You can tell your friend is down and needs your support. So you do your best to let her know that you're there for her. You say "Mary, you're going through a a pretty hard time but whatever you need, call me and I'll do whatever I can to help. Remember you're not alone. I'm not going anywhere."

So when you say "I'm not going anywhere", do you mean literally you're not going anywhere? Not really. You're not talking about going somewhere physically. What you're saying is you'll be there by her side, you'll give her support, you will be there when she needs you,

Hello, all. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre um erro frequentemente cometido por alunos de inglês envolvendo as formas singular e plural.

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Hello, all. Here's a new episode of the Inglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the Inglesonline Android app. To download or just listen to other episodes and download transcripts, go to inglesonline.com.br and click Podcast Inglesonline.

So today let's take a look at some pretty common mistakes involving plural words. And I'm not going to talk about plural rules per se, or irregular plural forms... nothing like that. I'm gonna use very simple examples of plural words such as dogs, cats and so on. Here's what I mean: in Portuguese we say things like "Eu gosto de cachorro." Or "Eu gosto de gato." "Cachorro" and "gato" are singular forms, right? So when it's time to say that in English, and we haven't had enough exposure to the language yet, our impulse is to say "I like dog" or "I don't like dog", or "I like cat" and so on and so forth.

Actually, the way we say that correctly in English is 'I like dogs.' I like cats. I don't like bees. So if you still hesitate when you're about to say "I like dog...s", here are lots of examples: I like dogs; she likes cars; we like books; I like cats; he likes guitars; you like women; they like races; she likes strawberries. I don't like motorcycles, she doesn't like bikes, they don't like exams, we don't like skirts, he doesn't like movies. Notice that all of the examples have countable nouns: one exam, two bikes, three women, etc. When we talk about non-countable nouns, there's no plural form. I like information; he likes bread; they like music.

So check this out: when we say in Portuguese "Gato é um bicho muito esperto" or "Cachorro dá trabalho", can you guess how we'd say these things in English? Yep, using the plural forms. Cats are very smart animals. Dogs are a lot of work, and not Cat is a very smart animal and Dog is a lot of work. I'm gonna give you a few more examples, and when you're done listening to this podcast think about how you would say these in Portuguese, then listen to this episode again. Building awareness of how things are said in English is a great thing and it will help you to catch your own mistakes:

* Necklaces are in fashion now.

* Brazilians are friendly.

* Movies are my favorite past time.

* Clothes are getting more expensive.

* Do you like birds?

* Children enjoy playing outside.

* Women like to wear makeup.

* Short skirts are best for the summer.

If you had to say one of the examples above during a live conversation, would you get it right? If the answer is YES, great - listening to English can never be too much so - good for you for listening to this podcast. If you're not so sure you would get it right, listen to this episode again and think about the examples both in Portuguese and English.

What are your examples? Let me know in the comments and talk to you next time!

Keywords

* I like dogs

* Cats are great

 

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Hi, everybody. No episódio de hoje, falo sobre um uso de pronomes-objeto em inglês que é muito comum aqui na Inglaterra.

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So today I'm gonna talk about a little expression that I've heard many times here in England. Picture this: you and your classmate Andy have been paired up to do an assignment. So you're discussing where the two of you should meet up to do the work. He says "So should I go to yours or do you wanna come to mine?"

Again: "Should I go to yours or do you wanna come to mine?". "Yours", in that sentence, means "your place" or your house. "Mine", in that same sentence, means "my house", "my place". Instead of saying "Should I go to your place or do you wanna come to my place?", your classmate says "Should I go to yours or do you wanna come to mine?" People know what it means, obviously, because of what's been said before in the conversation. You're discussing a place to meet.

So think of the many situations you can use that. When you're out with a friend, it's the afternoon and you guys decide to kick back, relax a little bit at home and watch a DVD. Whose place are you going to, though? Your friend says "So are we going to watch the movie at yours? Or are we coming to mine?" What do you think? Do you agree that that's easier to say than "Are we going to watch the movie at your house or are we coming to my house?" It is easier, right? "Yours, or mine?" It's clear you're talking about "your place, or my place".

Now, it seems to me that most English learners are familiar enough with "mine" and "yours". What I don't hear very often is theirs and ours. If someone says "Should we go to theirs?", that means "Should we go to their house?". And let's say you reply "Why don't you come to ours?" - which means "Why don't you come to our place?"

If Mary's going to their house, she is going to theirs. If you are going to their house, you're going to theirs. If the meeting is at their house, all the participants are going to meet up at theirs. If you and your brother are going to watch a movie at their house, you're going to theirs.

Conversely, if Mary's coming to our house, she's coming to ours. If you're coming to our house, you're coming to ours. If the meeting is at our house, all the participants are meeting up at ours. If you and your brother are going to watch a movie at our house, you guys are coming to ours.

So can you give me a couple of examples, based on your experience? Let me know in the comments and talk to you next time!

Keywords

* mine, or yours?

Glossary

have been paired up = formaram uma dupla

kick back = desacelerar, relaxar

a couple of = dois

 

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