Podcast Inglês Online

Hi, all. No episódio de hoje, eu falo sobre uma coincidência enorme que aconteceu na minha vida na semana passada, e a expressão em inglês que fala da probabilidade de isso ocorrer.

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Hey, everyone. How’s it going? Today we have 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.

Today I’m gonna tell you another story about something unusual that happened to me last week. I say “another story about something unusual” because we’ve already had at least one other podcast episode about… one of those coincidences that only happen once in a blue moon. So here we go. Check this out:

* As most of you know, I live in London, in the United Kingdom.

* Last week, my good friend Tiana came to London to participate in a training course.

* Friday was going to be her last night in town. She wanted to go shopping after the course, which finished around 4pm.

* I, on the other hand, had plans to go to a certain restaurant with a group of people.

* The dinner was supposed to start around 7pm, and I invited my friend Tiana to join us after she was done shopping. I texted her the whereabouts of the restaurant Friday morning.

* Now, keep in mind that Tiana doesn’t really know London. She’s not familiar with any particular neighborhoods.

* So I’m at my dinner and it’s past 7pm and I haven’t heard from Tiana since morning.

* It’s almost 8 now and I realize that I still haven’t heard from Tiana. That’s weird. Then, all of a sudden, I see her enter the room and walk towards me.

* And then she says “You are not going to believe this. My phone’s battery died after lunch and I could only vaguely remember the name of the restaurant and the street.”

* And then she proceeded to tell me how, after she was done shopping, she just started wandering the streets around the shops.

* And after a few minutes, she saw a little alleyway and looked up to read the street sign that showed the alleyway’s name. She read it and thought “Wow, that sounds like the address Ana gave for that restaurant.

* She decided to turn into the alleyway and after just a few steps, she looked to her left and saw a restaurant – the exact restaurant I was having dinner at.

OK, so that’s what happened. I mean, I knew that the restaurant was in a shopping district, but there are quite a few shopping areas in London and I had no clue my friend was going to end up in the same area I was in. And clearly, neither did Tiana! She thought what happened was amazing, unbelievable, incredible! And really, if we think about it, what are the odds?

What are the odds, what are the chances? What’s the likelihood, what’s the probability of that happening in a big city? So when I ask you “What are the odds?” I don’t really expect you to give me a numeric answer. This is an example of a rhetorical question. When we ask a rhetorical question, we’re not really looking for an answer. Rhetorical questions are more like figures of speech. An example in Portuguese would be “Tá pensando que eu sou bobo?” or something like that.

Hello, everybody. No episódio de hoje, falamos sobre como usar de maneira natural palavras como them.

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What’s up, you all? Today we have 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 have some really good practice. What’s it about, you ask? I’m gonna tell you in a minute, but first let me say this: it’s about something I’ve touched upon a few times before on this blog but I don’t think I’ve ever dedicated an entire post or podcast to it. Feel free to prove me wrong!

So here’s what I’m talking about – listen to this: “My brother Timmy hid the birthday candles, and we need the candles right now!” Listen to this part again: “My brother Timmy hid the birthday candles”. For those of you who don’t remember or don’t know, “hid” is the past of “hide”. So little Timmy hid the candles, and we need the candles. Is that starting to sound a little repetitive? Yep, that’s because I keep repeating candles, the candles, he hid the candles and we need the candles.

Now, this little grammar topic, so to speak, is the typical example of English subject covered sometimes in basic English classes. It comes up on lesson 7 or 8, you hear the teacher explain it, you do exercises, check! Done. And the reality is, I come across a shockingly low number of students who actually have words like them, her, his* as part of their natural speech and use them correctly. That’s what this episode is about. Instead of saying “My brother hid the birthday candles and we need the candles”, have a listen and get more familiar with the natural way of saying this: My brother hid the birthday candles and we need them. THEM is an object pronoun and it’s the one I’m gonna focus on. What are the other object pronouns? Me, you, her, him, it and us. So just notice how we say THEM. T-H-E-M, them. The TH here sounds like the TH in THIS  or THAT. Them.

What could be better that lots of examples that make sense and are easy to understand? So here we go: “I thought I had lost my keys, but I just found my keys”. Yeah, let’s try that again: I thought I’d lost my keys but I just found THEM. Why say “my keys” twice? We don’t do that in Portuguese. We have a word just for that in English: them. I thought I’d lost my keys but I just found them. So you know I’m talking about my keys. You can ask me all these questions about my keys – about THEM! You could ask “Where did you find them? Where do you keep them? Why do you need them now?” And what is THEM replacing in those questions? Your keys!

I talked to my friends this morning and then I met up with my friends in the afternoon. Geez… that’s repetitive. I talked to my friends this morning and then I met up with them in the afternoon. I think you’re getting the hang of this, aren’t you? Let me know. So here we go. I talked to my friends this morning and then when did I meet up with them? In the afternoon. When did I see them? This afternoon. I learned how to make brownies by watching a video last week, and I finally made them today. I made the brownies, I made them. When did I make them? Today. How did I learn about them? I watched a video. I needed a pair of gloves to go out last night. I found them in my top drawer. I have two computers and I use them every day. My favorite band when I was a teenager was Duran...

Hey, everyone. No episódio de hoje, falamos sobre expressões em inglês super comuns com a palavra thumb.

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How’s it going, everyone? Today we have 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 how about we talk about the thumb? Thumb. What is that? The thumb is one of the fingers, or digits of our hands. It’s the shortest, thickest one, next to the index finger. Have you ever heard the expression thumbs up? It’s a very common term and it expresses, you guessed it, approval. Movie critics Roger and Ebert used to give some movies two thumbs up when they really liked them. You can give anything two thumbs up, or simply… thumbs up.

And actually, you can say thumbs down as well. Thumbs up, thumbs down. Think of the latest films you’ve seen at the theater. Would you give them thumbs up, or thumbs down? I’d give the film Gravity two thumbs up, I guess. It was a nice film for the most part. Now, I know I’m the exception, but I’m not THAT into movies, meaning I’m not crazy about movies and I’m not a movie buff by any stretch of the imagination. So, honestly, my opinion about movies is, well, I can’t really give an honest opinion about most movies ’cause I rarely watch a movie through to the end. Seriously! I get bored and I start fastforwarding, or I just give up. So I guess my overall opinion about movies is, boring.

Anyway,  I’m curious what your opinion about the latest blockbusters is. Transformers, The Hangover, Wolverine, Robocop and so on. Let us know in the comments: thumbs up or thumbs down?

And here’s another very common, very popular term with the word thumb: rule of thumb. What kind of rule is that? Well, it is not a rule per se, but more of a general principle that, more often than not, is correct. It’s something that hasn’t been proven by any kind of scientific research or anything like that, but through experience we can tell that if you follow this general principle… you’re good, meaning, you’ll do OK. That’s a rule of thumb

So here’s an example I found on Twitter – someone tweeted out the following: Rule of thumb… if something looks too good to be true, it probably is. So this person believes that when you look at something and you get that feeling, ‘This is just too good to be true!’, that’s because it is too good to be true. Most likely. What do you think? Here’s another rule of thumb for parking lots, and anyone who’s used to going to shopping malls, or movie theathers or any kind of busy areas on weekends where you have to find a parking spot, knows this. Rule of thumb: if you’ve just found a parking spot that is convenient and empty, you are probably not allowed to park there. I totally agree with this one, although sometimes we do get lucky.

So here’s what I want to know from you: what are your latest thumbs-up or thumbs-down in the movie and book departments; and one example of a good rule of thumb for you. Let us know in the comments and talk to you next time!

Keywords

* thumbs up

* thumbs down

* rule of thumb

 

Glossary

I’m not that into movies = eu não curto filme tanto assim

a movie buff = uma cinéfila

by any stretch of the imagination = nem de longe

per se = em si

Hey, everyone. No episódio de hoje, falamos sobre uma expressão do inglês que nem os nativos sabem direito como escrever! Por sorte, uma blogueira, falante nativa de inglês, teve a mesma dúvida que eu e escreveu um post que acabou esclarecendo a questão.

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How’s it going, everyone? Today we have 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 here’s what went on a couple of weeks ago as I watched an English woman speak about something on some video: she used an expression  that I’d never heard before. It sounded like “joojed it up” or “joujed it up” or something like that. The woman was showing how to style her hair a certain way when she said “I haven’t ‘joujed it up’ yet”. First thing I did was google it, right? I tried a couple of different spellings but nothing interesting turned up. Since I share a house with native English speakers, naturally I turned to them for some help.

My landlady, Shaku, who’s English, said she’d never heard that expression before in her life. Weird. I then asked Kate, my Australian housemate, and that’s when my little mystery was partially solved. Kate told me that her mother uses ‘jooje it up’ all the time. To ‘jooje something up’ means to make it better, in general. Here’s another much better known English expression that has the same meaning: spruce something up. You can spruce up your bedroom by applying wallpaper to one of the walls, for example. You can spruce up your whole look by… painting your nails a nice color. Or by wearing a nice necklace. You could spruce up a simple lettuce-and-tomato salad with some mint leaves. Are you on LinkedIn, the social network for professionals? There are tons of tips offered by experts on how to spruce up your LinkedIn profile. Same thing for your profile on dating websites, if you’ve got one. So there you go: spruce something up means to make it look better, or taste better, or make it more interesting and so on. I found a web page that gives you ten different ways to spruce up an old winter coat (mainly with accessories, by the way).

Alright, now that we know what spruce something up means, let’s go back to ‘jooje it up’ – once Kate told me what it meant, I asked her how to spell the expression. You know what she told me? She said she had no idea. She said “Jooje something up is just something you say, not something you write”. Ok, I get it. It’s slang. Still, there has to be a spelling. At this point, Shaku chimed in saying that it was probably spelled j-o-u-g-e.

So I went back to Google and I looked up Shaku’s suggestion – ‘jouge it up’. And there it was – I found a blog post where the blogger used the expression. The author also posed the question of how to spell the expression correctly, saying she’d never seen that expression in written form, much like Kate. Well, a few people posted comments trying to give the author an answer, and after taking a look at all the comments there seem to be two or three accepted spellings… Here’s one of them: z-h-o-o-z-s-h. Yep, that would be ‘zhoozsh’ . Have a read at the comments if you’re interested in how the expression may have originated.

So zhoozsh it up,

Hey, everyone. No episódio de hoje, falamos sobre vocabulário de inglês relacionado a… roubo de bicicletas!

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How’s it going, everyone? Today we have 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.

OK, so how do you get to school or work every day? Do you ride your bike? Do you bike regularly? I guess this is more a question for people who do not live in São Paulo, just because São Paulo is a city of, basically, cars with heavy traffic mostly everywhere. Of course there are a few São Paulo residents that bike to work or school but I guess those are few and far between. And those of you who aren’t bikers and couldn’t care less – stick around anyway and listen to the podcast since bike vocabulary is part of the language and you’ll end up talking about bicycles sooner or later…

Even if you’re just a weekend biker, though, you still have to be careful where you park your bike and where you leave it, right? Maybe you’ve bought a couple of locks to secure your bicycle and maybe you’ve heard of people who have had their bikes nicked. Yeah, so that’s our first term for this episode – nick, used here as a verb. N-i-c-k, nick. That’s slang here in the UK and it means ‘steal’. I’d never heard this before in American English so I think it’s more of a UK slang, and my Australian housemates tell me it’s common in Australia as well. So when I said “Maybe you’ve heard about people who have had their bikes nicked – that means, people who have had their bicycles stolen.

The first time I heard this term was a few weeks ago when my landlady’s son was telling how he left his bike locked up near the railway station overnight – so that means he locked it up, let’s say, on Tuesday, and then he returned to get the bike on Wednesday. So what happened was that when he got there, he realized someone had nicked the bike seat. Someone nicked the seat; someone stole the seat of the bike.

And let me tell you – I see lots of bikes locked up near the station and you know what else I see all the time? That the wheels of the bikes have been nicked. Yeah, if you leave your bike locked up overnight somewhere – even if it’s a busy area… You know, eventually it’ll be dark and your bike will be there, mostly unprotected, unless you have used a super powerful lock. Anyway… at my local railway station I see that kinda often – people leave their bikes locked up overnight near the station and then the next day you see that wheels have been nicked. Some wheels have been stolen.

So I’ve found an interesting article where a former bike thief said that the easiest bikes to nick were the ones secured with cheap locks. He said that some people buy cheap locks, and he used to go and just push the bike and pull it, and the lock would break. So he recommended thick chains instead of cheap, thin locks. He said that thieves can still get through thick chains with the right equipment, but it’ll take them a lot longer. And here’s another piece of advice: if you’ve got an expensive bike, never leave it outdoors; if you go somewhere with outdoor parking always go with a ...

Hi, all. O episódio de hoje tem duas expressões do inglês onde a mesma palavra é repetida: win-win e fifty-fity chance. 

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Hey, all. Today we have 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.

Both our expressions today are pretty easy to understand. Let’s get started with the term “a fifty-fifty chance”. Very simple: if there’s a fifty-fifty chance of something happening, of someone doing something, of an event taking place – that’s because it is equally likely to happen or not to happen. There’s a fifty-fifty chance that Mary is lying about what happened. What does that mean? That Mary only tells the truth about stuff five times out of ten. She tells the truth fifty percent of the time only. So right now Mary is telling everyone about something that went on, and since you know Mary… You know that there’s a fifty-fifty chance that she’s lying.

Let’s hear the expression again: a fifty-fifty chance. If Brazil gets to the finals on the World Cup, I’d say there’s a fifty-fifty chance of Brazil winning. And I’m being optimistc here, people. Let’s see… Usually my guesses suck so maybe that means Brazil will win. And I’ve just found out a funny example on Twitter. Someone said “When breaking into maniacal laughter, I have a fifty-fifty chance of getting the hiccups”. Yeah, so this guy’s saying that when he breaks into maniacal laughter – he’s using a figure of speech here – a hyperbole – since I don’t think he’s a true maniac, but maniacal laughter is like a series of belly laughs. You know when you laugh with your belly? In Portuguese we say “gargalhar”.

So imagine those old villains from the movies laughing maniacally – that’s the image this guy is using. So he’s saying that when he breaks into maniacal laughter, or when he laughs hysterically, there’s a fifty-fifty chance of getting the hiccups. Half of the time he does get the hiccups; the other half he doesn’t get the hiccups. It’s a fifty-fifty chance.

And here’s the other term of today: a win-win. Easy, if you know what win means. If I say “This is a win-win situation”, what does that mean? It means that there’s* usually two sides, or two groups involved in this situation, and both sides will be benefited in this situation. We could be talking about a salesperson and his or her client; we could be talking about two rivals who have come to an agreement; we could be talking about a teacher and his or her student.

Let’s say you’ve got a potential client who’s been hesitant to buy your products. Finally, you’re able to strike a deal where you’ll give them a good discount if they buy a large volume of your product, which your client needs anyway. That’s a typical win-win deal, or a win-win situation since it benefits you – you’re making a sale; and it benefits your client – they’re buying something they need at a discount. Let’s say the football team you support has signed a fantastic new player. It cost them a fortune, but this player is simply phenomenal and scores every game. This looks like a win-win situation for everyone: player, team, supporters.

Hey, everybody. O episódio de hoje fala sobre duas expressões em inglês relacionadas a falar poucas e boas a alguém; dar aquela bronca mesmo.

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Hello, everyone. Today we have 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 let’s get started today with a very, very popular term: give someone a piece of my mind. This is how someone would usually say it: I’m gonna give them a piece of my mind! Notice that I’m using the word “piece”, p-i-e-c-e, the same word we use for a piece of cake or… Let me give you a piece of advice!

So, I’m gonna give them a piece of my mind. What does that mean? It means you’re gonna speak very angrily to someone because you think they have done something wrong. I’m gonna give them a piece of my mind. I just read this example on the Internet: “I wanna text her a piece of my mind so bad… but I’m gonna hold off”. So this guy wants to text some woman and give her a piece of his mind. We can assume he’s mad at her. Listen again: I wanna text her a piece of my mind so bad… but I’m gonna hold off”.

There are a couple of other interesting terms in this example: one is “so bad”. That means “very much, really”, in the sense that he really wants to text her. And then he says he’s gonna hold off. Hold off means delaying an action that you were going to take, or something that you have the intention of doing. It came to your mind to do this thing, whatever it is, but some reason, you’re holding off. That means, you’re not doing it now; you’ve decided to wait, maybe. You’re holding off for now.

Here’s another example I came across: “I’ve had enough with Tom. If he ever comes near us again he’s getting a piece of my mind!” This person has had enough with Tom and there will not be a next time. If Tom ever comes near them again, this guy is giving him a piece of his mind. Again, this means this guy is super angry at Tom and will tell him off if he ever sees him again. So, have you ever given someone a piece of your mind? What’s the story?

On the previous example I used the term “tell him off”. To tell someone off has a similar meaning to “give someone a piece of my mind”. If you say “I told her off”, that means you spoke angrily to this person, you reprimanded her, you scolded her. “Give someone a piece of your mind” sounds a bit more colorful than saying “I told him off”. I think in Portuguese we could translate “I gave him a piece of my mind” as “falar um monte para aquela pessoa” or we could say “Ele vai se ver comigo”.  Of course, this doesn’t involve any action other than talking, right? You’re speaking angrily but it’s just that – speaking. Saying “I’m gonna give them a piece of my mind” sounds more natural than “I’m gonna tell them off”.

Here’s a common construction with tell off: I got told off by so and so. That means that someone told you off. For example, you’re in a strange country and you don’t really speak the language but you give it a shot and you end up angering a salesperson. You don’t really know what they’re saying, but you can tell they’re angry. So later you can tell your friends that you got told off by a salesperson in that country.

Hi, everyone. O episódio de hoje fala sobre duas expressões do inglês que expressam gratidão por uma ajuda inesperada que apareceu na sua vida.

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Hi, all. Today we have 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 let’s look at a couple of terms from English that are useful when you want to express relief. What kind of relief am I talking about, though? Well, I’m talking about situations where… you’re kind of in trouble maybe, or facing some kind of difficulty or maybe in an uncomfortable situation and then, something happens or someone shows up, or gives you something that makes your whole situation a little bit easier.

Let’s start with godsend. Godsend – that’s one word and it is usually a noun, not an adjective. We say “That phone booth in the middle of nowhere was a godsend”. A godsend is something or someone that you didn’t expect to show up in your life and that thing or that person is very, very welcome for the reasons I mentioned above. Maybe it’s something that has come to solve a need. Listen to this example I found on Twitter – this guy tweeted out i-Share is a godsend.

So what is i-Share? It’s a website for sharing job opportunities and other job-related stuff. So this guy has all of a sudden  found the i-Share website, which somehow makes his life easier or maybe answers a lot of his questions regarding job search. So he thinks i-Share is a godsend. He’s grateful for this site. It’s a godsend. Here’s what someone else said: This half-day was a godsend. What does that mean? This guy only worked until noon today, twelve pm. He had a half day of work. He didn’t have to work for eight hours today; he went home after only four hours. So he’s saying that this half-day was a godsend. Why? I don’t know; he didn’t explain why but I’m guessing that either he was tired and could use a rest, or he had some errands to run and he was able to take care of that during the afternoon.

The other term we have for today is a bit more dramatic, I think: life-saver. It has a similar meaning to “godsend”, in principle, but a life-saver, like I said, communicates a bit more of a dramatic message. A life-saver is someone or something that helps you significantly when you’re in a difficult situation. Of course, people use it liberally and it doesn’t always mean that you saved that person’s life. Let’s say a friend casually asks you “Would you happen to have a stamp?” You open your wallet, pull out a stamp and hand it over to your friend. Your friend can’t believe it. She says “Wow, I totally did not expect you to have a stamp. You’re a life-saver!”.

Now check out this example. Someone said on Twitter If someone you know is going through a tough time, reach out. Your call, text or direct message may be a life-saver. So this guy just offered a piece of advice – kinda interesting advice. He said… you know, if you know someone in need, just reach out to them. You never know! Your message could be exactly what they need; it could be the word of incentive or the comfort they need to just keep going. Your message may be a life-saver.

Here’s one example from me: one day I was walking down a street and I didn’t have my cell pho...

Hello, everybody. O episódio de hoje fala sobre duas expressões do inglês com a palavra sheep.

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Hi, everyone. How have you been? Today we have 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 is our first episode in the new year, and today I’m gonna talk about a couple of expressions with the word sheep. What does sheep mean? Well, take a look at the picture and you’ll know. Sheep is an animal and, by the way, this is one of those words that doesn’t have a different plural form. We say one sheep, two sheep, three sheep and so on. Also, notice the difference between the pronunciation of ‘sheep’, which is the animal we’re talking about here, and which is a word that is spelled s-h-e-e-p, and ‘ship’, s-h-i-p, which is a big boat. Sheep and ship.

Alright, so the first expression of today is a very easy one, since it’s literally the same thing we say in Portuguese: black sheep of the family. Who’s never heard it in in Portuguese before – “ovelha negra da família”? We even have a famous song titled ‘Ovelha Negra’ if I’m not mistaken. So, yeah, that means the same in English. The classic definition of the black sheep of the family is someone who is the worst member of that family. Not nice, really… Of course, sometimes it’s used with the opposite meaning in a joking way. Let’s say everyone in your immediate family is an architect: your mom, your dad and all your brothers and sisters. You, however, have chosen to become a veterinarian. When you tell someone all that, you could joke that you’re the black sheep of the family since you’ve chosen to become a vet in a family of architects. So, tell us: are you the black sheep of your family? C’mon, tell us the truth!

Now, the second expression is a very interesting one: wolf in sheep’s clothing. A wolf in sheep’s clothing would be a wolf that is disguised as a sheep. Wolves are usually thought to be dangerous animals, right? Sheep, on the other hand, are perceived as docile and harmless. So a wolf in sheep’s clothing is an expression for someone who’s pretending to be very innocent and harmless, but is actually dangerous.

Imagine a situation where everyone thinks this new person – could be someone in the office, for example… So this new person seems to be very nice, very well-meaning and everyone is instantly impressed by them. Only, you have this feeling that this is someone who’s actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing. You have this hunch that you should be careful around this new employee and observe them closely before trusting them.

Have you ever had that feeling, or have you ever actually met someone who’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Who was that? Tell us your stories in the comments, and talk to you next time!

Keywords

* black sheep in the family

* wolf in sheep’s clothing

 

Glossary

if I’m not mistaken = se eu não estiver errada

a vet =  a veterinarian

disguised = disfarçado

harmless = inofensivo

well-meaning = que tem boas intenções

hunch = palpite, sensação de saber alguma coisa

 

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Hi, all. No episódio de hoje eu falo do ano de 2013 para o blog Inglês Online! Percebam o quanto eu usei o present perfect para descrever o que foi feito neste ano – que não acabou ainda, daí o uso de present perfect :)

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Hello, everybody. Today we have 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 we’re approaching the end of 2013 and I don’t know about you, but this has been a pretty busy year for me. As most of you know, I packed up my bags in May and moved to London. This has also been a year of intense technical work on the website: we had some serious problems related to the old hosting provider; the Inglês Online application for Android, launched in 2012, has been further refined, and a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes to make this website better and better for everyone.

Our Facebook page has been going strong – it’s grown a lot this year. What I love most about the Facebook page is how easy it makes to keep in touch with Inglês Online readers and fans. I have learned the names of many of you, we have chatted, you’ve sent me questions and suggestions – in other words, it’s been great.

And what about the blog? The Inglesonline podcast has grown in popularity and I still get awesome feedback from listeners who have improved their comprehension and speaking skills thanks to the episodes. This year we’ve covered, among other popular English terms, expressions like “sweating like a pig“, “love someone to death“, “talk someone out of something“, “pet peeve“, “no offense” and many more. Many of these were inspired by listener feedback – keep them coming!

The blog has also featured in 2013 seven great posts by Marcelo Mendes, whose conversational style has won over lots of fans. Make sure you check out Marcelo’s tips – the cool thing is, he always uses video to make sure you’ll be able to hear the expressions and not just read them.

Everyone, this is our last podcast of the year. The Inglesonline podcast is going to take a 3-week break and will be back on the second week of January. So what has 2013 been like to you? Have you achieved a few goals? Have you been through a lot this year?