Idioms - "to use elbow grease"

"To use elbow grease" means "to use more strength to clean something" "usar mais força para limpar alguma coisa"

Example:
 That floor has black marks on it. You're going to have to use elbow grease to get it clean.
other example: The bath was so old and stained that we couldn´t get it clean no matter how much elbow grease we used.

VOCABULARIO DE TV EM INGLÊS

Para aprimorar a comunicação oral em um idioma é necessário enriquecer o vocabulário. Para ampliar o conhecimento de novas palavras nada melhor do que aprendê-las por temas. Ai vai um vocabulário básico de uso na TV.

a commercial (n): é o famoso “comercial”, onde se encontram avisos – de programação, divulgações de produtos de lojas etc.
EX: This commercial is so long! - Esse comercial é muito longo!

a couch potato (n): “navegador de sofá”, aquele que não fica sem um e/ou passa o dia inteiro na frente de uma TV.
Ex: This man is really a couch potato: he hasn’t left the couch since yesterday - Esse homem é um verdadeiro “navegador de sofá”: ele não saiu do sofá desde ontem.

a documentary (n): documentário
Ex: Wow, that is an awsome documentary: The origin of the Universe! - Nossa! Esse é um documentário incrível: A origem do universo!

a drama (n): série dramática.
Ex: ABC has a new evening drama. - A ABC tem uma nova série dramática.

to kick back (v): deitar em uma cadeira confortável ou sentar em uma confortavelmente, relaxar
Ex: After a long working day, he kicked back and relaxed. - Depois de um longo dia de trabalho, ele se esticou e relaxou.

prime-time (a): horário nobre (da televisão)
Ex: Advertising during the prime time on TV is very expensive. – Anunciar no horário nobre da TV é muito caro.

a sitcom (n): comédia de meia hora. O termo vem de situation comedy, com momentos do dia-a-dia.
Ex: “Friends” is one of TV’s most famous sitcoms. - “Friends” é uma das sitcoms mais famosas da TV.

É bem básico, acredito, mas creio eu que uma ou duas palavras acima não sejam conhecidas.

Legenda:
(n) = noun (substantivo)
(a) = adjective (adjetivo)
(v) = verb (verbo)

só por curiosidade - Qual é a origem do nome FRIDAY

Yeah! The most desired day of the week is undoubtedly Friday. This is the day that people all over the world repeat the acronym TGIF "Thank God Ít´s Friday" as a mantra. Everybody loves Friday. But, have you ever wondered why Friday is called Friday in English? If the word “day” in Friday refers to “day”, what does “Fri” refer to?

The name Friday in Old English was Frīġedæġ, which means “the day of Frige”. Frige, who has other names (Frijjō, Frigg-Frija, Frigg), was the goddess of love in old Germanic religions. She was, so to speak, Wōdanaz’s wife. Wōdanaz, is also known as Odin or Woden. He lends his name to “Wednesday” (the day of Wōdanaz). The funny thing is that in Old English “Wednesday” was “Wōdnesdæg” and in Middle English was “Wednesdei”.

Back to Friday, then. In Latin, Friday is known as “dies veneris” or “day of Venus”. In Roman mythology, Venus, is also the goddess of love. See how one name is related to other? In both traditions the day known as Friday was related to the goddess of love. That’s why people love Friday.

In Romance languages (languages which share Latin origins) the name Friday is related to the goddess of love as well: vendredi (French), venerdi (Italian), viernes (Spanish), vineri (Romanian). Portuguese is the only Romance language which gives Friday a different name. In Portuguese, we say “sexta-feira”, which refers to the sixth day of the liturgical celebration. That is so because according to the Catholic tradition it is not allowed to consecrate days to other gods and goddesses.
I hope you understood the text, if you had difficult use the translator tool above.
By the way, today is Sunday, so have a NICE WEEK

fonte: Denilson de Lima Inglês na Ponta da Língua

Common Errors in English: mislead, misled

mislead/misled
“Mislead” is the present tense form of this verb, but the past tense and past participle forms are “misled.” When you mislead someone you have misled them. The spelling error most often occurs in the phrase “don’t be mislead,” especially in advertising. Although this phrase refers to the future, the helping verb “be” requires the participle “misled”: “don’t be misled.”


enganar / enganado
"Enganar" é a forma presente do indicativo deste verbo, mas as formas no passado e particípio passado são "enganados". Quando você engana alguém você tem enganado este alguém. O erro de ortografia na maioria das vezes ocorre na frase "não se engane"ou "não se deixe enganar" especialmente em publicidade. Embora esta frase se refere ao futuro, o verbo auxiliar "ser" requere o particípio "enganado": "Não se deixe enganar."(ou, "não se engane")

What's a Jobs worth?

Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple but does this mean bad news for the company?

Actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry, a long-time fan of Apple's products, has been giving his thoughts.

Reporter:
Mark Gregory

Steve Jobs leaving the top at Apple, a company he set up with a friend in his parent's garage 35 years ago is being seen as a turning point moment.The world's largest technology company is losing its visionary founder. But investors don't seem worried for the short term. There was little element of surprise. Mr Jobs had a liver transplant two years ago and has been on medical leave for undisclosed reasons since early this year.

The company's succession plan has rolled into place with Tim Cook, chief operating officer, widely seen as a safe pair of hands, set to take over.

The secret of Steve Jobs success, according to the writer, comedian and tech guru Stephen Fry, has been his ability to produce gadgets that are likeable as well as functional.

Stephen Fry
"He understood that the object you hold in your hand, that connects you to people, isn't just the sum of its functions. It's something that should make you smile, that you should cradle, that you should have an emotional relationship with. And if people think that's pretentious then, um, the success of Apple is in a sense how wrong they are."

Mr Jobs has ridden several waves of technology change, with Apple pioneering the personal computer and then years later mobile platforms like the iPhone and iPad. Investors are betting that he's embedded his skills to the point where now the company can do without him.

Mark Gregory, BBC News

Vocabulary -
visionary - an original thinker with intelligence and imagination

undisclosed - not made public
succession plan - strategy for dealing with the change of leadership of the company

a safe pair of hands - someone who is reliable and believed to be good for the job

tech guru - a person whose knowledge and opinion on technology is respected

gadgets - small devices that do useful things, often electronic

cradle - hold gently in your hands, almost as if keeping a baby safe

pretentious - trying to appear to be important or special in order to impress other people

pioneering - leading the development of
embedded his skills - made his way of working and thinking part of the culture of the company

Common Errors in English Usage - bad; badly

In informal speech “bad” is sometimes used as an adverb: “the toilet was leaking pretty bad” or “my arm hurt so bad I thought it was broken.” In formal writing, “badly” is preferred in both contexts.

Na fala informal ''bad'' é as vezes usado como um advérbio - ''o vaso sanitário estava vazando muito'' ou ''meu braço doia tanto que eu pensei que estava quebrado''. Na escrita formal, 'badly' é preferido em ambos contextos.