Não, este "COOL" não é o dos descolados, da brisa fresca, do relax. É uma sigla: "On September 30th, country of origin labels, also known as COOL, will become commonplace in the U.S.
Meat, poultry, produce and some nuts sold in the U.S. will require a label that states the product's origin."
"rótulos de país de origem"
9.29.2008
9.27.2008
STONE
plural: stone. (Abbr. st.) A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).
E a tradução? Uns recomendam que se mantenha "stone", outros, como o termo não é de conhecimento e uso geral no Brasil (e libras também não) , fazer a conversão. Assim, "I need to lose 4 stone", ficaria: "Preciso perder 25 kg" (4 x 6.4 = 25,6) (arredondado, porque ninguém diria "preciso perder 1 kg e 223 gramas", por exemplo.
- If you are not exactly 8 or 7 stone, you would say 8 stone 3 or 8 stone and three pounds.
- Women will put on a staggering 15.5 stone in their lifetimes, according to new research. But don't worry, dieting means the average British woman will also lose 10 stone.
- Lose Half Stone In a Week With a Healthy Diet! (Pois é o que estou tentando fazer!)
( Potatoes, for example, were traditionally sold in stone or half-stone (14-pound or 7-pound quantities).
(In the United States and Canada, where stone as a unit of weight is generally unknown, people would normally describe themselves as weighing "158 pounds" (using the same amount of weight as in the previous example).
Source: Various
E a tradução? Uns recomendam que se mantenha "stone", outros, como o termo não é de conhecimento e uso geral no Brasil (e libras também não) , fazer a conversão. Assim, "I need to lose 4 stone", ficaria: "Preciso perder 25 kg" (4 x 6.4 = 25,6) (arredondado, porque ninguém diria "preciso perder 1 kg e 223 gramas", por exemplo.
- If you are not exactly 8 or 7 stone, you would say 8 stone 3 or 8 stone and three pounds.
- Women will put on a staggering 15.5 stone in their lifetimes, according to new research. But don't worry, dieting means the average British woman will also lose 10 stone.
- Lose Half Stone In a Week With a Healthy Diet! (Pois é o que estou tentando fazer!)
( Potatoes, for example, were traditionally sold in stone or half-stone (14-pound or 7-pound quantities).
(In the United States and Canada, where stone as a unit of weight is generally unknown, people would normally describe themselves as weighing "158 pounds" (using the same amount of weight as in the previous example).
Source: Various
9.25.2008
GLASS CEILING
teto de vidro; barreira invisível; preconceito; discriminação
An unacknowledged discriminatory barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to positions of power or responsibility, as within a corporation. This term describes the discrimination that women and minorities often experience when trying to advance into an organization's senior management levels.
- Mary knew she'd never be promoted--she would never get through the glass ceiling (ela nunca conseguiria atravessar a barreira da discriminação; ir além do teto determinado para uma mulher).
- Women are everywhere these days. Breaking so-called glass ceilings, making decisions of state, even appearing on a major American political party's national ticket.
An unacknowledged discriminatory barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to positions of power or responsibility, as within a corporation. This term describes the discrimination that women and minorities often experience when trying to advance into an organization's senior management levels.
- Mary knew she'd never be promoted--she would never get through the glass ceiling (ela nunca conseguiria atravessar a barreira da discriminação; ir além do teto determinado para uma mulher).
- Women are everywhere these days. Breaking so-called glass ceilings, making decisions of state, even appearing on a major American political party's national ticket.
Grammar Tip: AND
Retain "and" before the last item in a series, even though that last item consists of two words joined by "and": We need to increase our expense budgets for advertising, staff training, and research and developent.
(NOT: We need to increase our expense budgets for advertising, staff training, research and development.) (research and development = R&D = expressão composta por duas palavras unidas por "and")
Note: Never use "and" before "etc."
Source: YourProofreadNow
(NOT: We need to increase our expense budgets for advertising, staff training, research and development.) (research and development = R&D = expressão composta por duas palavras unidas por "and")
Note: Never use "and" before "etc."
Source: YourProofreadNow
9.24.2008
FANNIE MAE / FREDDIE MAC
Com a crise mundial, a todo momento ouvimos repórteres falando "Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac", i.e.: os "apelidos" da Associação Hipotecária Federal (Federal National Mortgage Association) e da Sociedade Federal Hipotecária de Crédito Habitacional (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation-FHLMC), ambas dos EUA.
9.23.2008
IBAN / BIC / SWIFT
Códigos usados em transferências bancárias internacionais
IBAN = International Bank Account Number
BIC = Bank Identifier Code
IBAN/BIC = somente para bancos DENTRO da União Européia.
SWIFT = Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Para bancos de qualquer outra parte do mundo Ex.: Bradesco [Brasil], banco na Argentina, etc.
Para que seja possível fazer uma transferência para um banco no Brasil, é preciso informar o SWIFT do banco brasileiro, mais o número da agência e o número da conta.
IBAN = International Bank Account Number
BIC = Bank Identifier Code
IBAN/BIC = somente para bancos DENTRO da União Européia.
SWIFT = Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Para bancos de qualquer outra parte do mundo Ex.: Bradesco [Brasil], banco na Argentina, etc.
Para que seja possível fazer uma transferência para um banco no Brasil, é preciso informar o SWIFT do banco brasileiro, mais o número da agência e o número da conta.
9.18.2008
AMEND / AMENDMENT
(verb) to change or revise a law or contract.
"After the victim had died from the stab wounds inflicted by the defendant, the prosecutor amended the indictment, which had charged the defendant with assault, to charge him with murder."
Synonyms: modify / alter
modify: "The parties modified the contract by changing the rates and delivery times."
alter: "There was no evidence to show that the contract had been altered as alleged by the plaintiff."
amendment (noun) the change made to a law or contract. "The 26th amendment to the US Constitution set the voting age at 18."
to amend a statute - to change a law. "The legislature decided to amend the privacy protection statute to prohibit disclosure of marital status."
to amend a complaint - to change the substance of the initial pleading filed in a lawsuit. "The plaintiff amended his complaint to include income lost as a result of the accident."
Related words
amends (noun) - redress for a wrong or
Source: Translegal
"After the victim had died from the stab wounds inflicted by the defendant, the prosecutor amended the indictment, which had charged the defendant with assault, to charge him with murder."
Synonyms: modify / alter
modify: "The parties modified the contract by changing the rates and delivery times."
alter: "There was no evidence to show that the contract had been altered as alleged by the plaintiff."
amendment (noun) the change made to a law or contract. "The 26th amendment to the US Constitution set the voting age at 18."
to amend a statute - to change a law. "The legislature decided to amend the privacy protection statute to prohibit disclosure of marital status."
to amend a complaint - to change the substance of the initial pleading filed in a lawsuit. "The plaintiff amended his complaint to include income lost as a result of the accident."
Related words
amends (noun) - redress for a wrong or
Source: Translegal
9.09.2008
THIS IS THE HUNDREDTH POST OF THIS BLOG!
ESTA É A CENTÉSIMA POSTAGEM DESTE BLOG!
CENTESIMAL / HUNDREDTH
adj.: Relating to or divided into hundredths.
adv.: centesimally With divisor/multiplier steps of 100.
IN BRIEF: Coming after ninety-nine others. Also: One of 100 equal parts of something.
hundredth (noun): (1) The ordinal number matching the number 100 in a series. (2) One of 100 equal parts.
hundredth adj.
- I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
[Quando eu trabalhava no Iraque, na década de 80, eu e meus colegas de várias nacionalidades comemoramos com um jantar a milésima tradução em terras árabes. Anos depois, quando comecei a fazer traduções juramentadas (2000), comemorei o primeiro livro, a milésima tradução juramentada, etc. Agora, quase trinta livros depois, já não parece grande coisa. Mas na época foi muito bom. Por isso, carpe diem, i.e., aproveite cada oportunidade de ser feliz.]
"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero." (Colha o dia, confia o mínimo no amanhã.) (Odes - Horacio) (Em suma, o "espírito" da frase pode ser entendido como "aproveitar as oportunidades que a vida lhe oferece no momento em que elas se apresentam" ou ainda "aproveitar a vida - o dia de hoje - e não ficar apenas pensando no futuro - no dia em que você sonha que, finalmente, será feliz' - seja feliz HOJE!) . Source: Wikipedia
(A felicidade está nas pequenas coisas: ficar em casa fazendo uma tradução em um dia de chuva ou frio (em Londres), saborear uma xícara de chá ou café (preferencialmente no Nicola, em Lisboa ou, em Paris), ler um bom livro (o problema é ter tempo!), perambular pelos labirintos (de Veneza), entrar na Primark (Londres) para ver o que há de bom e barato lá. Simples, né?)
CENTESIMAL / HUNDREDTH
adj.: Relating to or divided into hundredths.
adv.: centesimally With divisor/multiplier steps of 100.
IN BRIEF: Coming after ninety-nine others. Also: One of 100 equal parts of something.
hundredth (noun): (1) The ordinal number matching the number 100 in a series. (2) One of 100 equal parts.
hundredth adj.
- I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
[Quando eu trabalhava no Iraque, na década de 80, eu e meus colegas de várias nacionalidades comemoramos com um jantar a milésima tradução em terras árabes. Anos depois, quando comecei a fazer traduções juramentadas (2000), comemorei o primeiro livro, a milésima tradução juramentada, etc. Agora, quase trinta livros depois, já não parece grande coisa. Mas na época foi muito bom. Por isso, carpe diem, i.e., aproveite cada oportunidade de ser feliz.]
"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero." (Colha o dia, confia o mínimo no amanhã.) (Odes - Horacio) (Em suma, o "espírito" da frase pode ser entendido como "aproveitar as oportunidades que a vida lhe oferece no momento em que elas se apresentam" ou ainda "aproveitar a vida - o dia de hoje - e não ficar apenas pensando no futuro - no dia em que você sonha que, finalmente, será feliz' - seja feliz HOJE!) . Source: Wikipedia
(A felicidade está nas pequenas coisas: ficar em casa fazendo uma tradução em um dia de chuva ou frio (em Londres), saborear uma xícara de chá ou café (preferencialmente no Nicola, em Lisboa ou, em Paris), ler um bom livro (o problema é ter tempo!), perambular pelos labirintos (de Veneza), entrar na Primark (Londres) para ver o que há de bom e barato lá. Simples, né?)
ALLEGEDLY = REPUTEDLY >< DEFINITIVELY
Allegedly (adverb) = claimed or stated to be so or true. "He was allegedly involved in some illegal deals."
Synonym: reputedly: "The property is reputedly owned by a foundation based in Switzerland."
Antonym: definitively: "It was definitively established that the contract had been entered into under duress."
Other forms of the word:
allegation (noun) - a statement claimed to be true. "The plaintiff's allegation is that the defendant failed to deliver the goods in a timely fashion."
allege (verb) - to claim that something is true. "The prosecutor alleged that the CEO had engaged in insider trading."
Source: Translegal
Synonym: reputedly: "The property is reputedly owned by a foundation based in Switzerland."
Antonym: definitively: "It was definitively established that the contract had been entered into under duress."
Other forms of the word:
allegation (noun) - a statement claimed to be true. "The plaintiff's allegation is that the defendant failed to deliver the goods in a timely fashion."
allege (verb) - to claim that something is true. "The prosecutor alleged that the CEO had engaged in insider trading."
Source: Translegal
ORDER OF MODIFIERS BEFORE THE NOUN
(Relembrar um pouco de gramática não faz mal nenhum)
GROUP I - 1. Determiners, Ordinal Numbers, Cardinal Numbers and Quantity Words
1. Determiners: The
2. Ordinal Numbers: first
3. Cardinal Numbers and Quantity Words: two
Noun or Noun-Noun Compound: houses or plantation houses
The first two plantation houses...
GROUP II - Descriptive Modifiers
4. Quality words, words of general description or characters: good
5. Size, height, length, etc.: big
6. Age, temperature: old
7. Shape: square
8. Color: red
9. Participle: neglected
10. Origin or location: Jamaican
11. Material: stone
Noun or Noun-Noun Compound: houses or plantation houses
The first two good big old square red neglected Jamaican stone houses or plantation houses.
GROUP I - 1. Determiners, Ordinal Numbers, Cardinal Numbers and Quantity Words
1. Determiners: The
2. Ordinal Numbers: first
3. Cardinal Numbers and Quantity Words: two
Noun or Noun-Noun Compound: houses or plantation houses
The first two plantation houses...
GROUP II - Descriptive Modifiers
4. Quality words, words of general description or characters: good
5. Size, height, length, etc.: big
6. Age, temperature: old
7. Shape: square
8. Color: red
9. Participle: neglected
10. Origin or location: Jamaican
11. Material: stone
Noun or Noun-Noun Compound: houses or plantation houses
The first two good big old square red neglected Jamaican stone houses or plantation houses.
9.08.2008
SHAKE UP
to make someone feel very shocked or upset (chocar, ficar abalado)
Infelizmente, eis um exemplo da vida real: "Yesterday, my sister had her car and handbag stolen, at gunpoint, when she was leaving her home, at 7 o' clock. She was very shook up." (Ela ficou abaladíssima).
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He was very shaken up by the accident, but he wasn't seriously injured.
E.g.2: I think the news shook him up.
Source: Knights English
Infelizmente, eis um exemplo da vida real: "Yesterday, my sister had her car and handbag stolen, at gunpoint, when she was leaving her home, at 7 o' clock. She was very shook up." (Ela ficou abaladíssima).
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He was very shaken up by the accident, but he wasn't seriously injured.
E.g.2: I think the news shook him up.
Source: Knights English
9.01.2008
CHALLENGE
Noun: desafio
Verb: contestar, desafiar, impugnar, questionar, embargar
(verb) to object to; to question the legality of something or the legal qualifications of someone.
"The defendant challenged the qualifications of the expert witness."
Synonym: object: "The plaintiff objected to the witness' testimony on the grounds that it was hearsay."
challenge (noun) - objection or question. "The international treaty was not open to challenge in the Supreme Court."
legal challenge - an adversarial proceeding. "The statute was subject to a legal challenge in the district court."
to challenge the law - to bring legal action to have a law repealed. "The Association of Nurses challenged the law which required them to report the immigration status of patients."
ação contestada = the action was challenged
valor questionado = the amount was challenged
Verb: contestar, desafiar, impugnar, questionar, embargar
(verb) to object to; to question the legality of something or the legal qualifications of someone.
"The defendant challenged the qualifications of the expert witness."
Synonym: object: "The plaintiff objected to the witness' testimony on the grounds that it was hearsay."
challenge (noun) - objection or question. "The international treaty was not open to challenge in the Supreme Court."
legal challenge - an adversarial proceeding. "The statute was subject to a legal challenge in the district court."
to challenge the law - to bring legal action to have a law repealed. "The Association of Nurses challenged the law which required them to report the immigration status of patients."
ação contestada = the action was challenged
valor questionado = the amount was challenged
HAZARD
Definition: A dangerous risk, a peril. (risco, perigo, acaso))
Usage: Unlike "jeopardy," "hazard" may be used as a countable noun. One can say that a job is "full of hazards" but not "full of hazard" nor that it places you "in hazard." A job may place you in jeopardy, peril or danger, for these nouns are mass nouns. "Peril" and "danger" may be used either way: inactivity may represent a peril (or danger) to your health. "Hazard" may also function as a verb meaning "to risk." The adjective is "hazardous."
Suggested Usage: If I may hazard a few suggestions, I would recommend that you use today's word in a narrowed sense of "risk," e.g. when a physical object is involved, as in "road hazards" or "workplace hazards." A risk is almost always abstract. "Risk" also does not necessarily imply danger or a threat. You could risk your life or just risk being late for dinner and, while "risky weather" implies it might rain or be cloudy, "hazardous weather" implies a life-threatening storm. (Source: Your Dictionary)
windstorm hazard risk = risco de vendaval
hazard insurance = seguro contra acidentes (bens - desabamento, incêndio, etc.)
hazard (luck) = sorte
hazardous operations = HAZOP (Operações de Risco) (Hazard & Operability Studies) = Estudo de Perigo e Operabilidade
health hazard allowance/bonus = adicional de insalubridade
hazardous contract = contrato de risco; contrato aleatório (aleatory contract (insur.))
collapse and underground hazard coverage = cobertura de danos ao subsolo e desabamentos
occupational hazard/accident = risco profissional
occupational hazard table = tabela de incapacidades profissionais
hazardous/dangerous work premium = adicional de periculosidade
hazardous/wanton negligence = negligência temerária
moral hazard = risco moral
safety hazards = riscos de segurança
hazard insurance = seguro contra imprevistos
Hazard Pay = is a supplemental amount paid to individuals in positions eligible for such pay, such as police officers.
Usage: Unlike "jeopardy," "hazard" may be used as a countable noun. One can say that a job is "full of hazards" but not "full of hazard" nor that it places you "in hazard." A job may place you in jeopardy, peril or danger, for these nouns are mass nouns. "Peril" and "danger" may be used either way: inactivity may represent a peril (or danger) to your health. "Hazard" may also function as a verb meaning "to risk." The adjective is "hazardous."
Suggested Usage: If I may hazard a few suggestions, I would recommend that you use today's word in a narrowed sense of "risk," e.g. when a physical object is involved, as in "road hazards" or "workplace hazards." A risk is almost always abstract. "Risk" also does not necessarily imply danger or a threat. You could risk your life or just risk being late for dinner and, while "risky weather" implies it might rain or be cloudy, "hazardous weather" implies a life-threatening storm. (Source: Your Dictionary)
windstorm hazard risk = risco de vendaval
hazard insurance = seguro contra acidentes (bens - desabamento, incêndio, etc.)
hazard (luck) = sorte
hazardous operations = HAZOP (Operações de Risco) (Hazard & Operability Studies) = Estudo de Perigo e Operabilidade
health hazard allowance/bonus = adicional de insalubridade
hazardous contract = contrato de risco; contrato aleatório (aleatory contract (insur.))
collapse and underground hazard coverage = cobertura de danos ao subsolo e desabamentos
occupational hazard/accident = risco profissional
occupational hazard table = tabela de incapacidades profissionais
hazardous/dangerous work premium = adicional de periculosidade
hazardous/wanton negligence = negligência temerária
moral hazard = risco moral
safety hazards = riscos de segurança
hazard insurance = seguro contra imprevistos
Hazard Pay = is a supplemental amount paid to individuals in positions eligible for such pay, such as police officers.
8.31.2008
ABSOLUTELY
(absolutely is more used in spoken English)
completely or unconditionally; yes: used for emphasis; completely; utterly, unconditionally, thoroughly; see completely.
Positively = unquestionably, certainly, definitely; see surely.
"Absolutely100 per cent not guilty." —Simpson, O J (Orenthal James)
adv. 1 de modo absoluto 2 B de modo nenhum; de jeito algum 3 P sem dúvida que sim; certamente que sim <- Desejas passar? - A., minha senhora> ¤ uso além de adv. de modo, esta palavra é empregada no Brasil como adv. de negação e em Portugal como adv. de confirmação. [Houaiss]
claro que não: "Q.: Do you let your kids travel alone at night? A.: Absolutely not!"
concordo plenamente: "Absolutely!"
nenhum(a): He has absolutely no experience of marketing.
nada: He knw absolutely nothing about the business when he joined the firm.
totalmente: He made his reasons for resigning absolutely clear. Are you absolutely sure? This cake is absolutely delicious.
absolute majority = when a party or person wins more than half of the total votes in an election.
absolute zero = the lowest temperature that is believed to be possible.
completely or unconditionally; yes: used for emphasis; completely; utterly, unconditionally, thoroughly; see completely.
Positively = unquestionably, certainly, definitely; see surely.
"Absolutely100 per cent not guilty." —Simpson, O J (Orenthal James)
adv. 1 de modo absoluto
claro que não: "Q.: Do you let your kids travel alone at night? A.: Absolutely not!"
concordo plenamente: "Absolutely!"
nenhum(a): He has absolutely no experience of marketing.
nada: He knw absolutely nothing about the business when he joined the firm.
totalmente: He made his reasons for resigning absolutely clear. Are you absolutely sure? This cake is absolutely delicious.
absolute majority = when a party or person wins more than half of the total votes in an election.
absolute zero = the lowest temperature that is believed to be possible.
COURT
Tribunal de Justiça (geralmente, de ordem superior, que julga recursos - Corte de Apelação)
Corte Suprema = Supremo Tribunal Federal
Corte de Apelação = Tribunal de Apelação
noun = An instrument for administering justicetribunal, forum, bench, bar, session, court of law, law court, judiciary, assizes, chancery, seat of justice; see also judiciary. Types of courts include: the Supreme Court, appellate court, Federal court, court of Chancery, court of equity, district court, county court, municipal court, probate court, traffic court, justice's court, magistrate's court, mayor's court, police court, military court, trial court, court of appeals. The home of a court, sense 2courthouse, justice building, court building, hall of justice, courtroom, federal building, county courthouse, municipal building, city hall, town hall. a person or persons appointed to try law cases, make investigations, etc.; judge or judges; law court a building or hall where trials are held, official investigations made, etc. a judicial assembly, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or military; also, a regular session of such an assembly;
court Law Definition n = A governmental body that adjudicates legal disputes by interpreting and applying the law to specific cases. See also trial. The regular session of a court. The judge or judges who sit on a court. The building or other locale where a judge or judges adjudicate legal disputes.appellate courtA court with jurisdiction to hear appeals from trial courts, administrative agencies, and, when there is an intermediate appellate court, lower appellate courts. See also trial court.
noun = an uncovered space wholly or partly surrounded by buildings or walls; courtyard
a special section or area of a building, as a museum, somewhat like such a space but roofed, as with a skylight; a short street, often closed at one end; a specially prepared space, usually quadrangular and often enclosed and roofed, for playing any of several games, as basketball, handball, tennis, or squash; any of the divisions of such a space; mansion or manor with a large, uncovered entrance area: now used only in proper names Hampton Court; a motel; the palace of a sovereign; the family, advisors, and attendants of a sovereign, considered as a group; a sovereign together with councilors, ministers, etc. as a governing body; any formal gathering, reception, etc. held by a sovereign; respectful or flattering attention paid to someone in order to get something; courtship; wooing; (Brit.) the board of directors of a corporation;
transitive verb = to pay respectful or flattering attention to (a person) in order to get something
to try to get the love of; seek as a mate; woo; to try to get; seek to court success; to make oneself open or liable to to court insults
intransitive verb = to carry on a courtship; woo;
adjective = of or fit for a court; court Related Forms;
court′er noun;
court Idioms; in one's court; in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game; under one's control, as a decision to be made; out of court; without a trial in a law court; not important enough for consideration or examination; pay court to; to court, as for favor or love;
An enclosed, roofless area = square, courtyard, quadrangle, quad*, enclosure*, atrium*, forum*, patio*, plaza*, piazza*, common(s), close*, cloister; see also yard 1.
A sovereign and his or her surroundings; retinue, lords and ladies, ladies in waiting, attendants, suite, royal persons, staff, train, royal residence, palace, castle, hall, royal household, entourage; see also government 2, palace, royalty, ruler
1. An area for playing certain games = rink, ring, lists, cockpit, circus, the hardwood*; see also arena, field
2. pay court to = woo, court, solicit; see court 1.
To woo = invite, bid, solicit, address, beseech, entice, attract, allure, entreat, importune, sue for, pursue, follow, seek after, make suit, supplicate, plead, make love to, pay court to, pay attentions to, seek the hand of, pay one's addresses to, flirt with, philander, coquet, make overtures, make advances, go courting, propose, make a proposal, ask in marriage, set one's cap for*, pop the question*, chase*, run after*, make time with*, go steady*, go together*, go with*, make a play for*; see also accompany 1, date 2, flirt 1, woo 1.
To seek favor = cultivate, curry favor, attend, flatter; see grovel, praise 1, woo 2.
Source: Your Dictionary
Corte Suprema = Supremo Tribunal Federal
Corte de Apelação = Tribunal de Apelação
noun = An instrument for administering justicetribunal, forum, bench, bar, session, court of law, law court, judiciary, assizes, chancery, seat of justice; see also judiciary. Types of courts include: the Supreme Court, appellate court, Federal court, court of Chancery, court of equity, district court, county court, municipal court, probate court, traffic court, justice's court, magistrate's court, mayor's court, police court, military court, trial court, court of appeals. The home of a court, sense 2courthouse, justice building, court building, hall of justice, courtroom, federal building, county courthouse, municipal building, city hall, town hall. a person or persons appointed to try law cases, make investigations, etc.; judge or judges; law court a building or hall where trials are held, official investigations made, etc. a judicial assembly, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or military; also, a regular session of such an assembly;
court Law Definition n = A governmental body that adjudicates legal disputes by interpreting and applying the law to specific cases. See also trial. The regular session of a court. The judge or judges who sit on a court. The building or other locale where a judge or judges adjudicate legal disputes.appellate courtA court with jurisdiction to hear appeals from trial courts, administrative agencies, and, when there is an intermediate appellate court, lower appellate courts. See also trial court.
noun = an uncovered space wholly or partly surrounded by buildings or walls; courtyard
a special section or area of a building, as a museum, somewhat like such a space but roofed, as with a skylight; a short street, often closed at one end; a specially prepared space, usually quadrangular and often enclosed and roofed, for playing any of several games, as basketball, handball, tennis, or squash; any of the divisions of such a space; mansion or manor with a large, uncovered entrance area: now used only in proper names Hampton Court; a motel; the palace of a sovereign; the family, advisors, and attendants of a sovereign, considered as a group; a sovereign together with councilors, ministers, etc. as a governing body; any formal gathering, reception, etc. held by a sovereign; respectful or flattering attention paid to someone in order to get something; courtship; wooing; (Brit.) the board of directors of a corporation;
transitive verb = to pay respectful or flattering attention to (a person) in order to get something
to try to get the love of; seek as a mate; woo; to try to get; seek to court success; to make oneself open or liable to to court insults
intransitive verb = to carry on a courtship; woo;
adjective = of or fit for a court; court Related Forms;
court′er noun;
court Idioms; in one's court; in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game; under one's control, as a decision to be made; out of court; without a trial in a law court; not important enough for consideration or examination; pay court to; to court, as for favor or love;
An enclosed, roofless area = square, courtyard, quadrangle, quad*, enclosure*, atrium*, forum*, patio*, plaza*, piazza*, common(s), close*, cloister; see also yard 1.
A sovereign and his or her surroundings; retinue, lords and ladies, ladies in waiting, attendants, suite, royal persons, staff, train, royal residence, palace, castle, hall, royal household, entourage; see also government 2, palace, royalty, ruler
1. An area for playing certain games = rink, ring, lists, cockpit, circus, the hardwood*; see also arena, field
2. pay court to = woo, court, solicit; see court 1.
To woo = invite, bid, solicit, address, beseech, entice, attract, allure, entreat, importune, sue for, pursue, follow, seek after, make suit, supplicate, plead, make love to, pay court to, pay attentions to, seek the hand of, pay one's addresses to, flirt with, philander, coquet, make overtures, make advances, go courting, propose, make a proposal, ask in marriage, set one's cap for*, pop the question*, chase*, run after*, make time with*, go steady*, go together*, go with*, make a play for*; see also accompany 1, date 2, flirt 1, woo 1.
To seek favor = cultivate, curry favor, attend, flatter; see grovel, praise 1, woo 2.
Source: Your Dictionary
8.30.2008
SEC / GAAP
SEC OKs plan that could lead to global accounting rules - Securities regulators on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a plan that could require thousands of U.S. companies to change from U.S. accounting standards to global accounting rules that are quickly gaining favor abroad.
The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved a "road map" that might require large companies to adopt international standards by 2014, midsize corporations by 2015 and small businesses by 2016. Some large firms might voluntarily adopt the international rules even sooner.
...
Last fall, the SEC commissioners moved to allow foreign firms to file their financial statements to the SEC using international standards rather than U.S. accounting rules. Skeptics believe that international standards are inevitable as the global economy grows, but fear that putting them into practice could be a legal and regulatory nightmare.
...
U.S. accounting standards, known as GAAP or generally accepted accounting principles, are overseen by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, while the International Accounting Standards Board in London monitors global accounting rules.
Source: Migalhas International No. 671
The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved a "road map" that might require large companies to adopt international standards by 2014, midsize corporations by 2015 and small businesses by 2016. Some large firms might voluntarily adopt the international rules even sooner.
...
Last fall, the SEC commissioners moved to allow foreign firms to file their financial statements to the SEC using international standards rather than U.S. accounting rules. Skeptics believe that international standards are inevitable as the global economy grows, but fear that putting them into practice could be a legal and regulatory nightmare.
...
U.S. accounting standards, known as GAAP or generally accepted accounting principles, are overseen by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, while the International Accounting Standards Board in London monitors global accounting rules.
Source: Migalhas International No. 671
8.26.2008
HANDOVER
Termo de Entrega (de uma Obra), Transferência de Incumbência
Headlines: "New artists and hosts announced for Olympics Handover Celebrations."
The passing of control authority of a control agency to another control agency. Handover action is complete when the receiving controller acknowledges assumption of control authority. Also called hand-off. (Ex.: passagem do controle de uma aeronave dos controladores de São Paulo para os controladores de Brasília)
The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, a former British crown colony, from UK to People's Republic of China in 1997. After the Handover, Hong Kong has become a special administrative region, a first-order division.
(Aprendi esse termo quando trabalhava no Iraque: para cada trecho de obra entregue era emitido um "Handover".)
Headlines: "New artists and hosts announced for Olympics Handover Celebrations."
The passing of control authority of a control agency to another control agency. Handover action is complete when the receiving controller acknowledges assumption of control authority. Also called hand-off. (Ex.: passagem do controle de uma aeronave dos controladores de São Paulo para os controladores de Brasília)
The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, a former British crown colony, from UK to People's Republic of China in 1997. After the Handover, Hong Kong has become a special administrative region, a first-order division.
(Aprendi esse termo quando trabalhava no Iraque: para cada trecho de obra entregue era emitido um "Handover".)
8.25.2008
BUILD ON
(verb) = capitalizar, tirar partido, aproveitar
"Our challenge is to build on the significant level of progress made so far."
"Our challenge is to build on the significant level of progress made so far."
THOUSAND / MILLION /BILLION
thousand = k
million = m
M = a Roman numeral for 1000
billion (USA) = a cardinal number followed by 9 zeros (E.g.: 1,000,000,000)
billion (UK) = a cardinal number followed by 12 zeros (E.g.: 1,000,000,000,000)
M also means thousand, and has often been used so in various business and other writing. Besides the abbreviation mn., and the metric M, the construct mm is often used in technical business writing in North America to mean a million.
(Durma-se com um barulho desses!)
million = m
M = a Roman numeral for 1000
billion (USA) = a cardinal number followed by 9 zeros (E.g.: 1,000,000,000)
billion (UK) = a cardinal number followed by 12 zeros (E.g.: 1,000,000,000,000)
M also means thousand, and has often been used so in various business and other writing. Besides the abbreviation mn., and the metric M, the construct mm is often used in technical business writing in North America to mean a million.
(Durma-se com um barulho desses!)
CIRCA
Em documentos emitidos no Reino Unido é comum encontramos "c91%" ou "c£38 million". Esse "c" é o "circa", ou seja, "cerca de, por volta de". Ex.: "demand fell to c90%" (a demanda caiu para cerca de 90%). "Salary will be c£12,000 p.a." (O salário será por volta de £12 mil anuais).
8.24.2008
REMIT / DUTY
(noun): função (UK)
Marketing is outside our remit.
Our remit is to provide a reliable supply of services to...
His remit is ...
Marketing is outside our remit.
Our remit is to provide a reliable supply of services to...
His remit is ...
8.22.2008
EGGING ON THE MEMORY
(Alguns títulos são realmente um desafio)
Lost your car keys, perhaps, or misplaced your favorite CD or jacket? A fried egg or perhaps a salmon meal might help you remember where you put them.
Memory expert John Lee Hancock, author of "Maximize Your Memory" (Reader's Digest Assocation, 2000,) claims a balanced diet is essential for good memory. Recommended brain foods include egg yolks, oily fish and wheat.
According to Hancock, the lecithin in these foods has proven in experiments to be useful in boosting the brain's memory power. Hancock says the glutamic acid which is found in dairy products and whole wheat is also a "powerful brain booster." Hancock suggests that maintaining steady blood sugar levels may help sharpen your memory skills. He advises that eating several small meals during the day might be more beneficial than the standard two or three large ones.
Source: Third Age Health & Wellness
Lost your car keys, perhaps, or misplaced your favorite CD or jacket? A fried egg or perhaps a salmon meal might help you remember where you put them.
Memory expert John Lee Hancock, author of "Maximize Your Memory" (Reader's Digest Assocation, 2000,) claims a balanced diet is essential for good memory. Recommended brain foods include egg yolks, oily fish and wheat.
According to Hancock, the lecithin in these foods has proven in experiments to be useful in boosting the brain's memory power. Hancock says the glutamic acid which is found in dairy products and whole wheat is also a "powerful brain booster." Hancock suggests that maintaining steady blood sugar levels may help sharpen your memory skills. He advises that eating several small meals during the day might be more beneficial than the standard two or three large ones.
Source: Third Age Health & Wellness
DISCRETE / INDIVIDUATED / DISTINCT / SEPARATE
Discrete (adjective): Separate and distinct, with clearly individuated parts.
Usage: Easily confused with discreet "prudent, careful, unobtrusive". Watch the spelling variation.
Suggested Usage: This is the perfect word to use instead of "separate" or "distinct" when you wish to emphasize the individuality of the pieces separated: "The problem may be reduced to three discrete issues" or "The company comprises three discrete divisions", implying some autonomy in each division.
Source: Your Dictionary
Usage: Easily confused with discreet "prudent, careful, unobtrusive". Watch the spelling variation.
Suggested Usage: This is the perfect word to use instead of "separate" or "distinct" when you wish to emphasize the individuality of the pieces separated: "The problem may be reduced to three discrete issues" or "The company comprises three discrete divisions", implying some autonomy in each division.
Source: Your Dictionary
8.21.2008
FARCE / STUFF
Verb (rechear): used as a verb in its first sense, as to farce a turkey before baking it. In the second sense there is an adjective "farcical," and adverb "farcically," and a noun "farcicality," that expresses the quality of a literary farce.
Definition: (1) Stuffing, force-meat; (2) an exaggerated parody based on base humor, an artistic work with no redeeming social value that usually resorts to slapstick humor.
Suggested Usage: Today's word has two meanings that love to play together: "The turkey was a hit at dinner but the Brussels sprouts stuffed with grape jelly were a farced culinary farce!"
"Some might think farcical the new culinary craze in the US: a turkey farced with a chicken farced with a duck" (que imaginação!).
Por outro lado, "farci" é um termo popular da culinária francesa:"farci" (recheados): Poivron farci (peixe recheado), Aubergine farcie (beringela recheada), Tomate farci etc.
Fonte: Your Dictionary
Definition: (1) Stuffing, force-meat; (2) an exaggerated parody based on base humor, an artistic work with no redeeming social value that usually resorts to slapstick humor.
Suggested Usage: Today's word has two meanings that love to play together: "The turkey was a hit at dinner but the Brussels sprouts stuffed with grape jelly were a farced culinary farce!"
"Some might think farcical the new culinary craze in the US: a turkey farced with a chicken farced with a duck" (que imaginação!).
Por outro lado, "farci" é um termo popular da culinária francesa:"farci" (recheados): Poivron farci (peixe recheado), Aubergine farcie (beringela recheada), Tomate farci etc.
Fonte: Your Dictionary
8.19.2008
AUDIT
Um modo de aprender termos contábeis:
"Chief Deputy," the Master cried,
"Today the books are to be tried
By experts and accountants who
Have been commissioned to go through
Our office here, to see if we
Have stolen injudiciously.
Please have the proper entries made,
The proper balances displayed,
Conforming to the whole amount
Of cash on hand -- which they will count."
(Jamrach Holobom)
"Chief Deputy," the Master cried,
"Today the books are to be tried
By experts and accountants who
Have been commissioned to go through
Our office here, to see if we
Have stolen injudiciously.
Please have the proper entries made,
The proper balances displayed,
Conforming to the whole amount
Of cash on hand -- which they will count."
(Jamrach Holobom)
8.17.2008
NONPAREIL
Sem igual/sem paralelo/ fora de / sem comparação (Without equal, beyond compare); unique.
As a noun: "The nonpareil of beauty!"
Aan an adjective, before or after the substantive: "Portia Radcliff is an intellect nonpareil." It is, however, used more often before the modified noun, "Mark is a nonpareil salesman," unless it has a subordinate phrase, "Mark is a salesman nonpareil among those in sales here." But then adjectives with subordinate phrases are regularly placed after the noun they modify in English (e.g. "a yellow book" but "a book yellow with age")."
As a noun: "The nonpareil of beauty!"
Aan an adjective, before or after the substantive: "Portia Radcliff is an intellect nonpareil." It is, however, used more often before the modified noun, "Mark is a nonpareil salesman," unless it has a subordinate phrase, "Mark is a salesman nonpareil among those in sales here." But then adjectives with subordinate phrases are regularly placed after the noun they modify in English (e.g. "a yellow book" but "a book yellow with age")."
8.04.2008
PLUMB IN
to connect something, such as a bath, toilet or washing machine, to the water and drainage system in a building.
E.g.1: They bought a new washing machine, but then realised they didn't have the tools to plumb it in.
E.g.2: She discovered water all over the kitchen floor because her husband hadn't plumbed the sink in properly.
This phrasal verb can be separated.
Source: Knights English
E.g.1: They bought a new washing machine, but then realised they didn't have the tools to plumb it in.
E.g.2: She discovered water all over the kitchen floor because her husband hadn't plumbed the sink in properly.
This phrasal verb can be separated.
Source: Knights English
8.03.2008
Ubiquitous
(adjective) Present everywhere.
Usage: Regular adjective: "ubiquitously" adverb, "ubiquity" noun
Suggested Usage: The English word "everywhere" doesn't have a noun, so you can't say things like "I was struck by its everywhereness in England." Now you can; just use 'ubiquity' instead: "I was struck by its ubiquity in England." You can also use this word family where "everywhere" doesn't fit:
"Is the ubiquitous cell phone a threat to society?" The "ubiquitous cell phone" or the "ubiquity of political posters" implies that you can find them everywhere. "The ubiquity of computers in offices and libraries allows some people to get by without one at home." Of course, ubiquity varies from place to place, "The ubiquity of elephants in Thailand makes it an interesting land to visit."
Source: Your Dictionary
Usage: Regular adjective: "ubiquitously" adverb, "ubiquity" noun
Suggested Usage: The English word "everywhere" doesn't have a noun, so you can't say things like "I was struck by its everywhereness in England." Now you can; just use 'ubiquity' instead: "I was struck by its ubiquity in England." You can also use this word family where "everywhere" doesn't fit:
"Is the ubiquitous cell phone a threat to society?" The "ubiquitous cell phone" or the "ubiquity of political posters" implies that you can find them everywhere. "The ubiquity of computers in offices and libraries allows some people to get by without one at home." Of course, ubiquity varies from place to place, "The ubiquity of elephants in Thailand makes it an interesting land to visit."
Source: Your Dictionary
7.23.2008
LET GO
deixar pra lá, não ligar
Definition: to not react or say anything about some annoying or stupid behaviour.
(This is not a phrasal verb, but has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: It was a stupid thing to say, but he let it go and concentrated on the television.
E.g.2: Let it go, John. He didn't mean to insult you.
This phrase can be separated.
Fonte: Knights English
Definition: to not react or say anything about some annoying or stupid behaviour.
(This is not a phrasal verb, but has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: It was a stupid thing to say, but he let it go and concentrated on the television.
E.g.2: Let it go, John. He didn't mean to insult you.
This phrase can be separated.
Fonte: Knights English
VOCATION / AVOCATION
A profession, a job for which one is qualified or suited, a calling.
Usage: It isn't often that a word is separated from its antonym by a single letter, but a job one does after work and not for salary—a hobby, is an "avocation." Moreover, take that [a] and write it over the [o] and we get "vacation," which is time taken off from one's vocation (and unrelated to "vocation").
The adjective for today's word is "vocational" and the adverb, "vocationally."
Suggested Usage: "Avocation" has been confused with "vocation" for centuries now, so that most dictionaries currently list the two as synonyms. That doesn't mean we should not distinguish them in careful speech: "Thomasina's vocation is cleaning the homes of others and her avocation is cleaning her own." Here is another way to distinguish these two similar words: "Fuzzy Witt was so successful at his avocation, painting rocks and selling them as pets, that he decided to make it his vocation."
Usage: It isn't often that a word is separated from its antonym by a single letter, but a job one does after work and not for salary—a hobby, is an "avocation." Moreover, take that [a] and write it over the [o] and we get "vacation," which is time taken off from one's vocation (and unrelated to "vocation").
The adjective for today's word is "vocational" and the adverb, "vocationally."
Suggested Usage: "Avocation" has been confused with "vocation" for centuries now, so that most dictionaries currently list the two as synonyms. That doesn't mean we should not distinguish them in careful speech: "Thomasina's vocation is cleaning the homes of others and her avocation is cleaning her own." Here is another way to distinguish these two similar words: "Fuzzy Witt was so successful at his avocation, painting rocks and selling them as pets, that he decided to make it his vocation."
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