Confusing words !!!!!
People have been asking me to include them here. So there you go.
The  words 'travel' , 'trip' and 'journey'  are normally confusing for some people.
'Travel' is a verb, a noun and an adjective. So you can say: I like travelling; he travels every week; I travel a lot or I don't travel so often. Then, as a noun you can say : My travel to Canada was awesome.In this case you are going to talk about the events and stories that happened there ( 'travel' here means a series of journeys, or an account of someone's journey). You can also say : My favourite travel .
And finally  you have the word as an adjective: a travel agency; a travel guide and travel websites.
'Trip' on the other hand, is more used as a noun , that's why we say: I'll have  a business trip next week; My trip was very short.
We also have the word 'journey' that is the act of travelling from one place to another, so when talking you can use 'journey' to say what happened from the starting point until you got to your destination. E.g. My journey was full of funny moments; I had a pleasant journey, everything was fine.
So, that's it!   I hope that next time you talk about that you remember these tips!

Hello everyone!     So here we go again, this week there were some interesting discussions.
Then  I'll start with football, because of the proximity of the Worldcup;  we were saying that nowadays with so many players making use of anabolic steroids and many other artifices to enhance their performance , it's hard to find one of these guys   in perfect conditions to have a long career. The opposite , on the other hand is more common, like injured knees,  and more recently the famous Beckham who had his  Achilles's tendon torn . So, what's becoming frequent is to see these players retiring at a very young age , having gone through at least one surgery, but of course with their deep pockets ! 
      

Blue = Idioms

Green = expressions 

red= informal

purple = Figurative language, metaphor

Hey  Hey !!!

It seems that the idea of making this blog more alive is getting some visitors!   I'm glad you are one of them ...
so today there was this basic class in which we spoke about work, so some terms that appeared were:
nowadays = hoje em dia; from now on = de agora em diante;  not much = nao muito; a lot = muito ( these two have to be used when you are talking  about things that you do, for example ,A : Do you like chocolate ? B: Not much! or B: Yes, a lot ).   So keep on asking questions , and  we will have a nice glossary for everyone to access.     So long !

Dear readers!!!

It's time for us to move on to something more challenging!!!After discussing  the issue with my fellow students I got some ideas that will certainly involve you a little bit more.

I decided to post - possibly every working day - new expressions and vocabulary learnt in classes. That will practically kill two birds with one stone , so that the ones who read it will have new stuff published every day and the ones who don't have the habit yet will have more motivation to start doing so ! 

Also, I will be using this color system to help you identifying language as you will have probably noticed in this text. So you will be able to make comments as well as making questions about them.

So welcome aboard !

Blue = Idioms

Green = expressions 

red= informal

purple = Figurative language, metaphor