1 : a stone by the side of a road that shows the distance in miles to a specified place
2 : an important point in the progress or development of something: a very important event or advance — usually followed by in • The birth of their first child was a (major) milestonein their marriage. • The study marks an important milestonein our understanding of the disease.
(esmagar, amassar, espremer, fazer som de batida em massa mole, pôr um fim a, comprimir)
inflected forms: squashes; squashed; squashing
1 [with object] : to press (something) into a flat or flatter shape • She squashed the bug. • He squashed his nose against the window.• The tomatoes got squashed.
2 [with object] : to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something • She tried to squash [=quash] the rumors. • His poor performance squashed any hope he had of a promotion. • The boss squashed my idea immediately.
3 always followed by an adverb or preposition : to move into a space that is very tight or crowded [no object] • Four of ussquashed [=squeezed] into the backseat. • (British) Squash up[=move closer together] to make room for one more person. [with object] • Someone had squashed all the ribbons together in one box. — often used as (be) squashed• We were squashed between the table and wall. • The ribbons had all beensquashed together into one box.
(esmigalhar-se, desintegrar-se, cair em pedaços, desintegrar-se)
inflected forms: crumbles; crumbled; crumbling
1 [with object] : to break (something) into small pieces • Crumblethe cookies into small bits. • The recipe calls for the herbs to becrumbled.
2 [no object] : to separate into many small pieces : to fall apart • The arch had crumbled [=disintegrated] under the weight of all those stones. • bones so old they had crumbled to dust •crumbling buildings/monuments/walls
3 [no object] : to break down completely : to stop functioning • Peace talks between the two parties have crumbled. [=collapsed] • She was extremely depressed after her marriage crumbled. • theircrumbling marriage
scenario/səˈnerijoʊ, British səˈnɑ:riəʊ/noun [count]
(cenário, enredo, a descrição escrita de uma peça, filme, ópera...etc)
plural scenarios
1 : a description of what could possibly happen • A possible scenariowould be that we move to the city. • The most likely scenario is that he goes back to school in the fall. • Thebest-case scenario would be for us to finish the work by tomorrow. • In the worst-case scenario, we would have to start the project all over again.
2 formal : a written description of a play, movie, opera, etc.
They got to have ´em in Texas
Eles tiveram que tê-los no Texas
Cos everyone's a millionaire
Porque todo mundo é um milionário
I´m a winner, I´m a sinner
Eu sou um vencedor, eu sou um pecador
Do you want my autograph
Você quer meu autógrafo
I´m a loser what a joker
Eu sou um perdedor que palhaço
I´m playing my jokes upon you
Eu estou me divertindo com as minhas piadas
While there´s nothing better to do
Enquanto não há nada melhor para fazer
Don´t you look at my girlfriend
Você não olha para a minha namorada
She´s the only one I got
Ela é a única que eu consegui
Not much of a girlfriend
Não é muito de uma namorada
Never seem to get a lot
Nunca parecem ter um monte
Take a jumbo cross the water
Tome um jumbo através da água
Like to see America
Gostaria de ver os Estados Unidos
See the girls in California
Ver as garotas na Califórnia
I´m hoping it´s going to come true
Eu estou esperando que ele vai se tornar realidade
But there´s not a lot I can do.
Mas não há muito que eu possa fazer kippers significa - Crianças no bolso dos pais corroendo as economias de aposentadoria - vem do termo - kids in parents pockets eroding retiment savings -
(fazer algo ficar menos potente ou menos notável, ficar igual) phrasal verb
1 balance out (something) or balance (something) out : to make (a different or opposite thing) less powerful, noticeable, etc. • Serve black coffee to help balanceout the sweetness of the dessert. • His quickness will balance out [=compensate for, make up for] the other fighter’s greater strength. • The discount balances out the shipping charge. = The discount and the shipping charge balanceeach other out. [=the shipping charge and the discount together equal zero]
2 : to be or become equal or even • The good times and the bad times balanced out [=evened out] in the end.
1 : the outer edge of a usually round object • There were chips on the rim of the plate. • eyeglasses with wire rims • The basketball bounced off the rim (of the hoop). • the rim of the volcano
2 : the part of a wheel that the tire is put on • He bought stainless steel rims for his new car.
/ˈmajəlˌstoʊn/ noun [count]
