Saying Good - bye! Thanks everybody!

Well , this is a tough moment ... I mean, I thought I would be prepared ...but it's not that easy. I've been teaching in Mauá for about three years or more. I saw students coming and going , I tried to be different every class ...I gave my best ...It's time to say good-bye. Today , teacher's day , I will offer my last piece of information in Mauá. If somebody asked me about my feelings , I would say that I'm happy for this wonderful time we've spent together. I was blessed to meet a great deal of wonderful people. I'd say that I had a good time while teaching.
I hope to find you all again ...take care of yourself and thank you very much. Bye !

Teacher J.B.

This song portrays everything I would love to say ... and , you can take it from me, Frank Sinatra is much better than me to say it.

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Jokes

Reasons why I never visit my rich friend! Once while visiting a very rich friend, the maid approached me and.....

Question : What would you like to have...? Fruit juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Capuccino, Frapuccino, or Coffee?
Answer : Tea please
Question : Ceylon tea, Indian tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey bush tea, iced tea or green tea?
Answer : Ceylon tea
Question : How would you like it? Black or white?
Answer : white
Question : Milk, or fresh cream?
Answer : With milk
Question : Goat's milk, or cow's milk
Answer : With cow's milk please.
Question : Freezeland cow or Afrikaner cow?
Answer : Um, I'll just take it black.
Question : Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?
Answer : With sugar
Question : Beet sugar or cane sugar?
Answer : Cane sugar
Question : White, brown or yellow sugar?
Answer : Forget about the tea, just give me a glass of water instead.
Question : Mineral water, tap water or distilled water?
Answer : Mineral water
Question : Flavored or non-flavored?
Answer : I think I'll just die of thirst.

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Conversation

Conversation

Vanusa – Hello Denise, how are you today?
Denise - I’m fine, thanks! What about you?
Vanusa - I’m ok. Look, I heard that you are putting down my friend Waldo because he isn’t turning up for classes.
Denise - I can’t believe that! I’m fed up with it!
Vanusa – Take it easy Denise. I’m not looking for trouble. I just wanna know the truth.
Denise - I would never put him down , you can take it from me...I just said that he needed to find an extra time to study ...because he is very good in English.
Vanusa – I agree.
Denise – Do you mind to tell me who told you that?
Vanusa – Let it be. I myself can deal with it. See ya around!
Denise – See ya!

Waldo – Hey Israel, what’s up?
Israel – Guess who I ran into yesterday?
Waldo – Stop beating around the bush and go straight to the source , dude!
Israel – Do you remember Lourival?
Waldo – Of course I do! Where did you meet him?
Israel - Well , I was running down downtown when I ran into him.
Waldo – Was he alone?
Israel – No, he wasn’t. Actually his wife was with him. They were there to buy a gift for their son ...As far as I’m concerned his birthday will take place on next Saturday.
Waldo – I see.
Israel – He asked me to tell everybody that he will visit us soon.
Waldo – Who?
Israel – What do you mean with who?
Waldo – I mean ...can you run that by me again?
Israel – I’m sorry but I gotta go. Anyway I don’t like to waste my precious time .
Waldo – Come on ! Why are you going off?
Israel – Cos’ I hate when somebody talks at me. Bye!


Rômulo – Good evening Roni! Funny running into you here!
Roni – Where are you going to?
Rômulo - I’m going to my girlfriend’s.
Roni – I didn’t know that you had a girlfriend.
Rômulo - There are many things you don’t know about me.
Roni - I think we should talk more about our lives.
Rômulo – You are right. I’m sorry to cut this short but I need to go.
Roni – Say hi your girlfriend to me. See ya next Thursday.
Rômulo – See ya!

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Exercises with regard to Phrasals Verbs

1- Complete the sentences below with the correct Phrasals.

look for*look after*look out*look forward*bring forward*back off

a) If you don't ...............from my house , I'll call the police officer.
b) My mother is working and I'm .................my little brother.
c) Tomorrow I'll be travelling . Can we ............the meeting ....... ?
d) You must ............before you cross the street.
e) I will ...........our next talk.
f) I heard that your father is ..............a new job.

aim sth at sb*ask sb out*wake up*get up*stand up*sit down

a) I rally don't like when somebody ......the finger .......
b) Are you ..........my sister ......?
c) I didn't ...........early yesterday.
d) The teacher asked me to ...........and shortly after he asked me to ........
e) I .........at 6:00am but I just ......at 6:30 because I like to stay on bed.

turn on*turn off*have dinner*have lunch*have breakfast*get over

a) I almost never ............at home.
b) Do you use to .......the tv .....when you go to bed?
c) I took a medicine and I ......My headache is gone!
d) ..........the radio ! Game is about to start.
e) Do you use to have dinner when you come late?
f) What did you .......for .........?

aim at sth*ask sb after sb*ask backup*back sth up*go on

a) I have many plans in my life. This year I'm ......buying a new car.
b) My love for you will ......forever.
c) I ................because I couldn't do it by myself.
d) He ......my sister .....her friend because he was interested in her.
e) Can you please .... it ....to me? I really didn't understand the whole picture.
f) Can you help me to ....this sofa ....? It's very heavy!

give sth back*go away*run away*break up*shut up

a) Why don't you .......? You talk too much!
b) The marginal is going to .....again because the police man is sleeping.
c) We will ......because she doesn't love me anymore.
d) Are you going to ......my money ....to me ?
e) If you ....... I will cry till you ...........
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2- Complete the sentences with the missing words.

a) My (pergunta).................... this week (vem de )........ my online English student George (da)...... Hungary, and George( gostaria de saber )................some phrasal verbs ( com referência ao).............................. verb to run.

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b) "Attention all passengers ( aqui é o seu capitão falando)...................... . We are just (sobrevoando)............................ the northern shore of Copacabana.

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c) (Alguns anos atrás)...................... I was living in Brazil and I (tive a oportunidade)............................ to travel to Rio de Janeiro.(Eu já tinha estado)....................... to some of the major tourist attractions (como)....... Christ Redeemer , Sugar Loaf and last but not least (praia de Ipanema ) .................because (Eu simplesmente tinha que saber)..............................where that famous song (A garota de Ipanema)................................. was born.
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d) "On this particular day , ( Eu decidi).................... to go for a run down Copacabana Beach.The (sol)........ was shining, (as pessoas)......... were laughing, chatting , sunbathing and(a praia estava lotada)..........................There were people (jogando volei)........................... and children were running around , (empinando)............... kites and having a wonderful time.(eu parei).................. my run momentarily because I needed(fazer um telefonema) ...................................... and I (notei que)................... I had just run out of(fichas telefõnicas)................So I decided to stop at a snackbar to buy some and (também).........to buy some coconut water."

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Send me the answers by comment. Good luck and see you later!

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Phrasals verbs - Special Video Class

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"Hello,Hello,Hello!...and welcome to " privateenglishportal.com" . My name is Steve and you've come to "Peppy 26". My question this week comes from my online English student George from Hungary..., and George would like to know some phrasal verbs with regard to the verb to run. So , George without further ado ...I give you ...Steve in Brazil"
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"Attention all passengers this is your captain speaking . We are just passing over the northern shore of Copacabana. We should be touching down at Tom Jobim International Airport in approximately 15 to 20 minutes for an on time arrival.The current weather is sunny with a few scattered clouds...and the temperature is approximately 29 degrees celcious.We are now coming up on Sugar Loaf and on behalf of myself and the rest of the crew.I would like to thank you for flying with Peppy Airlines."
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"Some years ago I was living in Brazil and I had the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro.I had already been to some of the major tourist attractions like Christ Redeemer , Sugar Loaf and last but not least Ipanema Beach ...because I just had to know where that famous song "The girl from Ipanema" was born.
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"On this particular day , I decided to go for a run down Copacabana Beach.The sun was shining, people were laughing, chatting , sunbathing and the beach was packed.There were people playing volleyball and children were running around , flying kites and having a wonderful time.I stopped my run momentarily because I needed to make a phone call and I noticed that I had just run out of telephone tokens.So I decided to stop at a snackbar to buy some and also to buy some coconut water."
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"Because being in a tropical paradise like Brazil would not be complete without coconut water. As the vendor gave me my change, she looked down at my shoes and said:
___" Hey hun, watch out! Your shoes is undone!"
___Sorry , can you run that by me again?
___"Sorry hun !, I don't speak English but anyways check your shoes, your shoes!
"Tennis ...She then pointed to my shoes and I realised what she was trying to tell me. Ahh, tennis = running shoes.
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"I tied my shoes and I continued on with my run down Copacabana Beach. Shortly after, I saw someone with a white t-shirt and a canadian flag...and I called to this person and said:
___Hey! Are you Canadian too?
___You bet! Yourself?
___Yeah! Funny running into a fellow Canadian in Rio , eh?
___Yeah! That's for sure! Go figure!
___Well, enjoy your stay!
___You too,bud!
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"I went on with my run when suddenly I saw in front of me a strange commotion ! Ok! So , that is the first part of Steve in Brazil and I will be releasing the continuation as soon as possible...and here comes the explanations.
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***To run around = run in different directions.
##Look at all the little kids running around.

***To run out of something = no more supply
##I just ran out of paper.

***To run something by someone = explain again
## Can you run that by me again?...I didn't understand.

***To run into someone = meet someone by chance.
##Funny running into you here!
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"Alright! So here come the run phrasals verbs :
* My first phrasal verb was "run down". I said in my story that I ran down Copacabana Beach. In this case , "run down", has nothing to do with going up or down. It simply means to run in that direction.
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*My second phrasal verb was "run around". I said that the children were running around having a good time at the beach. In this case, run around means to run in different directions all at once.Children who are so full of energy are always doing that!They are running around having a good time.
However, run around, does have alternate meanings. Run around can also mean for example that " My husband was running around with another woman". In this case , "run around" means to have an affair with another woman.It means to cheat on someone.So be very careful how you use the phrasal verbs , because sometimes they have a different meaning for the same phrasal verb.
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*My third phrasal verb is "run out of"..and you want to be very careful how you use this! In many different languages , run out of is equivalent to finish or end. However , in English we do not say it like that. When we have no supply of something , as in my example, I ran out of telephone tokens. Then you would not say :"the telephone tokens are finished".You would say : " I ran out of telephone tokens" , other kinds of supply:
*I ran out of paper
*I ran out of money
*I ran out of milk.
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*My fourth phrasal verb is "run something by someone". In this case you are simply asking for someone to repeat something. So you can ask , sorry ...can you run that by me again?. This simply means to repeat something and it's a very popular expression here in North America.A very very popular question.
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*My last expression is "run into someone"...and this simply means to meet someone by chance. Now , in my travels many times I have gone to remote areas of the world...and by chance , by coincidence I have met people from my country.A great expression for that is "funny running into you here". To run into someone means that you didn't plan to meet them. You didn't sit at home in your country when you were planning your trip and say :" Ok I think on this future date I 'm going to meet somebody from my country in the strangest part of the world imaginable. No! It doesn't work like that! Sometimes it just happens by chance. Maybe it's happened to you.
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*My last piece of information was with regard to the point of confusion about tennis in Steve in Brazil. You will recall that the vendor had referred to my running shoes as "tênis". Now, I came to learn as I was living in Brazil that tennis = tênis " was synonymous with running shoes.So, what has happened ? A culture has taken a word from English and has adapted and modified that word to suit its own culture and language. This happens many times and not just in Brazil . I've seen it happen with many different cultures, many different countries. Ok George , that is Steve in Brazil. I hope you enjoyed yourself as much as I did.
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Quizz - Exercise

Try to find out the correct answer according to the new phrasal verbs you've learnt:

1- I ran down Copacabana Beach.

a) run in a downward direction.
b) run in one direction.
c) run in an upward direction.
d) run in different directions.
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2- Many children like to run around.

a) run in different directions energetically.
b) run in circles.
c) run slowly.
d) run in a straight line.
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3- Run out of

a) to have no idea.
b) to have no more supply.
c) to leave in a hurry.
d) to be in a hurry.
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4- Can you run that by me again?

a) can you come by later?
b) can you spell that?
c) can you repeat that?
d) can you translate that?
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5- Funny running into you here!

a) to meet someone by chance.
b) to meet someone at night.
c) to meet someone on purpose.
d) to meet someone as planned.
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6- Run around with someone else.

a) to cheat on someone.
b) to fight on someone.
c) to leave someone.
d) to excite someone.
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7- The beach was packed.

a) dangerous
b) dirty
c) crowded
d) hot
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8- Yeah! That's for sure! Go figure!

a) keep on moving!
b) go away!
c) go calculate!
d) imagine that!
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9- You bet! Yourself?

a) that's for sure!
b) you might be right.
c) you are wrong.
d) place your bet.
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10- Which way is correct?

a) Can you run that to me again?
b) can you run that with me again?
c) can you run again that by me?
d) can you run that by me again?
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Conversation with Phrasals Verbs

Read carefully this composition and using the vocabulary below try to find a good translation for it.

Last week I went to visit my friend Fabio. Fabio is a great guy but at times he can really go on about things. We were speaking about some of our friends and he came out with this incredible story about Aline. It seems she had butted in while he was harping on his favorite complaint: Service in restaurants. Apparently, he had been running on for quite a while putting down almost every restaurant he had been to by rattling off a list of his visits to different restaurants in town. I guess Aline felt that he was talking at her and was fed up with it. She went off about what a rude person he was which shut him up pretty quickly! I thought about blurting out that maybe she was right, but decided to clam up in order to not upset him.

*It seems a very difficult composition to translate, isn't it?
*Well , as I told you before , the time for easy things is gone.
*Pay attention on the vocabulary and try to translate it .

Vocabulary :

1- to go on = to continue to talk about a subject after the interest of the listener has been exhausted.
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a)If you want to keep explaining me it , go on.
b)You are not supposed to go on it...I really understood.
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2- to come out with something = to say something suddenly
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a)I was just telling her how much she means to me when she came out with this idea of marriage.
b)I was taken by surprise when she came out with this 'I love you".
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3- to butt in = to rudely enter another conversation
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a)Why can't you finish a conversation? You are always butting in many things!
b)I really didn't understand what he meant.He had butted in while I was asking him after the divorce.
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4- to harp on = To repeatedly and boringly speak about a topic.
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a)It's almost impossible to discuss soccer with J.B. , because he harps on Ronaldo,Ronaldo, Ronaldo.
b)I liked Michael Jackson but I'm tired to hear the news. They are harping on his life, his story,his everything.
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5- to run on = Keep going, continue.
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a) This English course never ends. It is running on for years.
b) How much longer can this English course be allowed to run on?
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6- to put down = to criticize someone or something
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a) Stop putting down everything I say. It's not working.
b) It's easy to put down everyone that disagrees with your point of view.
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7- to rattle off = to say a list or impressive number of facts very quickly
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a) When I asked what happened she rattled off all events.
b) I tried to rattle off everything but the time wasn't enough.
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8- to go off = to speak angrily about something
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a) When I asked her about that guy she went off about him by rattling off his intentions with her.
b) Why are you going off about this?
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9- to talk at = to talk to someone without listening to what they have to say
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a) When I talk about soccer I think she is talking at me cos' she doesn't like soccer .
b) Are you paying attention on what I am saying? Or you are talking at me again?
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10- to be fed up with something = do not tolerate something because patience is gone.
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a) Denise was fed up with our complaints.
b) I didn't answer anything because I was fed up.
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11- to shut up/to shut somebody up = to stop talking, often used as an imperative (very rude)
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a) You are talking too much! Shut up!
b) Shut your daughter up!
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12- to blurt out = to say something suddenly, usually without thinking
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a) I use to blurt out a lot when I'm nervous.
b) When she drinks more than two beers she blurts out.
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13- to clam up = to refuse to speak or become silent during a conversation.
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a) I prefer to clam up cos' my oppinion is not gonna make any difference for you.
b) I like you both , so I'll clam up this time.
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***I'll divide you in two groups. Your mission is to get closer from the real translation. Are you ready?

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