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INTRODUÇÃO

English Expression of the Day é um material mensal produzido pela equipedo blog Inglês na Ponta da Língua: Denilso de Lima, Bruna Iubel e Vivian Bispo .

O objetivo desse material é ajudar alunos de língua inglesa a aprenderemexpressões usadas no cotidiano de quem fala inglês e que geralmente não sãoensinadas em cursos de língua inglesa.

O material é baseado em corpus (COCA – Corpus of Contemporary American English ). Isso dá ao material mais autenticidade. Pois, as expressões eexemplos utilizados são reais e não apenas fruto da imaginação de seusautores.

English Expression of the Day é composto dos seguintes itens:

1. Material em texto (formato PDF) contendo as expressões e dicasrelacionadas ao uso de cada uma delas em contextos cotidianos. Eatividades para praticar o aprendizado de cada uma das expressõespresente no material

2. Arquivos de áudio (formato MP3) com a leitura de cada uma dasexpressões apresentadas.

Se você se dedicar ao aprendizado dessas expressões, você:

1. Melhorará o seu vocabulário em inglês;

2. Aprenderá expressões usadas naturalmente por falantes nativos deinglês;

3. Desenvolverá sua capacidade de ouvir em inglês (listening );

4. Desenvolverá sua pronúncia em inglês apenas lendo e repetindo ostextos e os exemplos do material.

English Expression of the Day é sem dúvida uma ferramenta imprescindívelpara você ficar ainda mais com o seu Inglês na Ponta da Língua. Portanto, nãoperca mais essa oportunidade de melhorar ainda mais o seu inglês.

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Denilso de LimaBruna IubelVivian Bispo



WHATCHA BEEN UP TO?

Before talking about this expression, I might say here that it’s also possible tospell “watcha ” instead of “whatcha ”. So, you may find both: “whatcha been up to? ” and “whatcha been up to? ”.

This word “whatcha ” is the informal pronunciation of “what have you ”,“what do you ”, “what are you ”, “what did you ”, etc. Look at the box below:

Formal Informal

What are you doing? Whatcha doing?

What have you been doing? Whatcha been doing?

What are you going to do? Whatcha going to* do?

What did you say? Whatcha say?

What do you want? Whatcha want?

* “going to” is pronounced like “gonna” in daily spoken English.

Now that you know about “whatcha ”, we can safely talk about “watcha been up to? ”. This expression, in Portuguese, means “que qui cê anda aprontando ?”or “que qui cê anda fazendo? ”.

We use it to ask a friend about what they have been doing lately. We want toknow about their life, work, studies, and so on and so forth. It’s much morecommon to say “whatcha been up to lately? ”. The answers may vary, of course. Look at the following examples:

- Hey, long time no see, huh? So, whatcha been up to lately?- Not much! Just the usual stuff as always, you know. How about you?

- Hey you! What a surprise meeting you here. So, whatcha been up tolately?

- Yeah! Lots of things! I’ve got news for you! Are you up for a coffeenow?

- I can’t believe you’re here! Wow! You haven’t changed a bit; whatchabeen up to?

- Well, you know, working hard as always.

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GUESS WHAT?

You say “Guess what? ” when you want to draw attention to somethingexciting, surprising or interesting that you’re about to say. It’s very common indaily English and informal as well. In Portuguese, it means “adivinha só? ”.Listen to the following examples:

- Hey, guess what!? I won a trip to London.

- Guess what!? He asked me out.

- Guess what!? We won the match 3-0.

“Guess what? ” is also used to force someone into a conversation. It is used toget other people’s attention and make them take part in the dialog:

- Hey, Guess what!?- I don’t know. What?- I’m getting married next month!- Wow! That’s great news! Congrats!

- Guess what, Mike!?- What?- My sister is going to have a baby.

- Oh, really? That’s great, huh!

Sometimes “guess what” is also said for emphasis before telling someonesomething that is not really surprising at all.

- Well, I really want something better for me and guess what – so myparents do.

- You may not believe this, but guess what – he’s not coming to theparty.

Pay attention to TV shows, interviews, natural conversations among friends,and the like so as to notice “guess what” being used naturally. Not only that,but you can also try making use of it. As you may know, practice makesperfect. So, the more you practice, the faster you’ll have it on the tip of yourtongue.

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THAT’S BESIDE THE POINT!

We say “that’s beside the point” when we want to communicate the idea thatsomething isn’t important to the subject being discussed. In Portuguese, itmeans something like “isso não vem ao caso”.

- It could have been much better; but, well, that’s beside the point.

- Oh, that’s beside the point. You’re saying that just to evade the issue.

- Ok! I totally agree that he’s got no experience, but that’s beside thepoint.

- Oh, never mind – that’s beside the point.

In order to put some emphasis on this expression, you can also say “ that’stotally beside the point”.

- I can’t think of anything that he and I agree on, but that’s totally besidethe point.

- Well, well, well! You can repeat that as much as you wish. But, we bothagree on the fact that that is totally beside the point.

You can also use “be beside the point” to express the idea that something is

not relevant. For example,

- His qualifications are beside the point. We just can’t afford to hireanybody at this time.

- Well, I’m afraid to say that, but what you think or don’t think is besidethe point.

Just keep practicing this expression because you may hear it a lot in English.It’s very common and widely used. On the internet you may find lots of examples of its use. So, just google them and note them down on yournotebook. This will surely help you keep it on the tip of your tongue.

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THERE’S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE.

The expression “there’s no accounting for taste” comes from the Latin

expression “de gustibus non est disputandum ”. Anyway, all you have to learn isthat in Portuguese we say “gosto não se discute ” or even “cada doido com sua mania ”. Listen to the dialog:

Mike I love working on the weekends.

Carol Oh, really? Well, as the saying goes, there’s

no accounting for taste.

And this dialog:

Carol I think he’s really awesome.

Mike Well, there’s no accounting for taste, is

there.

Take also a look at these sentences:

Oh, look at that pink, yellow and green car. There’s no accounting fortaste.

Lots of people liked his music; however many others hated it. There’sreally no accounting for taste.

Other expressions, which have similar meanings, are the following:

To each his own.

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

These expressions are considered as common clichés in English. That meanssome people hate them. So, you’d better use them carefully and only when thesituation really asks for it. Sometimes they are used as a humorous way tocriticize someone’s likes and dislikes.

Well, I guess you got the idea. Now, it’s time to try reading this whole page

again following the recording. Try to read at the same speed as I do. That’lldefinitely help you improve your pronunciation in English.

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L OOK WHO’S TALKING!

Listen to this short dialog:

Mike Oh my! You’re really bad at cracking jokes.

Carol Oh, look who’s talking!

In this situation, Mike is criticizing Carol for being bad at telling jokes.However, Mike isn’t good at telling jokes either. So, that’s why Carol says “Oh,look who’s talking”. The expression “look who’s talking” is used when you’resaying that the other person is guilty of doing the same thing that he or shehas criticized you for. In Portuguese, we usually say “olha quem fala!” or“olha quem tá falando”. Take a look at some examples to make it clearer:

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Getting late to work, huh? - Oh, look who’s talking! You get late every day and I never say a word about it.

- Did ya really go there? - Yeah, I did. Why? - Well, I just can’t believe it.- Oh, look who’s talking! I know you’ve been there too. So, we’re even,

right?

- Gee, you’re so careless with money.- Oh, look who’s talking!

In some places where English is spoken you may also hear people saying:

- You’re a fine one to talk! - You can talk!(common in British and Australian English) - You should talk! (common in American English)

These expressions mean the same thing as “look who’s talking! ” and areused in the same way. The difference is that “look who’s talking! ” is moregeneral. That is, it’s well known and widely used. So, have “look who’s talking! ” on the tip of your tongue and keep your ears wide open for the

others. How about some more examples?

- I don’t like her very much. She’s always complaining.- Yeah! You’re a fine one to talk, huh!

- You’re the laziest person I’ve ever met.- I’m lazy? You should talk!

- She’s really a bad driver, isn’t she?

- You can talk!

- Your costume is ridiculous.

- Look who’s talking.

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29 arquivos de áudio referente a cada uma dasexpressões presentes em todo o material;

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