The Language Coach: Inglês para Brasileiros

@Thelangcoach

Francisco Quariguasy (aka Inkabrother). M.A. in Education (UnB), Linguist, Translator, Teacher Trainer, Lecturer on EFL. Come expose yourself to English.

Brasília, Brasil

Joined July 2012

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Abbreviations ✍🏻 1. GTG = Got to go 2. JK = Just kidding 3. LOL = Laugh out loud 4. IDK = I don’t know 5. OMG = Oh my god 6. DM = Direct message 7. RN = Right now 8. OMW = On my way 9. BTW = By the way 10. BRB = Be right back 11. TYT = Take your time 12. SMH = Shaking my head 13. TTYL = Talk to you later 14. FYI = For your information 15. TMI = Too much information 16. ASAP = As soon as possible 17. IMHO = In my humble opinion 18. TBH = To be honest 19. LMK = Let me know 20. IDC = I don’t care 21. ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing 22. BFF = Best friends forever 23. YOLO = You only live once 24. IRL = In real life 25. NVM = Never mind 26. IKR = I know, right? 27. ICYMI = In case you missed it 28. FOMO = Fear of missing out 29. WYD = What are you doing? 30. FAQ = Frequently asked questions

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Damaged or Poor Physical Condition of Objects 🔹Stained = Discolored by liquid, dirt, or marks that are hard to remove. (Picture: coffee ring on a white countertop.) Example: “The white shirt is stained with coffee.” ✍️Related: a stain (noun), to stain (verb). Common with clothes, carpets, walls, or tables. 🔹Frayed = Worn so that the threads or fibers come loose and stick out. (Picture: rope or twine starting to unravel.) Example: “The old rope is frayed and might break.” ✍️Often used for fabric, rope, carpets, or electrical cords. 🔹Rusted (or rusty) = Covered with rust (the reddish-brown coating that forms on iron or steel when it gets wet and reacts with air). (Picture: an old padlock.) Example: “The lock is rusted and won’t open.” ✍️Note: “Rusty” is the more common everyday form. Metal tools, bikes, cars, and outdoor equipment often rust. 🔹Cracked = Having a line or break in the surface, but the pieces are still mostly together. (Picture: a glass flask with a star-shaped crack.) Example: “Be careful; the glass is cracked.” ✍️Used for glass, pottery, screens, walls, or ice. Different from “broken” (completely in pieces) or “chipped” (small piece missing). 🔹Water damaged = Harmed by water (warped, stained, swollen, or ruined). (Picture: old books that look wet and warped.) Example: “The books were water damaged in the flood.” ✍️Common with paper, wood, electronics, and furniture. You can also say “water-damaged” (with a hyphen when used before a noun). 🔹Moldy = Covered with mold (a fuzzy fungus that grows in damp places). (Picture: a shoe with greenish mold.) Example: “The bread became moldy after a week.” ✍️Related: mold (noun/verb), mildew (similar but often lighter). Appears on food, clothes, walls, and shoes in humid conditions. Pronunciation tip: “mold-ee.” 🔹Broken = Damaged so that it no longer works or is in pieces/separated. (Picture: eyeglasses with a broken frame/arm.) Example: “My glasses are broken; I need to get them fixed.” ✍️Very general word; can apply to almost anything (toys, machines, bones, hearts in a figurative sense). 🔹Faded = Lost its original bright color because of sunlight, washing, or age. (Picture: a green T-shirt that has become pale.) Example: “The curtains are faded from the sun.” ✍️Common with clothes, photos, paint, and posters. Opposite idea: vibrant or bright. 🔹Stretched = Pulled so that it is longer, looser, or out of its original shape. (Picture: a leather belt that looks expanded.) Example: “These shoes are stretched and too big for me now.” ✍️Used for elastic, leather, fabric, or muscles. Note: “stretched out” is also common. 🔹Corroded = Eaten away or damaged by chemical reaction (often looks crusty or powdery). (Picture: old batteries with white/green crust.) Example: “The batteries are corroded and leaked.” ✍️Similar to rusted but can affect other metals or materials; common with batteries, pipes, and metal parts exposed to chemicals or moisture. 🔹Frayed edge = The edge of fabric or material that has become loose and ragged (threads sticking out). (Picture: a scarf or cloth with messy edges.) Example: “The blanket has a frayed edge.” ✍️This is a more specific use of “frayed.” You can also say “the edges are frayed.” 🔹Flat: (For tires or balls) = Having no air pressure, so it is collapsed. (Picture: a bicycle tire with no air.) Example: “I have a flat tire; I need to pump it up or change it.” ✍️Also used for other things that should be inflated. Different meaning from “flat” as in a level surface or an apartment. ✍️Extra helpful notes✍️ 🔸Many of these words can be used before a noun (“a stained shirt”) or after a linking verb (“The shirt is stained”). 🔸You can often make the verb form: stain → stained, fray → frayed, rust → rusted, crack → cracked, break → broken, fade → faded, stretch → stretched, corrode → corroded. 🔸Related useful words: torn (ripped), dented (pushed in), scratched (surface lines), chipped (small piece missing), worn (used a lot and looking old), damaged (general word for any harm). 🔸Context matters: “flat” for a tire is different from “flat” for soda (no bubbles) or a “flat” apartment. 🔸In conversation, people often add “a bit,” “slightly,” or “badly”: “It’s a bit frayed” or “It’s badly water damaged.” ✍️Practice tip: Look around your home or classroom and try to describe real objects using these words. For example: “My notebook is water damaged,” “The old key is rusted,” “This towel has a frayed edge.”

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🔹Stained
= Discolored by liquid, dirt, or marks that are hard to remove.
(Picture: coffee ring on a white countertop.)
Example:
“The white shirt is stained with coffee.”
✍️Related: a stain (noun), to stain (verb). Common with clothes, carpets, walls, or tables.

🔹Frayed
= Worn so that the threads or fibers come loose and stick out.
(Picture: rope or twine starting to unravel.)
Example: “The old rope is frayed and might break.”
✍️Often used for fabric, rope, carpets, or electrical cords.

🔹Rusted (or rusty)
= Covered with rust (the reddish-brown coating that forms on iron or steel when it gets wet and reacts with air).
(Picture: an old padlock.)
Example:
“The lock is rusted and won’t open.”
✍️Note: “Rusty” is the more common everyday form. Metal tools, bikes, cars, and outdoor equipment often rust.

🔹Cracked
= Having a line or break in the surface, but the pieces are still mostly together.
(Picture: a glass flask with a star-shaped crack.)
Example:
“Be careful; the glass is cracked.”
✍️Used for glass, pottery, screens, walls, or ice. Different from “broken” (completely in pieces) or “chipped” (small piece missing).

🔹Water damaged
= Harmed by water (warped, stained, swollen, or ruined).
(Picture: old books that look wet and warped.)
Example:
“The books were water damaged in the flood.”
✍️Common with paper, wood, electronics, and furniture. You can also say “water-damaged” (with a hyphen when used before a noun).

🔹Moldy
= Covered with mold (a fuzzy fungus that grows in damp places).
(Picture: a shoe with greenish mold.)
Example:
“The bread became moldy after a week.”
✍️Related: mold (noun/verb), mildew (similar but often lighter). Appears on food, clothes, walls, and shoes in humid conditions. Pronunciation tip: “mold-ee.”

🔹Broken
= Damaged so that it no longer works or is in pieces/separated.
(Picture: eyeglasses with a broken frame/arm.)
Example:
“My glasses are broken; I need to get them fixed.”
✍️Very general word; can apply to almost anything (toys, machines, bones, hearts in a figurative sense).

🔹Faded
= Lost its original bright color because of sunlight, washing, or age.
(Picture: a green T-shirt that has become pale.)
Example:
“The curtains are faded from the sun.”
✍️Common with clothes, photos, paint, and posters. Opposite idea: vibrant or bright.

🔹Stretched
= Pulled so that it is longer, looser, or out of its original shape.
(Picture: a leather belt that looks expanded.)
Example:
“These shoes are stretched and too big for me now.”
✍️Used for elastic, leather, fabric, or muscles. Note: “stretched out” is also common.

🔹Corroded
= Eaten away or damaged by chemical reaction (often looks crusty or powdery).
(Picture: old batteries with white/green crust.)
Example:
“The batteries are corroded and leaked.”
✍️Similar to rusted but can affect other metals or materials; common with batteries, pipes, and metal parts exposed to chemicals or moisture.

🔹Frayed edge
= The edge of fabric or material that has become loose and ragged (threads sticking out).
(Picture: a scarf or cloth with messy edges.)
Example: “The blanket has a frayed edge.”
✍️This is a more specific use of “frayed.” You can also say “the edges are frayed.”

🔹Flat: (For tires or balls)
= Having no air pressure, so it is collapsed.
(Picture: a bicycle tire with no air.)
Example:
“I have a flat tire; I need to pump it up or change it.”
✍️Also used for other things that should be inflated. Different meaning from “flat” as in a level surface or an apartment.

✍️Extra helpful notes✍️
🔸Many of these words can be used before a noun (“a stained shirt”) or after a linking verb (“The shirt is stained”).
🔸You can often make the verb form: stain → stained, fray → frayed, rust → rusted, crack → cracked, break → broken, fade → faded, stretch → stretched, corrode → corroded.
🔸Related useful words: torn (ripped), dented (pushed in), scratched (surface lines), chipped (small piece missing), worn (used a lot and looking old), damaged (general word for any harm).
🔸Context matters: “flat” for a tire is different from “flat” for soda (no bubbles) or a “flat” apartment.
🔸In conversation, people often add “a bit,” “slightly,” or “badly”: “It’s a bit frayed” or “It’s badly water damaged.”

✍️Practice tip:
Look around your home or classroom and try to describe real objects using these words.
For example:
“My notebook is water damaged,”
“The old key is rusted,”
“This towel has a frayed edge.”

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