Episodes

March 1, 2018

Podcast: Idioms com scratch

What’s up? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre dois idioms super comuns na língua inglesa com a palavra scratch… Não perca! Transcrição What’s up? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So do you know what scratch means? If you feel an itch somewhere in your body, you’re probably going to scratch it. And you know those cards that you get sometimes when you buy something, and there’s this silver-colou...
Feb. 15, 2018

Podcast: Keep your options open

How’s it going? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre dois idioms comuníssimos no inglês, que tem a ver com as opções que você tem na vida. Se você está recebendo este episódio por email, clique aqui para ouvir o áudio no site. Transcrição How’s it going? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So you know when you’re sort of looking at your options for… something, whatever. Let’s say you’d like to thr...
Feb. 5, 2018

Podcast: Guess where it happened

How are you? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo – em inglês, é claro :-) – sobre cinco situações em que eu perdi alguma coisa ou fui roubada. Veja se você consegue adivinhar onde foi que cada uma aconteceu: no Brasil ou em Londres, onde eu moro? Se você está recebendo este episódio por email, clique aqui para ouvir o áudio no site. Transcrição How are you? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So today ...
Jan. 25, 2018

Como falo em inglês: O gato comeu a sua língua?

How are you doing? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre idioms relacionados a dizer alguma coisa e dar opinião. Não perca!! Se você está recebendo este episódio por email, clique aqui para ouvir o áudio no site. Transcrição How are you doing? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So here’s our first idiom of today: has the cat got your tongue? Or just “cat got your tongue”? That is mostly similar to...
Jan. 15, 2018

Podcast: The odds are in your favour

How are you? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre expressões com a palavra ODD. Não perca!! Transcrição How are you doing? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! How about we take a quick look at the word odd? O-D-D, odd. One of the most common meanings of odd is… strange. Unusual, peculiar, strange, all of that. Now, I hear the word odd with that meaning way more frequently in British English than Am...
Jan. 8, 2018

Podcast: Fight at the tube platform

Hello! Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre o pânico causado por uma briga no metrô em Londres. Não deixe de ouvir :-) Transcrição Hello! You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and… enjoy! So, everyone… I’d like to tell you guys today about an incident in London, and the general reaction to it. So what happened in the afternoon of November 24th, at the Oxford Circus tube station platform? I’ll read out a couple ...
Dec. 27, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Ele agiu de má fé

How are you doing? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre dois idioms super comuns no dia a dia do inglês. Não perca! Transcrição How are you doing? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So, there’s a term in English that pretty much corresponds to what we say in Portuguese – “má fé”, and the term is bad faith. Check this out: my neighbour hired a contractor to do some work in her kitchen. After months...
Dec. 19, 2017

Como digo em inglês: Ela fez pouco do meu problema

Hello! Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre idioms super comuns com as palavras light e lighten – não perca! Transcrição Hello! You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So you know when you tell someone about a problem that you’re having, and then… they go ahead and make a joke about it? Or they think it’s not that bad – maybe you’re exaggerating. Doesn’t sound that important! You happen to know all the...
Dec. 11, 2017

Podcast: Moving with a van

Hi, what’s up? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre como foram minhas mudanças de casa aqui em Londres.. Não perca :-) Enjoy! Transcrição Hi, what’s up? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So, if you’ve been listening to this podcast for any length of time you may know that, about four and a half years ago, I moved to London in the United Kingdom. I have since moved house a couple of times and toda...
Nov. 27, 2017

Como digo em inglês: É um quebra-galho

Hi, everyone. Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre soluções quebra-galho em inglês. Ouça lá! Transcrição Hi, everyone. You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So today I’m going to talk about a situation that, I’m sure, everyone is very familiar with. And that’s the situation where we either don’t know how to fix something properly, or we don’t have the time to do that, or all the necessary parts, you ...
Nov. 20, 2017

Como digo em inglês: Ela aprende rápido

Hi, everyone. Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre algumas comuns com a palavra QUICK. Não perca: ouça já! Transcrição Hi, everyone. You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So let’s get started! You know how some people, sometimes, seem to be always ready to do something… like, complain, for example. Or criticise. It’s like that is the first thing on their mind. Whatever it is, whatever the situation, ...
Nov. 13, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Uma coisa não tem a ver com a outra

Hi, everyone. Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre dois idioms super comuns entre os falantes da língua inglesa. Ouça já! Transcrição Hi, everyone. You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So picture this: someone’s trying to convince you of something, or they’re trying to make you understand the way they think. So they proceed to make a comparison – this way, it will be easier for you to grasp the mess...
Nov. 6, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Deu um chilique

Hello! Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre algumas maneiras de dizer que alguém ‘teve um chilique’! Transcrição Hello! You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So I’ve talked in the past about people having a strop and not being able to hold their temper. Today we come back to the same theme with the following idiom: throw a temper tantrum. It is such a common expression that people will often just say...
Oct. 30, 2017

Como falo em inglês: No dia de São Nunca

How have you been? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre idioms com a palavra HELL. Não perca! Transcrição How have you been? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So here we go: this week I’m going to talk about two idioms with the word hell. Yep, hell, the opposite, so to speak, of heaven. Let’s get right into it: if someone gives you hell for something you’ve done or said, that means… they’re not h...
Oct. 23, 2017

Como falo em inglês: É OK, mas nada demais

How’s it going? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre idioms com a palavra NOTHING! Não perca. Transcrição How’s it going? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So in today’s episode we’ll focus on the word ‘nothing’ for a little bit. First of all, listen to it again: nothing. Did you notice I did not say “NÓ-thing”? I said it more like “nothing”. Just something to notice – we speak Portuguese as our ...
Oct. 17, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Vou nessa

Hi. What’s up? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre maneiras de dizer em inglês “vou nessa”. Não perca! Transcrição Hi. What’s up? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So today let’s review a few different ways to let other people know that you’re leaving. Most of these are very informal, so they’re not idioms that you would normally say in a business environment, unless you were sure it’d be ok to ...
Oct. 13, 2017

Como falo em inglês: O ponteiro do relógio

How have you been? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre algumas expressões com a palavra CLOCK, todas – como sempre – muito comuns entre os falantes nativos. Transcrição How have you been? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So today let’s talk a little bit about some vocabulary specific to clocks. Sure, ‘clock’ is a very basic word and one that English students learn in their first few lessons… I ...
Oct. 5, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Cantadas

How’s it going? Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre cantadas em inglês que eu achei engraçadas… Não perca. Transcrição How’s it going? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy. So how about today we have our podcast about a fun topic: funny pick-up lines! Yes, pick-up lines. Or, as we call them in Brazil, “cantadas”. And when I say funny, obviously some people will think they’re funny; others will think...
Sept. 28, 2017

Podcast: Cover your tracks

Hello, everyone. Hoje, no podcast, eu falo sobre um idiom muito comum com a palavra cover – não perca! Transcrição Hello, everyone. You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So listen to this: when people do something wrong, sometimes they remember to cover their tracks. Many times they don’t! In those cases, it’s easy to figure out what that person did. For example: let’s say your work colleague Ri...
July 24, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Ele está passando por uma fase

How’s it going? Hoje eu falo sobre duas expressões super comuns com phase e faze. Transcrição How’s it going? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! Our idiom today is really simple. We say something very similar in Brazil. “Ele tá passando por uma fase”. He’s going through a phase. Example: you bump into your friend Sally in the mall and she says “Have you seen Martin lately? I saw him last nigh...
July 17, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Dá um jeito na sua vida!

What’s up? Hoje eu falo sobre dois idioms super comuns com a palavra clean. Transcrição What’s up? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! We have a couple of idioms today with the word clean. Yep. I bet you all know what clean means – both the verb and the adjective. There’s always more to learn when it comes to English though… and that’s because the sheer number of idiomatic expressions in this ...
July 10, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Já era hora!

How have you been? Hoje eu falo sobre um idiom comuníssimo e pouco usado por nós, brasileiros que aprendem inglês. Enjoy :-) Transcrição How have you been? You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So imagine you have a favourite restaurant in your neighbourhood. You’ve been going to this restaurant for years. You like the food, you know the staff, it’s reasonably priced, it’s almost perfect. Not ju...
July 3, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Isso está fora de questão

Hi, there. Hoje eu falo sobre idioms super comuns com a palavra question. Enjoy! Transcrição Hi there. You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So let’s say you’re planning your holidays – you’re looking forward to them. You’ve been browsing the Internet, looking for nice destinations but it turns out you’re going to your favourite beach town as always. You can’t wait! You’re so excited about the h...
June 26, 2017

Como falo em inglês: Ela faz isso com o pé nas costas

Hey, everybody. Hoje eu falo sobre dois idioms super comuns com a palavra fish… Incluindo como dizer a frase do título deste pod. Enjoy! Transcrição Hey, everybody. You’re listening to the new episode of the Inglês Online podcast. Thank you for telling everyone you know about this podcast and, enjoy! So imagine that it’s a stressful day at the office. A stressful Friday, to be specific. You’ve got a million things to do and your phone seems to be ringing off the hook. You’re getting ready to ...