"Teenagers scrolling down their facebook feeds while walking on the streets are sitting ducks for thieves". — Sitting duck = someone or something that is vulnerable to an easy attack

TO /tu:/ noção de direção, ir para algum lugar, movimento, destino

FOR /fûr/ noção de finalidade, propósito

PADRÕES - GOING TO - SHOW TO - LISTEN TO

PADRÕES - do for - translate for - fight for

"John ratted on his sister to their parents". "The thief ratted on his companions to avoid jail time"

"John is always rabbiting on about his many dates with many girls"

I can't wait to meet her She can't wait to find a new job I can't wait for my vacation I can't hardly wait to buy a new computer

TOO / AS WELL / ALSO TOO: no final das frases. SEMPRE. TOO MUCH: demais, antes de adv ou adj AS WELL: frases afirmativas. No final. NOT ONLY, BUT ALSO ALSO: ...

ALSO 1. frase + ponto final + ALSO + frase que adicione uma ideia a primeira frase 2. entre o pronome e o verbo

We all know that looks matter. What most of us don't understand is just how much looks matter and how difficult it is for us to ignore a person's appearance when making a social judgment.

Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them.

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.

The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of the whole creation.

Skepticism enables us to distinguish fancy from fact, to test our speculations.

I shower in the dark barely able to tell soap from conditioner and tell myself that I will emerge new and strong that the water will heal me.

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction

All mothers are powered by love, fueled by caffeine, and sustained by wine. Take away any one of this is and it's a whole different ballgame. You may want to steer clear of the mom in question.

Sufferers of depression have 'episodes' the same way those who suffer from multiple sclerosis do. It comes, wipes the floor with you, and then somehow returns you to the world. But it comes back.

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money and those who want to do everything with money.

I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.

When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied.

I should like to think that we'll find peace on this Earth at some point and come to a collective consciousness of compassion for each other, where we say, 'Enough! Let us live as one!'

In the long run, Europe will certainly move toward unification. But it will be a process of push and pull, and there will be resistance.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope...

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.

Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.

One of the things I enjoy most during the World Cup is watching a team improve, mature, and gel during the course of the tournament.

I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I never had any hassle; maybe I've blocked it out, but I don't think so.

I just want to make a point that its not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes its the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded.

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.

Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.