Em tempos recessivos, você saberia falar de quantas formas sobre desemprego (unemployment), por exemplo?
Há mais de uma maneira de dizer “ser despedido”:
- To be made redundant
- To be fired
- To be dismissed
- To get sacked
- To lose your job (perder o emprego, o que é diferente de "to miss your job", que significa sentir falta ou saudade do trabalho).
Para as empresas, o ato de dispensar um funcionário pode ser descrito como "to cut the workforce" ou "to lay off staff".
Vamos ver como está seu conhecimento de expressões sobre finanças e economia na língua inglesa? Relacione as expressões na coluna da esquerda às suas definições na coluna da direita:
1. To weather the storm
2. To be in good shape
3. To live beyond your means
4. To pay the price
5. To foot the bill
6. To be at rock bottom
7. To be in free fall
8. To burn a hole in your pocket
9. To cost an arm and a leg
10. To splash out on
( ) to keep falling without anything stopping the fall
( ) to be very expensive
( ) not earn enough money, so you need to borrow money
( ) to pay a lot for an important event
( ) to not be able to stop spending money
( ) to survive bad times
( ) to be so low you cannot go any further down
( ) to pay for someone else
( ) to be strong
( ) to pay for your mistakes
Agora, preencha as frases abaixo com as expressões do exercício 1, na coluna da esquerda:
1. Fortunately, we're ____________________ financially, after all the problems we faced last year.
2. The economy must be _________________ now.
3. We're trying _____________________ by lowering our prices.
4. He can't just go shopping. Money _____________________.
5. We have to stop ___________________.
6. They're ________________ their trip to the States.
7. The country is _______________ for its previous spending policies.
8. The Brazilian economy has been ________________.
9. It ___________________ to buy an apartment in São Paulo.
10. She took me out for dinner and ____________.
2. The economy must be _________________ now.
3. We're trying _____________________ by lowering our prices.
4. He can't just go shopping. Money _____________________.
5. We have to stop ___________________.
6. They're ________________ their trip to the States.
7. The country is _______________ for its previous spending policies.
8. The Brazilian economy has been ________________.
9. It ___________________ to buy an apartment in São Paulo.
10. She took me out for dinner and ____________.
Respostas
Primeiro exercício
1. To weather the storm = to survive bad times
2. To be in good shape = to be strong
3. To live beyond your means = not earn enough money, so you need to borrow money
4. To pay the price = to pay for your mistakes
5. To foot the bill = to pay for someone else
6. To be at rock bottom = to be so low you cannot go any further down
7. To be in free fall = to keep falling without anything stopping the fall
8. To burn a hole in your pocket = to not be able to stop spending money
9. To cost an arm and a leg = to be very expensive
10. To splash out on = to pay a lot for an important event
Primeiro exercício
1. To weather the storm = to survive bad times
2. To be in good shape = to be strong
3. To live beyond your means = not earn enough money, so you need to borrow money
4. To pay the price = to pay for your mistakes
5. To foot the bill = to pay for someone else
6. To be at rock bottom = to be so low you cannot go any further down
7. To be in free fall = to keep falling without anything stopping the fall
8. To burn a hole in your pocket = to not be able to stop spending money
9. To cost an arm and a leg = to be very expensive
10. To splash out on = to pay a lot for an important event
Segundo exercício
1. Fortunately, we're in good shape financially, after all the problems we faced last year.
2. The economy must be at rock bottom now.
3. We're trying to weather the storm by lowering our prices.
4. He can't just go shopping. Money burns a hole in his pocket.
5. We have to stop living beyond our means.
6. They're splashing out on their trip to the States.
7. The country is paying the price for its previous spending policies.
8. The Brazilian economy is in free fall.
9. It costs an arm and a leg to buy an apartment in São Paulo.
10. She took me out for dinner and footed the bill.
1. Fortunately, we're in good shape financially, after all the problems we faced last year.
2. The economy must be at rock bottom now.
3. We're trying to weather the storm by lowering our prices.
4. He can't just go shopping. Money burns a hole in his pocket.
5. We have to stop living beyond our means.
6. They're splashing out on their trip to the States.
7. The country is paying the price for its previous spending policies.
8. The Brazilian economy is in free fall.
9. It costs an arm and a leg to buy an apartment in São Paulo.
10. She took me out for dinner and footed the bill.
Escrito por Lígia Crispino. Publicado em 27/07 na coluna semanal da Exame.com. Editado por Lígia Crispino para o blog da Companhia de Idiomas.
