Tricky pitfalls 8

Tricky Pitfalls – 8

41. You need another knife. This one’s too blind.

42. Soon rain started to pour. Neither of the three children were wearing raincoats.

43. His first novel was edited when he was 22 years old.

44. “Which is more effective, a calculator or an abacus?” “It depends on who operates them.”

45. I dont believe him. When he says he loves me he means something else than love.

41. Correção: You need another knife. This one’s too blunt. (Blind quer dizer cego, que não consegue enxergar; blunt também quer dizer cego, mas que não consegue cortar. O primeiro se refere a pessoas ou animais: o segundo a facas, tesouras, machados etc.

42. Correção: Soon rain started to pour. None of the three children were wearing raincoats. (neither of = nenhum de dois; none of =nenhum de três ou mais)

43. Correção: His first novel was published when he was 22 years old. (edit = editar, isto é, corrigir, revisar e emendar um texto antes de publicá-lo; publish = publicar, isto é, produzir e colocar em circulação um livro, revista etc.)

44. Correção: “Which is more efficient, a calculator or an abacus?” “It depends on who operates them.” (efficient: eficiente, que trabalha rapidamente e não comete erros; effective: efetivo, que produz o efeito que se espera, tipo an effective medicine, por exemplo.)

45. Correção: I dont believe him. When he says he loves me he means something other than love. (Something else não pode vir seguido de than, tipo We’ve had enough of that. Let’s talk about something else Ø.)