Lucky Break

sat there, in the poor little room, and she cried. Delia lived in this poor little room, in New York, with her husband, James Dillingham Young. They also had a bedroom, and a kitchen and a bathroom - all poor little rooms. James Dillingham Young was lucky, because he had a job, but it was not a good job. These rooms took most of his money. Delia tried to find work, but times were bad, and there was no work for her. But when Mr James Dillingham Young came home to his rooms, Mrs James…

little boy who had brought him home on that summer day. I was a man, out of college and working across the state in my first real job. Saint Shaun had stayed behind when I moved on. It was where he belonged. My parents, by then retired, called to break the news to me. My mother would later tell me, “In fifty years of marriage, I’ve only seen your father cry twice. The first time was when we lost Mary Ann”—my sister, who was stillborn. “The second time was the day Shaun died.” Saint Shaun…

exemplos). Assim, sob a designação genérica de expressões idiomáticas, destacam-se aqui, especialmente: Verbos frasais (two-word verbs ou phrasal verbs), isto é, verbos seguidos de uma partícula adverbial que altera ou modifica o sentido destes: back up, break down, catch on, come across, fall through, get over, give off, make out, pick up, run down, set off, take in, turn out. Há uma sele9áo bastante extensa desses verbos e registro de sua polissemia: come through e get along, por…

analysts announced that we had begun a Bear market. I didn't think so. That was because a few of the select indicators I keep were giving bullish readings for the stock market. Reflecting back upon it, I'm certain I was as influenced emotionally by the break to new lows as anyone. Things looked dismal. I felt a knot in the pit of my stomach. But when I turned to look at my indicators, the ones I will be discussing in just a few more chapters, I noticed they were in a distinct bullish…

93 THE REAL THING Great news from CocaCola. Special promotional cans of the famous drink will be slipping unnoticed on to the shelves in between ordinary cans of Coke. The special cans feel like the real thing. They slosh around appropriately. But, lucky winner, just as you are about to take a swig of cool fizzy cola, you find you have won a can containing a portion of undrinkable liquid and instructions about how to claim your prize. As grandes empresas mundiais costumam lançar produtos…

______ is a so extreme than you soa a heavy His work out was so extreme that he was sweating heavily. Fear: Fear is the feeling of being afraid I have a great fear of scape morning skate boarding. Fortunate: If you are fortunate you are lucky. I was fortunate to get a sit seat. Happen: If someone happen to do something they do it by chance. I happened to meet some news friends at school today. Happen to: por acaso Link Length: The length of something is how long it is from one

of the verb in a sentence. My name is David. I am the youngest in the family. This is my father. He is a teacher. This is my mother. She is a lawyer. I have a brother and two sisters. They are Peter, Sharon and Jenny. I have a dog. It is called Lucky. Lucky, you are a good dog. Good morning, children! You may sit down now. My family and I live in a big city. We have an apartment. Gr am m ar H The subject of a sentence is the person, animal, place or thing that does the action…

which she’d apparently forgotten she was holding. “Um…okay. But how would you slap it? You don’t have any arms.” “Impertinence!” There was a sharp POP and a flash of yellow. Piper yelped and dropped the dagger, which was now smoking and sparking. “Lucky for you I’ve just been through a battle,” Terminus announced. “If I were at full strength, I would’ve blasted this flying monstrosity out of the sky already!” “Hold up.” Leo stepped forward, wagging his Wii controller. “Did you just…

They’re having problems. They’re fighting all the time. They’re going through counselling. I don’t know what he/she sees/ever saw in her/him. He/She could do better. He’s/She’s using her/him. He/She cheats on her/him. I think they’re going to break up. He/She just broke up with his/her ex. I think he/she still hasn’t gotten over his/her ex. Ele/Ela poderia achar coisa melhor. Ele/Ela está a/o usando. Ele/Ela a/o trai. Acho que vão terminar. Ele/Ela acabou de terminar…

They’re having problems. They’re fighting all the time. They’re going through counselling. I don’t know what he/she sees/ever saw in her/him. He/She could do better. He’s/She’s using her/him. He/She cheats on her/him. I think they’re going to break up. He/She just broke up with his/her ex. I think he/she still hasn’t gotten over his/her ex. Ele/Ela poderia achar coisa melhor. Ele/Ela está a/o usando. Ele/Ela a/o trai. Acho que vão terminar. Ele/Ela acabou de terminar…