Some expressions to help you talk and write.  And if you don't know some of them look them up: http://pt.bab.la/dicionario/ingles-portugues.

Can you find which one was repeated in one of the columns?  See if you can find it!

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From:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/2014/01/140123_todays_phrase_to_chicken_out.shtml

To chicken out

Chickens roam free at the Hackney City Farm in London

Today's Phrase

When you say someone has chickened out of something, you mean they have failed to do something, or they haven't tried to do it, because they were afraid.

Examples:

Johnny says he is an action man but he chickened out of riding a horse.

Are you absolutely sure you want to go bungee jumping with me? I don't want you to chicken out at the last minute.

Take note

If you say someone is no spring chicken you mean they are not young.

Example:

I don't go partying every night any more. I'm no spring chicken and I need to have a good night's sleep.

Interesting fact

According to the Guinness World Records website, the oldest living chicken was found in Maryland, US, in 2011. It was called Muffy and was 22 years old when it was found.

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/2014/01/140121_todays_phrase_childs_play.shtml

Child's play

A child's crayon drawing from a London primary school. Photo: BBC.

Today's Phrase

You use the expression child's play when you mean that something is very easy to do.

Examples:

I finished the test very quickly. It was child's play!

Stop trying to fix the car and call a professional mechanic to do the job. This is not child's play.

Take note

To be a poster child (for something) means to be a perfect example of something.

Example:

Mr Cancino went from a poor young immigrant to a powerful businessman in a decade. He is a poster boy for the 'American Dream'.

Interesting fact

Research by scientists based at King's College London and Brown University, Rhode Island, suggests that immersing children in a bilingual environment before the age of four gives them the best chance of becoming fluent in both languages. They studied 108 children with normal brain development between the ages of one and six.

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