Zero Conditional
General Conditions
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
If you need advice, I am here to help you.
If I get up early, I feel tired all day.
If + present tense condition + present tense result
1º Conditional
Future Possible
If I get a job offer from Italy, I’ll take the next plane.
If it rains tomorrow, I’ll stay home.
If I pass the test, it will be a miracle.
If + present tense condition + future result
2nd Conditional
Present Unreal
If I won $1,000,000 in the lottery, I would buy my own plane.
If I could be any kind of animal, I’d want to be a cat.
If I were you, I wouldn’t wear that outfit.
If + simple past condition + conditional (would) result
3rd Conditional
Past Unreal
If I had been smarter, I would have started studying earlier.
If I hadn’t eaten those shrimp last night, I would have felt better afterwards.
If I had been smarter, I would have invested all of my money in Microsoft.
If + past perfect + present perfect conditionals ( would have) result
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Difference between rise and raise.
What is the difference between the verbs rise and raise?"
Rise is an irregular verb: rise / rose / risen
Raise is a regular verb: raise / raised / raised
Although both of these verbs have the general meaning of "to move upwards", the main difference is that rise is an intransitive verb (it does not take an object), while raise is a transitive verb (it requires an object):
The sun rises in the east.
The temperature rose to 100 degrees.
Mary raised her hand.
The government is going to raise taxes.
As you can see from these examples, something rises by itself (nobody is pushing up the sun!), whereas something else is needed to raise something (Mary moved her hand upwards/The government make laws to increase taxes).
Allergies such as asthma and hay fever are continuing to rise around the world despite efforts to curb pollution, the principal suspect.
After rain, the river level rose and fell mightily, and the channels were mined with sunken tree limbs.
However, it is true that the footballer's weight has risen and fallen over the past few years.
... envelops the target in a substance, like a science fiction product, that is completely disabling. There is no need to kill; a gunman cannot even raise his arm to fire.
... she smiled broadly and raised a clenched fist at a crowd of airport workers.
For further examples, go to the Web Concordancer’s home page, type rise, rose, risen, raise, or raised into the 'search string' field, select any corpus in the 'select corpus' field, and then click on the 'search for concordances' button. You will get many examples of how the words are used.
Rise is an irregular verb: rise / rose / risen
Raise is a regular verb: raise / raised / raised
Although both of these verbs have the general meaning of "to move upwards", the main difference is that rise is an intransitive verb (it does not take an object), while raise is a transitive verb (it requires an object):
The sun rises in the east.
The temperature rose to 100 degrees.
Mary raised her hand.
The government is going to raise taxes.
As you can see from these examples, something rises by itself (nobody is pushing up the sun!), whereas something else is needed to raise something (Mary moved her hand upwards/The government make laws to increase taxes).
Allergies such as asthma and hay fever are continuing to rise around the world despite efforts to curb pollution, the principal suspect.
After rain, the river level rose and fell mightily, and the channels were mined with sunken tree limbs.
However, it is true that the footballer's weight has risen and fallen over the past few years.
... envelops the target in a substance, like a science fiction product, that is completely disabling. There is no need to kill; a gunman cannot even raise his arm to fire.
... she smiled broadly and raised a clenched fist at a crowd of airport workers.
For further examples, go to the Web Concordancer’s home page, type rise, rose, risen, raise, or raised into the 'search string' field, select any corpus in the 'select corpus' field, and then click on the 'search for concordances' button. You will get many examples of how the words are used.
How do you say "requeijão" in English?
You say cottage/cottage cheese.
Cottage also means a small, modest house at a lake, mountain resort, etc., owned or rented as a vacation home.
Cottage also means a small, modest house at a lake, mountain resort, etc., owned or rented as a vacation home.
Farofa
How do you say farofa in English? Farofa
Farofa is a dish of wildly varying flavors consumed in South America. It can be found commercially produced and packaged in most South American markets but is often prepared at home based on family recipes. The key ingredient of all Farofas is either toasted manioc (also known as Mandioca, macaxeira, macaxera, cassava, yuca, or tapioca) flour or maize flour (farinha de milho) . Most recipes will also contain varying amounts of salt, smoked meat, and spices. The consistency of the mixture also ranges from large grains the size of cracked bulgur wheat or couscous, down to a table-salt-sized powder. Most farofas have a very smoky and slightly salty taste, by and large used to accentuate the taste of meat, particularly barbecued meat, and the hearty stews.
Source: Babylon
Farofa is a dish of wildly varying flavors consumed in South America. It can be found commercially produced and packaged in most South American markets but is often prepared at home based on family recipes. The key ingredient of all Farofas is either toasted manioc (also known as Mandioca, macaxeira, macaxera, cassava, yuca, or tapioca) flour or maize flour (farinha de milho) . Most recipes will also contain varying amounts of salt, smoked meat, and spices. The consistency of the mixture also ranges from large grains the size of cracked bulgur wheat or couscous, down to a table-salt-sized powder. Most farofas have a very smoky and slightly salty taste, by and large used to accentuate the taste of meat, particularly barbecued meat, and the hearty stews.
Source: Babylon
Periwinkle
Periwinkle is a color in the blue-violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color.
The color Periwinkle is also called lavender blue. The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of indigo--a pastel indigo.
The first recorded use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1922.
Source: Wikipedia
ho-ho
Ho Hos are cylindrical, frosted, cream-filled cakes that are made by the Hostess company and are distributed in the United States. These cream filled chocolate cakes have a pinwheel design.
A San Francisco bakery created the first Ho Hos in 1967.
A nut-covered version, "Nutty Ho Hos," was introduced in 1999, along with a promotional search for "the country's nuttiest celebrity laugh" which was awarded to comedian Eddie Murphy based on consumer votes.
"Caramel Ho Hos" were introduced in February 2004, and are still sold in stores today.
"Happy Ho Ho" was the original cartoon mascot for Ho Hos, and appeared on the boxes, ads, and television commercials for many years before he was discontinued. The character wore an outfit similar to that of Robin Hood, including a feathered cap.
snowcaps
Ingredients
Makes 18.
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 teaspoons instant espresso
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 4 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 cup confectioners sugar, for coating
Directions
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, espresso, baking powder, and salt. With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until well combined; mix in cooled chocolate. With mixer on low speed, gradually add dry ingredients; beat in milk just until combined. Flatten dough into a disk; wrap in plastic. Freeze until firm, about 45 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place confectioners' sugar into a medium bowl; working in batches, roll balls in sugar twice.
3. Place balls on prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until cookies have spread and coating is cracked, 12 to 14 minutes; cookies will still be soft to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
How to say "pega-pega" in English?
Tag: a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser.
To play tag - when you touch;tag;catch the other person, you say "tag, you're it!"
To play tag - when you touch;tag;catch the other person, you say "tag, you're it!"
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