Don’t Worry
If You Don’t Know The Word !
What do you do if you don’t know the word in English you want to use? The fact is that you don’t know every word in Portuguese. Often there are new words. So you use a phrase to describe what you mean
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a paraphraseUseful Phrases
(it’s what you call ........)a kind of, it’s a kind of...
a sort of, it’s a sort of ...the thing you use for...
the thing you can ... (with)
it’s what you ...(with)
someone/the person who ....
it’s a bit like ...
it’s when you ...
it’s something ...you do/say when ....
it’s the place where you ...................
we say .......................................... in Portuguese
What do you do if you don’t understand the word that is being used ?
ASKWhat do you call it ?
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What |
do would |
you call |
it ? someone who ...? the thing which ...? |
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