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4.17.2011

Phrasal Verbs: MESS AROUND (WITH)


MESS AROUND (WITH)
1. to spend time foolishly [não fazer nada, vagabundear]
  • When one of the custodians caught Bill and Joe messing around in the schoolbathroom, he told them he would report them to the school’s principal if he ever saw them there again.
  • Quando um dos vigias pegou Bill e Joe vagabundeando no banheiro da escola, ele lhes disse que iria denunciá-los ao diretor da escola se os visse novamente por lá.
Veja também fool around (with) (primeira acepção).
2. to have an affair with someone who is married [ter caso com alguém casado]
  • “If I were you, I would not mess around with someone else’s wife”, George advised Jefferson.
  • “Se eu fosse você, não teria um caso com a mulher dos outros”, George aconselhou Jefferson.

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