Of Course x Off Course, qual a diferença ?

OF COURSE [É claro; é óbvio]
OFF COURSE [Fora de curso]

Cuidado ao traduzir as expressões “OF COURSE” e “OFF COURSE”. A primeira tem o sentido de “obviamente”, “é óbvio” e “é claro”. Já a segunda significa “fora de rota”.

• She invited me to her party, but I’m not going, of course.
• Ela me convidou para a festa dela, mas eu não vou, é claro.
• The bus driver distracted himself for a second and drove off course.
• O motorista do ônibus se distraiu por um segundo e saiu da rota.

How do you say "cochilar" in English ?

DOZE OFF [Cochilar sem intenção, tirar uma soneca sem intenção]

TAKE A NAP [Tirar uma soneca, cochilar intencionalmente]

• She dozes off in front of the TV every night.
• Ela cochila na frente da TV todas as noites.
• John dozed off at the wheel and caused an accident.
• John cochilou ao volante e provocou um acidente.
• After school, I had lunch and then decided to take a nap.
• Depois da escola, eu almocei e resolvi tirar uma soneca.

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Homophones sometimes can be very dificult !

This is a list of British-English homophones:

1. accessary, accessory
2. ad, add
3. ail, ale
4. air, heir
5. aisle, I'll, isle
6. all, awl
7. allowed, aloud
8. alms, arms
9. altar, alter
10. arc, ark
11. aren't, aunt
12. ate, eight
13. auger, augur
14. auk, orc
15. aural, oral
16. away, aweigh
17. awe, oar, or, ore
18. axel, axle
19. aye, eye, I
20. bail, bale
21. bait, bate
22. baize, bays
23. bald, bawled
24. ball, bawl
25. band, banned
26. bard, barred
27. bare, bear
28. bark, barque
29. baron, barren
30. base, bass
31. bay, bey
32. bazaar, bizarre
33. be, bee
34. beach, beech
35. bean, been
36. beat, beet
37. beau, bow
38. beer, bier
39. bel, bell, belle
40. berry, bury
41. berth, birth
42. bight, bite, byte
43. billed, build
44. bitten, bittern
45. blew, blue
46. bloc, block
47. boar, bore
48. board, bored
49. boarder, border
50. bold, bowled
51. boos, booze
52. born, borne
53. bough, bow
54. boy, buoy
55. brae, bray
56. braid, brayed
57. braise, brays, braze
58. brake, break
59. bread, bred
60. brews, bruise
61. bridal, bridle
62. broach, brooch
63. bur, burr
64. but, butt
65. buy, by, bye
66. buyer, byre
67. calendar, calender
68. call, caul
69. canvas, canvass
70. cast, caste
71. caster, castor
72. caught, court
73. caw, core, corps
74. cede, seed
75. ceiling, sealing
76. cell, sell
77. censer, censor, sensor
78. cent, scent, sent
79. cereal, serial
80. cheap, cheep
81. check, cheque
82. choir, quire
83. chord, cord
84. cite, sight, site
85. clack, claque
86. clew, clue
87. climb, clime
88. close, cloze
89. coal, kohl
90. coarse, course
91. coign, coin
92. colonel, kernel
93. complacent, complaisant
94. complement, compliment
95. coo, coup
96. cops, copse
97. council, counsel
98. cousin, cozen
99. creak, creek
100. crews, cruise
101. cue, kyu, queue
102. curb, kerb
103. currant, current
104. cymbol, symbol
105. dam, damn
106. days, daze
107. dear, deer
108. descent, dissent
109. desert, dessert
110. deviser, divisor

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