Idioms

After the fight was over, it took George some time to be able to pull himself together, and only then did he realize that he was wrong and decided to apologize. Mr. Crawley was very nice; he just said, "I know you are having problems. Skip it. No hard feelings". George was very relieved to hear that. He thought they'd  never be on speaking terms again.

Expressions in Portuguese that correspond to the English idioms above:

- Pull oneself together: controlar-se; se recompor

- Skip it: deixe pra lá

- No hard feelings: tudo bem; sem problemas

- On speaking terms: numa boa

Cole-slaw

1- Remove the outside leaves of a firm young cabbage. Cut in quarters and with a sharp knife cut off very thin slices. Let stand in cold water one-half hour.

2- Drain and mix with enough sour cream dressing to moisten well.

3- Chopped green pepper may be added if desired.

4- Keep in covered jar in refrigerator cabinet until needed.

Adjective Order

1- possessives, articles, demonstratives 2- amount number 3- opinion, acquired characteristic, changing qualities 4- size, dimension (how big?) 5- temperature, shape, form 6- age, date 7- color 8- fixed characteristic (where from?) 9- material (what is it made of?) 10- noun -ing form 11- head noun

Examples:

- An unsual silver bracelet 

- An ugly old lady

- A good-looking Italian athlete 

- An expensive modern car 

- Brown leather boots

- An old American log cabin

- A pleasant sunny day

- A large green apple

- A delicious hot sandwich

- A cheap cotton dress

- A big old green box 

- A long narrow street

- A little old country village 

- A big fat brown and white dog

- A black metal hair pin

- A long yellow wool skirt

- An odd old American painting