Lesson 14
Autor: teacher Jota | Publicado: 2016-10-05T10:46:00-07:00

Lesson 14/ be getting to/better/should/friendly advice
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to be getting


1- I'm getting interested in her. I wanna ask her out. We are gonna drink something somewhere. After that I'm gonna tell her about my feelings.

2- She is getting nervous cos' I talk too much.

3- The dreadful situation in Brazil is getting worse than they thought it would be.

4- Andreia is getting better and better day after day.

5- My dad is getting worried about my younger sis.

6- I can't get over I'm getting fluent in English!



To be getting - estar ficando
something - algo,alguma coisa
somewhere - em algum lugar,algum lugar
feelings - sentimentos
too much - demais
dreadful - terrível,horrível
worse than - pior do que
it would be - seria
better and better - cada vez melhor
worried about - preocupado com
I can't get over - Mal consigo acreditar




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you better/ she better - you should do / she should do = friendly advice


1- It will be raining all saturday long . You better buy an umbrella.

2- Your mom is very angry at her . She better apologize.

3- English is a difficult language to learn. He better study another idiom.

4- We are getting fatter and fatter. We better look for a diet.

5- She doesn't love you the way you love her. You better give up and find a new girl.

6- Giovana &nbsp;won't be at home at 4 pm. I better call &nbsp;before leaving .





It will &nbsp;be raining - estará chovendo
umbrella - guarda-chuva
angry at - brava com
to apologize - se desculpar
another - um outro,uma outra
fatter and fatter - cada vez mais gordo
to look for a diet - procurar uma dieta
the way - do modo, da maneira,do jeito
to give up - desistir
before leaving - antes de sair


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Ain't - is not/are not/ don't /am not/ has not/have not/does not / don't ( used as slang)



1- I ain't gonna work tomorrow cos' I"m gonna  take my kids to the zoo..
*   I'm not going to work tomorrow because I'm gonna take my kids to the zoo.


2- I am aware that Madonna will never kiss me. She ain't nothing than a dream.
* I am aware that Madonna will never kiss me. She isn't nothing than a dream.


3- There ain't nothing than spend a time with family.

* There isn't nothing than spend a time with family.


4- Taking the Lord's name in vain ain't funny. 

* Taking the Lord's name in vain isn't funny.


    5 - I ain't easy; I ain't your toy. I ain't gonna waste my precious time  with you.

* I'm not easy; I'm not your toy. I'm not going to waste my precious with you.


6- My life ain't what it  used to be.

* My life isn't what it used to be.


7 - If you think I talked everything. You ain't heard nothin' yet!

* If you think I talked everything. You haven't heard nothin ' yet!


8- Your opinion ain't mean anything to me.

* Your opinion doesn't mean anything to me.


9- She ain't got no money in her pocket.

* She doesn't have no money in her pocket.


10- We ain't go nowhere.

*We don't go nowhere.





to take my kids - pegar,levar
to be aware that - estar ciente de que
to spend a time - passar um tempo
in vain - em vão/ á toa
to waste - desperdiçar
used to be - costumava ser
heard ( that )- ouviu/ouviu dizer que
to mean - significar,querer dizer
pocket - bolso
nowhere - lugar nenhum, nenhum lugar


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