I could use a drink

Several people asked me about a sentence in the last video we showed you. Click here to see the video: “O Brasil está ‘mandando ver’ com a produção do iPad”. Several students didn’t understand it when the host said: “Brazil could use an economic boost.” Most of our...

Crianças confinadas no carro

While traveling in the car, our kids often complain about being __(confinados / “presos”)__ in the car for hours. Do you know how to say that in English? Well, you could say that they are “confined” in the car, but that sounds too formal and it is not what we would...