CHALLENGING WORDS: beard, bird

Jul 26

The man had a long, thick beard he had grown after he retired from his full-time job. His wife would tease him and say he should watch it or maybe a bird would build a nest in it.

O homem tinha uma barba longa e grossa que ele deixou crescer depois que se aposentou de seu emprego em tempo integral. Sua esposa o provocava e dizia que ele deveria obvservá-la ou talvez um pássaro iria construir um ninho nela.

He truly loved his beard. He didn’t care how much his wife ribbed him about possibly providing a home for a bird on his face.

Ele realmente amava sua barba. Ele não se importava com o quanto sua esposa o provocava sobre a possibilidade de ela fornecer um lar para um pássaro em seu rosto.

The longer he grew his beard, the more his wife teased him about the bird nest. He took it good-naturedly, stroked his beard, and smiled at his wife.

Quanto mais ele deixava a barba crescer, mais sua esposa o provocava por causa do ninho de pássaro. Ele aceitou com bom humor, acariciou a barba e sorriu para sua esposa.

ENGLISH/PORTUGUESE VOCABULARY:

BEARD: barba

BIRD: pássaro

Sally Moore

CHALLENGING WORDS: beard, bird

The man had a long, thick beard he had grown after he retired from his full-time job. His wife would tease him and say he should watch it or maybe a bird would build a nest in it.

He truly loved his beard. He didn’t care how much his wife ribbed him about possibly providing a home for a bird on his face.

The longer he grew his beard, the more his wife teased him about the bird nest. He took it good-naturedly, stroked his beard, and smiled at his wife.

ED PAST TENSE PRONUNCIATION: passed, placed

AMERICAN IDIOMS: I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it