CHALLENGING WORDS: bedroom, boardroom, boredom

Tina knew that boardroom boredom was surely in her future that day and tried to avoid leaving her bedroom any earlier than absolutely necessary. Never did Tina imagine she would live through the boredom that awaited her when she entered the boardroom.

Tina sabia que o tédio da diretoria certamente estava em seu futuro naquele dia e tentou evitar sair do quarto mais cedo do que o absolutamente necessário. Tina nunca imaginou que sobreviveria ao tédio que a esperava quando ela entrasse na sala de reuniões.

Had she known such boredom would continue for three to four hours, she never would have left the bedroom that morning. Mind you the first ten minutes were riveting compared to the rest of the time in the boardroom.

Se ela soubesse que esse tédio continuaria por três a quatro horas, ela nunca teria saído do quarto naquela manhã. Imagine você que os primeiros dez minutos foram fascinantes em comparação com o resto do tempo na sala de reuniões.

At one point as her head bobbed forward in boredom, she found herself dreaming that she was in her bedroom and shook herself awake.

A certa altura, enquanto ela "pescava/dava uma pescada" de tédio, ela se viu sonhando que estava em seu quarto e se sacudiu para acordar.

ENGLISH/PORTUGUESE VOCABULARY:

BEDROOM: quarto

BOARDROOM: diretoria

BOREDOM: tédio

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