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ENGLISH
PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | Dale/RS |
E-mail: | dale.thomas@hy.com.br |
Data: | 28/MAI/2006 10:14 AM |
Assunto: | English traps 3 |
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Buck An Indian buck is an Indian male warrior. If you buck management, you fight/resist management.
A "Bud" is also a Budweiser, a popular beer.
Bun Bun can also mean bunda. On American TV you often hear of "Buns of Steel". It refers to a firm bunda.
Burnsides Burnsides was the original name, true, but today the term sideburns is used. The expression, by the way, came from General Burnsides, an officer during the American Civil War.
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