What’s your schedule like?

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Schedule 2

Há palavras que confundem pela sua semelhança com o português, mas que no entanto, não significam o mesmo.  ‘Agenda’ é uma delas.

‘Agenda’ se refere à pauta de assuntos a serem discutidos numa reunião, assim como à lista de problemas ou assuntos que um governo, organização, etc está planejando discutir.

Se for o plano de atividades, tarefas organizadas ao longo de um dia, mês ou ano, será ‘schedule’. 

Ainda, se for aquele livro onde marcamos nossos compromissos, vamos chamar de ‘appointment book’, ou ‘datebook’.

Appointment book

Measures to combat terrorism will be on the agenda. Medidas para combater o terrorismo estarão na agenda de discussão.

What’s the president’s schedule for today? Qual é a agenda do presidente para hoje?

I bought an appointment book. Eu comprei uma agenda.

Okay! Got it?

Let’s talk about corruption?

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Brazilian politicians and business leaders are heavily involved in what might be the world’s biggest corruption scandal. An investigation that started in a Brazilian car wash has spread to 16 countries, embroiled more than 100 politicians and business leaders and put billionaires behind bars.

We need to talk about that, don’t you think? So let’s look at the vocabulary we need to discuss something that definitely has to do with us! We have already learned some of this vocabulary. Recycle it here if you need.

Just browsing!!

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Suppose you’re in a store, just walking around and looking at things, and the shop assistant comes and asks you if you need some help. Do you know how to answer this question?

“Are you looking for anything in particular, madam?” “No, I’m just browsing.”

verb  /braʊz/  to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a store looking at things without intending to buy anything, or without knowing exactly what you want to buy:

browse through sth I was browsing through the magazine when I saw their ad.

INTERNET to look at information on the internet:

to browse the Web  Before we made a decision we spent hours browsing various websites.
Browse
Definition of “browse” from the Cambridge English Dictionary

Past Continuous Tense

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The past continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be, i.e., was/were + verb + ing.

There are many situations in which this verb tense might be used in a sentence. For example, it is often used to describe conditions that existed in the past: The sun was shining every day that summer.

 It can also be used to describe something that was happening continuously in the past when another action interrupted it: I was making dinner when she arrived.
It can also refer to a habitual action in the past: She was talking constantly in class in those days.

Based on https://www.grammarly.com/blog/past-continuous-tense/

Are you all set?

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all set for the big wet

At the other day we learnt how to use: “Off we go!” Right before saying that, you may say: “All set!”

US  Informal   prepared; ready  (Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition).

ARE YOU (ALL) SET?
It means – 01: Do you have everything you need? Are you ready?
               – 02: Have you finished eating, and are you ready for the bill?

Example: – Are you all set? Are you bringing everything you need to finish the project? / -Yes, we’re set! Let’s go!
Tradução: Tudo pronto? Tudo certo?

all-set

See more at:  https://clubedoingles.com/10-expressoes-em-ingles-muito-comuns-entre-os-nativos/ and https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/all-set