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Chat & additional resources
• Onde você tá?
• Where are you?
• O incêndio ainda não chegou em SD.
• The fire hasn’t reached SD yet.
• Estivemos doentes // estávamos muito doentes.
• We have been sick // we were very sick.
• Quantos anos têm as suas filhas? // Quantos anos as suas filhas têm?
• How old are your daughters?
• Ela estava muito chateada/triste.
• She was very upset/sad.
• Ela não entendia o que estava acontecendo com ela mesma.
• She didn’t understand what was happening to her.
Vocabulary and Corrections
• Retrospectiva / Em retrospecto
• Retrospective / In hindsight.
• Metade (não ‘mitad’).
• Half (almost heard ‘mitad’).
• Suscetível.
• Susceptible.
• Oferta e demanda.
• Supply and demand.
• Correr o risco.
• Take the risk.
Cultural and Contextual Notes
• Os Beatles aprenderam com ele.
• The Beatles learned from him.
• TM é um culto!
• TM (Transcendental Meditation) is a cult!
• Nike = naique.
• Pronunciation of “Nike” in Portuguese.
• Ilhados com a Sogra.
• Stranded with my mother-in-law (TV show).
• Senna.
• Recommendation to watch the new series about Ayrton Senna.
Grammar and Usage
• Fazer tudo mais lentamente.
• Do everything more slowly.
• Ele prefere muito mais falar espanhol.
• He much prefers speaking Spanish.
• Coisas que não levantavam suspeita.
• Things that didn’t raise suspicion.
• Quando era criança.
• When I was a child.
Idioms and Common Phrases
• Cada um com o seu gosto. / Cada um, cada qual.
• To each their own.
• Eu atraio!
• I attract (something)!
• Como é possível que isso aconteceu?
• How is it possible that this happened?
Link: Walden - Wikipedia
2. Podcast Recommendation:
• Sounds Like a Cult
Link: Sounds Like a Cult
• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Link: Cultish - Amanda Montell
• Snap Judgment (Heaven’s Gate series)
Link: Snap Judgment on Heaven’s Gate
3. Discussion Thread: Podcasts about cults and fundamentalism
Link: Reddit Discussion on Cult Podcasts
4. TV Recommendation:
• Ilhados com a Sogra (Stranded with My In-laws)
• Senna (Series about Ayrton Senna)