LESSON 252

 Case study

Add up: somam, não batem

Trustworthy: digno de confiança

able to be trusted

Confront: confontrar

to face, meet, or deal with a difficult situation or person

REVIEW 2

 Linking words

Although: apesar de que, embora

despite the fact that
In brief: em resumo
in a few words
As well as: além de
in a few words
But then again: por outro lado, pensando bem
in a few words
Such as: por exemplo
for example

 Highlights:
If and whether:

Use If to introduce a condition

Use whether to present two aalternatives

If: se
Whether: se ((used especially in reporting questions and expressing doubts) if,
or not)

Like and as:

Most of the time, like compares two things.

Frequently, as can be replaced by the way.

Committee: comitê, comissão

a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either
make decisions or collect information for it

Jury: juri
a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a
law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been
proved

Team: grupo
a number of people or animals who do something together as a group

Board: diretoria

the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a
company or organization