What do you want for Christmas?

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a Christmas novelty song written by John Coctoasten and performed by Gayla Peevey in 1953. It is a Dr. Demento Christmas staple, and is currently available on Dr. Demento's The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Vol. 6: Christmas.

Here's an interesting fact about the popular Christmas hippopotamus song - in 1953 a ten-year-old girl from Oklahoma, Gayla Peevey sang the song as a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Zoo's first hippopotamus. It became a nationwide hit after that, although John Rox wrote the song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" in 1950! The song was not written specifically for the Oklahoma zoo, it's just that when they needed the hippo the song came out so the Christmas hippopotamus song just fitted in.

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My friend has become a doctor.
My mother talks a lot.
Jane has a new car.
I didn't know about the accident.
I'm not Canadian.

Good Songs \O/

Let´s post here songs that we like, but don’t forget the lyrics. This is a good form for improve your vocabulary and if you stay alone in your house you’ll can sing together and improve your pronunciation.

I'm starting with a song by Michael Buble, I adore his songs. He’s making one concert in Vivo Rio this month. I’d like to go to the concert, but the ticket is tooooooooooo expanse. So I’m continuing in my home listening and watching his videos at(in, on??) You tube.
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Carol

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I know some of you, who have already been my students, but it would be great if I could see you all. :=)

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How do you say...in English???

Hi everybody!!!

Sometimes, has some colloquial expressions in Portuguese that we don't know how to translate into English and they end up losing its meaning. To avoid this, I'll put a little "dictionary" of such expressions by chance that I found in my house.

bico!/fichinha!/moleza!/baba!: piece of cake!
bode expiatório: scapeagot
bom senso: common sense
brega/cafona: tacky/scruffy
cabeça-dura/teimoso: stubborn
caloteiro: deadbeat
cambista: scalper
cara ou coroa?: heads or tails?
colocar no viva-voz: put on the speakerphone
cometer uma gafe: make a blunder
dar a volta por cima: bounce back
dar o fora em alguém: dump someone
de uma vez por todas: once and for all
desabafar: get it off one's chest
desculpa esfarrapada: lame excuse
desembucha!/fala logo!: shoot!
desmancha-prazeres: wet blanket
despedida de solteiro: bachelor party
dia sim, dia não... : every other day
é uma droga!: it sucks!
efeito colateral: side effect
estou morto (exausto): I´m beat
festa à fantasia: costume party
fora de cogitação: out of the question
força de vontade: willpower
juro por Deus!: I swear to God!
leão-de-chácara: bouncer
manda-chuva/pistolão/bambambã: big shot
mão-de-vaca/pão-duro: cheapskate
mexer os pauzinhos: pull strings
não faço a mínima idéia: I don't have a clue
negócio fechado!: deal!
o lance é o seguinte...: here's the deal...
o que eu ganho com isso?: what's in it for me?
para variar: for a change
pau-pra-toda-obra: jack-of-all-trades
penetra (em festas): gatecrashes
puxa-saco: brown-noser
qual é a graça?: what's so funny?
qual é a pressa?: what's the rush?
quase nunca: once in a blue moon
sei lá!: beats me!
sorte sua!: lucky you!
tirar conclusões apressadas: jump to conclusions
transado/legal: cool
você está se precipitando: you are rushing into things
e daí?: so what?
grande coisa!: big deal!
não é da sua conta: it's none of your business
pega leve!/vá com calma!: take it easy
resumindo...: in short...
ficar em cima do muro: sit on the fence


*Expressions taken from the book "How do you say in English ..." by José Roberto Igreja of Publisher's Disal.




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