Metedura in english
Fuck
pronunciation: fʌk part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: fʌk part of speech: verb, noun
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» metedura de pata = blunder ; boner ; goof ; blooper ; gaffe ; faux pas ; clanger ; slip-up ; cock-up ; muck-up ; goof-up ; flub ; fumble ; foul-up ; snafu ; fuck up .
Example: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all. Example: Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations. Example: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever. Example: Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program. Example: If I had googled him when we were courting, I would not have made the embarrassing gaffe of bragging about my publications. Example: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee. Example: Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault. Example: Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas. Example: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy. Example: We realise it's nobody's fault, but it's such a muck-up. Example: The best way to avoid such goof-ups in the kitchen is to read the recipe at least twice before you start. Example: While the money invested might be recovered, it remains to be seen what such a flub will cost the university. Example: But the other pleasures in this book are enough to make such fumbles dwindle in significance. Example: The program delay was a result of a foul-up in the documentation that was supposed to detail exactly how the aircraft was made. Example: The article is entitled 'Thirty years on -- an age of snafu problems of coordinating libraries'. Example: I've come to realise that, how you react to a fuck up is often far worse and more detrimental than the fuck up itself.