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What does the expression “Nowadays, this cost an arm and a leg.” mean?

Responda: What does the expression “Nowadays, this cost an arm and a leg.” mean?

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1 Q911503 | Inglês, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Inglês, Prefeitura de Alhandra PB, EDUCA, 2024

The way we use language depends on factors such as the situation we are in (at a friend’s house, in a job interview, in a tutorial); who we are talking to (friends, potential employer, tutor); and our means of communication (conversation face to face, telephone, email, report). Our decisions about the way we use language are to a great extent unconscious ones: we instinctively know how to adapt our language to the situation. For example, there are a number of differences between spoken and written language. This being so, we can characterize spoken language as quite informal, colloquial and presumably unstructured (since it is often spontaneous). Furthermore, spoken language mostly takes place in the form of a dialogue with another speaker. Written language, on the other hand, is generally more structured, formal, impersonal and wordy. Also, written language is considered more formal and should follow the rules of the English language. Spoken language is generally less formal, and the rules are less important. Slang, an informal language understood only by certain groups, is acceptable in spoken language but not in written language. That said, read the statements that follow, then check ( T ) for TRUE and ( F ) for FALSE while indicating the correct answer (by also checking it).

( )Written English is more complex grammatically than spoken English, with longer and more complex sentences, fewer contractions, and more subordinate clauses.

( ) Spoken English is more likely to be face-to-face communication, while written English is more likely to be communication through the written word.

( ) Spoken English is more fixed and stable than written English, which is more fleeting.

( ) Spoken English is usually more organized and carefully formulated than written English.

( ) Written English is typically more structured and forms a monologue rather than a dialogue, while spoken English is more likely to be a dialogue.

( ) Written English communicates across time and space for as long as the medium exists and the language is understood. Spoken English is more immediate.

( ) Spoken English normally uses a generally acceptable standard variety of the language, whereas written English may sometimes be in a regional or other limited-context dialect.

( ) In Spoken English, the content is presented much more densely. In written English, the information is “diluted” and conveyed through many more words: there are a lot of repetitions, glosses, “fillers”, producing a text is noticeably longer and with more redundant passages.

a) T – T – T – F – F – T – T – F.
b) T – F – T – F – F – T – T – F.
c) T – T – T – T – F – F – T – T.
d) T – T – F – F – F – T – F – T.
e) T – T – F – F – T – T – F – F.

2 Q907483 | Inglês, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Professor de Língua Inglesa, Prefeitura de Quebrangulo AL, ADMeTEC, 2024

As regards spelling in English, fill in the gaps in the sentences below by choosing the correct spelling between the options in parenthesis.

I. Lucy ________ (fetchs / fetches) Ana from school on Mondays.

Il. This software counts the number of ________ (occurrences / occurences / ocurrences) of certain words in the text.

III. Do you want your ______ (receipt / reciept)?

IV. According to specialists, a huge percentage of the population is ________ (iliterated / illiterate / iliterate).

In the order presented, the gaps are correctly and respectively filled by:

a) fetches; occurrences; receipt; illiterate.
b) fetchs; occurrences; reciept; iliterate.
c) fetches; ocurrences; reciept; iliterate.
d) fetchs; occurences; receipt; iliterated.

3 Q902456 | Inglês, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Professor de Inglês, Prefeitura de São João do Ivaí PR, Instituto Access, 2024

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Capital One Sued Over Consumer-Data Disclosures to Meta, Google

Capital One Financial Corp. is facing a proposed class action alleging the financial giant disclosed the personal and financial information of millions of consumers to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., and other third parties without their consent in violation of state and federal privacy laws.

Vishal Shah and three other named plaintiffs accused Capital One of “knowingly and secretly” installing online tracking tools from third-party software providers and data-analytics companies on its website, allowing those third parties to collect information arising from consumer visits there.

Data allegedly disclosed to the third parties included information arising from consumers’ interactions with the website, information about bank and credit card accounts, information disclosed on credit card application forms, and employment information, according to the complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Other third parties identified in the complaint included DoubleClick Inc., NewRelic Inc., Adobe Inc., Everest Technologies Inc., Kenshoo Ltd., Snowplow Analytics Ltd., BioCatch Inc., and Tealium Inc.

No third party is named as a defendant.

Meta’s Facebook and the others used the information for their own purposes, including for marketing and advertising, and made further disclosures to other third parties “who will profit off of the use of that information,” the complaint said. The plaintiffs seek to represent a nationwide class and a California subclass of people whose information was disclosed by Capital One without their consent.

The complaint alleges negligence, negligence per se, invasion of privacy, breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, bailment, breach of confidence, declaratory judgment, and violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, the Consumer Protection Law, the Consumer Privacy Act, the Customer Records Act, and the Invasion of Privacy Act. The plaintiffs are seeking actual, compensatory, statutory, and punitive damages; three years of credit-monitoring services for class members; restitution and disgorgement; attorneys’ fees and costs; and pre- and post-judgment interest.

(Available at: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/capital-one-sued-over-consumer-data-disclosures-to-meta-google. Acesso em: 28 de agosto de 2024.)

“What does bailment mean?” Chose the correct alternative.

a) Credit.
b) Debit.
c) Profit.
d) Deposit.

4 Q902447 | Inglês, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Professor de Inglês, Prefeitura de São João do Ivaí PR, Instituto Access, 2024

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Do you see the cow you consume when you bite into a burger?

Philipp Ritter keeps his eyes fixed on the deer, pulls the trigger and hits the animal directly in the heart with one shot. It has not noticed anything and within a few moments the deer collapses and lies still. Ritter said that killing is never pleasant for him. He loves nature. The well-being of the forest and the animals are important to him. Hunters, like Ritter, make sure that nature is in balance. If there are too many deer, for example, the trees get damaged. For most of them, hunting is a passion. They treat the animals with respect and take just as many of them as necessary. Ritter has thought a lot about how he can eat meat with a clear conscience. He decided that if he wanted to eat it, he had to be ready to kill it. He started with fishing. It was difficult for him to kill his first fish. But he was also somehow proud. But should a person be able to eat meat without having to kill the animal they eat? Because that, of course, is not the way most people today get their meat. People have gradually moved away from hunting through the intermediate stages of farming and individual butchering to today’s industrial processing of meat, in order to give consumers the most convenience. Nowadays, it is possible to walk into a shop and buy a nicely packaged piece of meat at a cheap price. It is easy to forget that behind every piece of meat is a life that has come to an end.

(Available at: https://news-decoder.com/do-you-see-the-cow-you-consume-when-you-bite-into-a-burger/>. Access at: 25 aug. 2024.)

“… pulls the trigger and hits the animal.” What does the expression “pulls the trigger” mean?

a) shot.
b) stab.
c) kill.
d) hunt.

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