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Desafios da Burocracia

Challenges of Bureaucracy

Joel and Rui discuss some of Joel’s views on adapting to life in Portugal, from the lack of “real salads”...

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  • 00:00:01Joel: Comida. Gosto muito dos pratos de Portugal. Gosto muito de bacalhau. Joel: Food. I really like Portuguese dishes. I really like codfish.
  • 00:00:07Adoro... O quê? Eu gosto de bacalhau. Adoro. I love... What? I like codfish. I love it.
  • 00:00:10Rui: Não, tu gostas de bacalhau com natas, Rui: No, you like cod with cream,
  • 00:00:12porque bacalhau com natas tem natas, batata frita... because cod with cream has cream, fried potato...
  • 00:00:17Agora, bacalhau, gostas assim duma posta de bacalhau? Now, cod, do you like a piece of cod like this? (plain)
  • 00:00:20Joel: Gosto, acho que não tem sabor. É pouco pegajoso, mas sempre gostei. Joel: I like it, I think it doesn't have flavour. It's a little slimy, but I've always liked it.
  • 00:00:24Eu gosto mais do que atum, por exemplo. I like it more than tuna, for example.
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Vocabulary
acomodar-seto become complacent, adapt, settle, get comfortable o azeiteolive oil o bacalhaucodfish a burocraciabureaucracy cruraw sing.,masc. dirigir-seto head to, direct oneself to as espinhasbones, spines estávelstable adj. exigirto demand, require extraterrestresaliens o funcionárioemployee, worker, official, civil servant informatizarto computerize os legumesvegetables as lulassquids as natascream neutroneutral o polvooctopus a respostaanswer, response os serviços públicospublic services sobrecarregadooverloaded, overwhelmed, overworked ultrapassarto exceed, outdo, surpass
Expressions
os ossosBones De repentesuddenly À vontadeAt ease, free, comfortable Sei láI have no clue, Who knows?, whatnot Hoje em diaNowadays, These days ficar com nojobe disgusted um fio de azeitea drizzle of olive oil os empregos na função públicacivil service jobs por medoout of fear
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