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Mark Twain is credited with today’s quote, and it’s one that challenges the idea of entitlement:
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. Ele estava aqui primeiro.It was here first.
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The Plus version of this story
Não andes por aí a dizer que o mundo te deve algo. O mundo não te deve nada. Ele estava aqui primeiro.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
💬 Today's vocabulary
🚶 Andar por aí a dizer: To go around saying 🌍 Mundo [masc. noun]: World🤝 Dever: To owe, should, must📦 Algo: Something📍 Aqui: Here
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The same story, taken further, for DailyNata Plus members. This one works on idioms and expressions.
- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
- The words in it, explained, with examples
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- An interactive exercise
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