Pain’s Punchline
Today’s quote is attributed to Charlie Chaplin, director of "The Great Dictator", who often turned struggle into comedy:
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and brincar com ela.play with it.
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Para , temos de ser de na e com ela.
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
Today's vocabulary
😂 Rir: To laugh🎯 Verdadeiramente: Truly
💪 Capazes [plural masc. and femin. adjective]: Able, capable
🤲 Pegar: To take / To grab🫂 Nossa [fem. possessive determiner]: Our😖 Dor [fem. noun]: Pain🎲 Brincar: To play
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