Rude to The Waiter
The following quote is from the professional boxer, Muhammad Ali:
I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter. Porque me tratariam da mesma maneira se eu estivesse nessa posição.Because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position.
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Não confio em* ninguém que seja* simpático* para mim* mas mal-educado* para o empregado de mesa* porque me tratariam da mesma* maneira se eu estivesse* nessa posição.I don’t trust anyone who is nice to me but rude to the waiter because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position.
🔎 Words in this story
✴️ Confio em (trust)
“Confiar em alguém” means “to trust somebody.” We always use the preposition “em” when the meaning is “to trust” something or someone.
- Confio na minha intuição. (I trust my intuition.)
- Podes confiar em mim. (You can trust me.)
With the preposition “a” (to) it means to entrust something to someone, to hand it over without fear.
- 🏢 Eles confiaram a direção da empresa à Adriana. (They entrusted the running of the company to Adriana.)
- 🔑 Confiei-lhe as chaves da casa. (I entrusted [to] him/her the keys to the house.)
There is a Plus version of this story
The same story, taken further, for DailyNata Plus members. This one works on verbs and their prepositions.
- The whole story in Portuguese, and its English
- The words in it, explained, with examples
- 2 interactive exercises
Written for level B2. Every story has its own, anywhere from A1 to B2.