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[Paty Alem]

Como se diz desculpa esfarrapada?
E como se diz:Acabei de chegar de tal lugar?Ex. Acabei de chegar do serviço.

Thanks!

[bent4u]

Hello, Paty.

Que desculpa esfarrapada! >> What a lame excuse!

Quanto a segunda frase, se vc estiver se referindo que chegou em casa de algum lugar, fica assim:
Acabei de chegar (em casa) do serviço. >> I just got home from work.


Hope I could help!
See you around!

[josiane_learner]

Hello,

Já vi esta expressão:"I just came from my university.".
Nesse caso "I just came from my work."

[Marcio_Farias]

And where did you see it? Care to elaborate?

[pondedaniel]

Como se diz desculpa esfarrapada?

unlikely excuse

E como se diz:Acabei de chegar de tal lugar? Ex. Acabei de chegar do serviço.

Existem deferentes maneiras de expressar a idéia acima. Uma maneira bem informal que gosto bastante seria:

I just got home from work

Take care,

Daniel

[Flavia.lm]

Pessoal

Pelo que vi a colocação é com 'give'

Qual a desculpa mais esfarrapada que vc já deu? = What's the lamest excuse you have ever given?

Mas,

Qual a desculpa mais esfarrapada que já te deram? = What's the lamest excuse you were ever given? ==> Isso tá certo? O Google não trouxe nenhuma ocorrência, daí desconfiei que estivesse errada. E, ainda que esteja correta, se existir forma melhor de perguntar isso, please let me know... t.i.a.

[Thomas]

"Lame excuse" is a common expression, especially among young people. It's slang, of course, and it's been in use since at least the 1960s.

My excuse is lamer that yours, but his is the lamest of all.

[Thomas]

www/sodahead.com

My favorite is the young woman working as the receptionist, who after exhausting all other lame excuses, missed work yet again. When called to inquire why she hadn't come in to work, she blithely replied (and I swear this is TRUE)...

[Flavia.lm]

Thomas, I'd asked if the question "What's the lamest excuse you were ever given?" is correct or not.
tks

[Thomas]

And I wrote in part of my post, "My excuse is lamer that yours, but his is the lamest of all."

Is this your way of telling me that my answer was lame?

I think I need another weekend. Or maybe just a trip to San Francisco. hahaha