TOP OFF

This has been a hard year for Michael Douglas. In the spring his son was arrested on drug charges, and now the actor has announced that he has throat cancer. But Douglas thinks the year will end better than it began. 2010 will be topped off with the release of his new movie,Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. In other words, the year will finish with something positive.

When you top something off, you finish or conclude it. Imagine a suitcase that is almost completely full of clothes. When you put one last shirt on top of the rest, you finish filling the suitcase. You top off your packing, or complete it.

It’s common to use the expression top off in relation to filling your car up with gas. When your tank is nearly completely full, and you shake those last few drops of gas out of the pump, you top off your tank.

How would you like to top off 2010?

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Today let´s talk a little about American traditions!

Well, it´s been 3 weeks that I returned from USA, and while I was there I had the chance to get to know their way of life! First off, there are a lot of obese people .... no wonder , almost everyone owns a car or two, and they eat most of the time at fast food restaurants! But the food is very delicious and tasty and they can get "FREE REFILLS" (free refills is when you can drink as much soda as you want for free) Oh well, I wish they had this same habit here in Brazil.

Já faz 3 semanas que voltei dos EUA e enquanto estava lá , eu tive a chance de conhecer a forma de vida deles! Primeiro de tudo, tem muitas pessoas obesas, bem nao é de se admirar porque quase todo mundo tem carro ou 2 e comem na maior parte do tempo em restaurantes "fast food",  mas a comida é muito gostosa e saborosa e lá vc pode repetir o refrigerante quantas vezes você quiser sem ter que pagar mais por isso! EU gostaria muito que aqui no Brasil fosse asssim também!