Informações Culturais

Comprimento

polegada (inch) (") 1 polegada 0,025 metros então: 4" = 10 cm
pé (foot) (ft) 12 polegadas 0,3048m então: 3,28ft=1m
pessoa com 6ft tem 1,96m <pessoa muito alta>

pessoa com 5ft tem 1,63m <pessoa baixa>
jarda (yard) (yd) 3 pés(feet) 0,9144m então:: 1,0936yd = 1m
vara (pole) 5 jardas e meia 5,029 m  
estádia (furlong) 220 jardas, 40 varas 201,17 m  
Milha (mile) 8 estádias 1609,3 m então: 0,621 milhas=1km

Velocidade

mph - mile per hour km/h - kilometros por hora

Capacidade

pinta (pint) = 0,473 l quase 1 litro
galao(gallon) = 3,784 l  
alqueire (bushel) = 35,238 l  
cup 250ml

Peso

onça (ounce) (oz) 1 onça 28,34 gr
libra (pound) (lb) + 16 onças 453,59 gr/quase 1/2 kilo
grain(grao) = 0,064 gr    
stone (grão) = 6,35 kg    
hundredweight (quintal) 45,36 kg    
ton (tonelada) = 1016,05 kl   mais de 1 tonelada/100kilos

Datas

January 4, 2002

January 4th, 2002

01/04/02 (USA)

 4 de Janeirode 2002

04/01/02
4 January , 2002

04/01/02 (UK)

  

Anos

1920 (mil novecentos e vinte) 1920 nineteen hundred and twenty (nineteen-twenty)
2000 (dois mil) 2000 (two thousand)
1900(mil e novecentos) nineteen hundred

Horas

7:00 It's seven o'clock / It's seven a.m/AM
7:10 It's seven ten / It's ten (minutes) past seven (uk) / It's ten (minutes) after seven (usa)
7:15 It's seven fifteen / It's quarter past seven (uk) / It'd quarter after seven (usa)
7:30 It's seven thirty / It's half past seven
7:45 It's seven forty-five / It's quarter to eight (uk) / It's quarter of eight (usa)
12:00 Midday/noon/Midnight

1 hora=1 o'clock

21 hrs=9 P.M

da manhã=A.M.

da tarde/noiteP.M

Moeda

Moeda1 Dollar Coin NotasNew $5 Note

Número de Calçados

Datas comemorativas <descrição>

Holidays and Observances: 1 Jan: New Year's Day, 20 Jan: Martin Luther King Day, 14 Feb: Valentine's Day, 17 Feb: President's Day, 18 Apr: Good Friday, 20 Apr: Easter Sunday, 21 Apr: Easter Monday, 11 May: Mother's Day, 26 May: Memorial Day, 15 Jun: Father's Day, 4 Jul: Independence Day, 1 Sep: Labor Day, 13 Oct: Columbus Day, 31 Oct: Halloween, 11 Nov: Veterans Day, 27 Nov: Thanksgiving Day, 25 Dec: Christmas Day (Beware: holidays may vary according to year and state/territories, and local holidays are not listed)

Número de telefone

5555-0000 o número ser é dito O(letra o)
735-7520 seven - three - five - five - seven - five - two - o
735-7500 seven - three - five - five - seven - five hundred
735 - 7000 seven - three - five - five - seven thousand
272 - 3374 two - seven - two - double three -seven - four
190 (policia) 911 nos eua

Muitas empresas nos EUA e Canadá tem números 800 grátis que usam letras para que as pessoas possam memorizar os números, assim um hotel que tem o número 1-800-4-HOTEL6, tem número1-800-446-8356. fonte

1

 2ABC 3DEF
4GHI 5JKL 6MNO
7PQRS 8TUV 9WXYZ

Documentos

RG ID
Carteira de motorista

Escala Musical maior e menor

A B C D E F G
la si do re mi fa sol

Endereço

804(eight - O - four), morisson st Rua Morisson, 804
314 ( three - one - four / three fourteen), morisson st  
square/ave./bl praça/avenida/alameda
zip code CEP

Números inteiros

1.000 (mil) 1,000
1,5 (1 virgula 5) 1.5

Temperatura

0 graus Fahrenheit 21.6 graus Celsius  
14 graus Fahrenheit 10 graus Celsius  
32 graus Fahrenheit 0 grau Celsius água congela
50 10 graus Celsius temperatura da geladeira
68 20 meio friuzinho
86 30 lugar um pouco quente
104 40 febre de matar
212 Fahrenheit 100 grau Celsius água evapora

Sinais de transito

Comparative measures

US measures

liquid:
0.062 ml 1 minim    
3.7 ml 1 fluidram = 60 minims  
4.9 ml 1 teaspoon = 4/3 fluidrams 121 tears of sadness—Tom Waites
98 tears of joy—Rob Brezsny
14.8 ml 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons  
29.6 ml 1 fluid oz. = 2 tablespoons, 8 fluidrams
118.3 ml 1 gill = 4 fluid oz.  
236.6 ml 1 cup (½ pint) = 8 fluid oz.  
473.2 ml 1 pint = 16 fluid oz.  
3.79 l 1 gallon = 8 pints  
dry:
550.6 ml 1 pint   33.60 cu. in.
1.10 l 1 quart = 2 pints 67.20 cu. in.
8.81 l 1 peck = 8 quarts 537.60 cu. in.
35.24 l 1 bushel = 4 pecks 2,150.42 cu. in.

UK measures

0.059 ml 1 minim (a drop)    
3.6 ml 1 drachm = 60 minims  
3.6 ml 1 teaspoon = 1 drachm  
7.1 ml 1 dessertspoon = 2 teaspoons  
14.2 ml 1 tablespoon = 4 teaspoons  
28.4 ml 1 fluid oz. = 2 tablespoons, 8 teaspoons, 8 drachms
71.0 ml 1 wine (sherry) glass = 5 tablespoons, 2½ fluid oz.
142.1 ml 1 gill (ghyll), 1 teacup = ¼ pint, 2 wineglassfuls, 5 fluid oz.
284.1 ml 1 tumbler = ½ pint, 2 teacups, 10 fluid oz.
568.3 ml 1 pint = 20 fluid oz. 34.68 cu. in.
4.55 l 1 gallon = 8 pints 277.42 cu. in.
9.09 l 1 peck = 2 gallons 554.84 cu. in.
36.37 l 1 bushel = 4 pecks 2,219.36 cu. in.
290.95 l 1 quarter = 8 bushels 17,754.85 cu. in.

Reference:

1 gallon US = 3.785411784 litres
1 gallon Canada = 4.54609 litres
1 gallon UK = 4.546092 litres

Note: culinary measures (cups, spoons, glasses) are designated as above, and are included for comparisons, but are not volumetrically ‘defined’ as such in the way gallons and pints are.