On the Scale

— I noticed my husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach.

— Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver, I commented,”I don’t think that is going to help.”

— “Sure it does,” he said.”It’s the only way I can see the numbers…”

Vocabulary Help

• husband – marido
• bathroom scale – balanca do banheiro
• sucking in his stomach – encolhendo a barriga
• maneuver – manobra
• only way – ‘unica maneira