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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Proficiency or advanced Vocabulary connected with quotation 22-12-2010

Pursuit of the fast buck 

pursuit   [p@"sju:t, Am: p@`"su:t] n
1. (chase) persecución f 
to be in pursuit of sth 
ir tras algo
(knowledge, happiness) ir en busca de algo
(hunt) ir a la caza de algo 
to be in hot pursuit of sb pisar los talones a alguien fig 
2. (activity) actividad f 
leisure pursuits pasatiempos mpl 
outdoor pursuits actividades al aire libre
Cambridge dictionary. 

When someone makes a fast buck or makes a quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest. (INFORMAL)

                His life isn't ruled by looking for a fast buck.

                They were just in it to make a quick buck.

            PHR: usu v PHR  

Collins Dictionary
Stick by           be loyal to  (el desodorante que no te abandona)

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