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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

Sunday, January 16, 2011

SEVERAL IDIOMS AND ACRONYMS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO THE WORD CAT




EXPRESIONES EN ESPAÑOL RELACIONADAS CON LA PALABRA GATO.

gato m
            1.         (félido) cat
(macho) tomcat
            2.         (astuto) fox
            3.         (madrileño) man from Madrid
            4.         TÉC (de coche) jack
                        (de carpintero) vice
            5.         (para dinero) moneybag 
                        llevarse el gato al agua àinf to bring [o pull] it off
            el Gato con Botas àPuss in Boots
            dar gato por liebre a alguien àinf to rip sb off
cuando el gato no está los ratones bailanà when the cat's away, the mice will play
            éramos cuatro gatos àinf there was hardly anyone else there
            aquí hay gato encerrado àinf there's something fishy going on here
            gato escaldado del agua fría huye àprov once bitten twice shy
            de noche todos los gatos son pardos àall cats are grey [o gray Am] in the night
            ser gato viejo àto be an old hand

SEVERAL IDIOMS AND ACRONYMS IN ENGLISH RELATED TO THE WORD CAT.

CAT   [k{t] n
            1.         INFOR abbr of computer-assisted translation TAO f
            2.         MED abbr of computerized axial tomography TAC m o f
                        CAT scan (escáner m) TAC m

cat   [k{t] n gato, gata m, f
            to let the cat out of the bag àdescubrir el pastel
            to not have a cat in hell's chance àinf no tener la más mínima posibilidad
            to fight like cat and dog àllevarse como (el) perro y (el) gato
            to rain cats and dogs àllover a cántaros
            to put the cat among the pigeons àarmar un revuelo
            there's not enough room to swing a cat àno cabe ni un alfiler
            to look like something the cat brought in àir hecho un pordiosero


from CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY.

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