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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

Monday, March 14, 2011

14-03-2011 TODAY'S PHRASAL VERB. NIBBLE AWAY AT.



nibble away at

Meaning: to gradually reduce the quantity, strength or value of something.








For example:
  • nibble away at Inflation is nibbling away at the value of my savings.
  • nibble away at The prime minister's little mistakes are starting to nibble away at his reputation as a reliable leader.
source: theenglishclub.com
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