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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 7, 2011

MATCH UP RESULTS FROM THE FREE DICTIONARY. 07-03-2011.







calamitous - Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
Synonyms: disastrous, fatal, fateful, black
Usage: Sire, I ask your majesty's pardon for the calamitous news which I bring.
palpitating - Having a slight and rapid trembling motion.
Synonyms: palpitant
Usage: What a horror they outpour/ On the bosom of the palpitating air.
tawdry - Tastelessly showy.
Usage: Look what a tawdry and vulgar thing an embroidered slipper is on a woman's foot.
querulous - Given to complaining; peevish.
Synonyms: fretful, whiny, grumbling
Usage: After the long walk, the child became querulous and wanted to go home.
moire - Having a wavy or rippled surface pattern. Used of fabric.
Synonyms: watered
Usage: As the lady sat down, the folds of her moiré silk dress rustled about her.

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