¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English: IDIOMS. 15-04-2011.

!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

Friday, April 15, 2011

IDIOMS. 15-04-2011.

cover your tracks

Meaning: If you cover your tracks, you make sure no-one can find evidence of what you've done.

For example:

He's a smart guy and he knew how to cover his tracks so the police couldn't connect him to the crime.
Bob didn't cover his tracks well enough, and his wife found a romantic text message that a girl had sent to his phone.

Quick Quiz:

After stealing millions of dollars from the company accounts, he covered his tracks by

destroying the computer files
telling the police he'd done it
flying straight to Argentina

deep-seated discuss
Definition:	(adjective) (Used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
Synonyms:	deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained,planted
Usage:	He divined the fanatical love of freedom in her, the deep-seated antipathy for restraint of any sort.

misconstrue
Definition:	Interpret in the wrong way.
Synonyms:	be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misinterpret

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