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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, April 24, 2011

Idiom. 24-04-2011.


grease someone's palm Informal

Meaning: If you grease someone's palm, you pay them a bribe.
For example:
·                           The only way to get a government contract around here is to grease someone's palm.
·                           If you want to get out of jail, grease the warden's palm and the guards will let you escape.
Quick Quiz:
It was obvious that many people had greased the chief of police's palm because he had
a.   become very poor
b.  become very rich
c.   become very greasy
  

 source: englishclub.com

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