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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

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Quad. Slang. 27-04-2011.

quad (1) British English
Meaning: an open space between buildings, usually at a school or a university
For example:
  • I'll meet you in the quad at lunchtime.
  • The school's headmaster has decided that handball can longer be played in any of the quads.
Origin: short for "quadrangle"
Variety: This slang is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.


Quick Quiz:
If someone tells you to meet them in the quad, you are probably
  1. on an Australian farm
  2. at a British school
  3. in a Las Vegas casino
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