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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

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Silence means consent. Saying. 04/28/2011.


Silence means consent

Possible interpretation: The idea here is that if you don't disagree, you automatically agree. Keeping quiet is the same as giving permission.
Note: silence (noun): absence of sound; not speaking | consent (noun): agreement; permission | The principle of "silence means consent" is not accepted in English law.
 Origin: From the Latin: "Qui tacet consentire videtur" ("He who is silent seems to consent")
Quick Quiz:
If "silence means consent" and you say nothing when a friend suggests robbing a bank, it means that you
a. agree
b.                       disagree
c. haven't decided
  
Source: englishclub.com

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