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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, May 29, 2011

COME A CROPPER


come a cropper British English Informal

For example:Meaning: If you come a cropper, you fall over, or you make a mistake which has serious consequences for you.
  • The prime minister came a cropper while coming down the steps and hurt his backside.
  • A radio announcer really came a cropper when he made a racist remark. He lost his job and now he can't get another one.
Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.


Quick Quiz:
I came a cropper in the bathroom because
  1. the tap was stuck
  2. the water was cold
  3. the floor was slippery



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