¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English: GOBSMACKED. 30-05-2011.

!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

Monday, May 30, 2011

GOBSMACKED. 30-05-2011.

gobsmacked

Definition:

b) to be totally surprised (speechless)

German translation:

gobsmacked = verblüfft bzw. sprachlos sein
GOOGLE INDEX
gobsmacked: approximately 750,000 Google hits

Sample text:

Ros Johnson, head of biology at the school, said she was GOBSMACKED when test results from classes using the 3D technology were compared to those without it. "The 3D results were significantly better," she said.
(BBC News)

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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