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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, May 12, 2011

IDIOM WITH PICTURE. 12-05-2011. ZERO TOLERANCE.


zero tolerance American English

Meaning: If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once.
For example:
·                           Because of the school's zero-tolerance policy, our boy was expelled for smoking just one cigarette.
·                           How can a society based on Christian morals and forgiveness of sin have a zero-tolerance approach to petty crime? 
Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
Quick Quiz:
If a zero-tolerance policy on crime is adopted, people are sent to jail after
a.  their first offence
b.  their first chance
c.   their first warning
SOURCE: ENGLISHCLUB.COM
  

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