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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

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

MOUNTIE. SLANG. 17-005-2011.


Mountie

Meaning: a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
For example:
·                           The Mounties are heroes in our family. They searched for my son when he was lost in the Rockies, and found him alive after three long days.
·                           The Mounties look so handsome and proud in their form-fitting, leather-strapped uniforms. 
Origin: short for "mounted police"
Quick Quiz:
If you are being helped by a Mountie, you are almost certainly in
a.  Nepal
b. Canada
c.   Peru
  



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