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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 10, 2011

Narrow down. Phrasal verb. 2011-10-05.


Narrow down
Meaning: to reduce the number of possibilities, options or choices
For example:
·                           narrow down sth I was buying a new car and there were many models to choose from, but I wanted a fuel-efficient car so that narrowed down the range quite a bit.
·                           narrow sth down to sth Thirty people applied for the job, but after the first round of interviews we'd narrowed it down to just three.
Nouns often used as objects with
narrow down: range, field, number, total
Quick Quiz:
We had ten good designs, but we needed to narrow it down to just three, so we had to
a. reject the best ones
b. choose the best ones
c.  produce the best ones
source: englishclub.com
image source:
http://www.fastweb.com/college-search/articles/106-five-ways-to-narrow-down-your-list-of-colleges
  
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