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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

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Slang: 04-05-2011.

cock-up British English Offensive
For example:Meaning: a big mistake, something done badly
  • We got some guy in to fix the water heater, but he's made a total cock-up of it. We still haven't got any hot water.
  • Did you see our newspaper advertisement with the wrong phone number in it? What a cock-up!
Variety: This slang is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.


Quick Quiz:
There's been a cock-up with ticket sales. The concert hall can hold two thousand people, and they've sold
  1. 1,500 tickets
  2. 2,000 tickets
  3. 2,500 tickets
source: englishclub.com
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