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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

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Slang with picture: 07-05-2011. Knackered


knackered (2) In Spanish "estar hecho polvo".
Meaning: severely damaged
For example:
My car is knackered. I was driving home last night when it coughed and spluttered and started smoking, and then it groaned and died. 
My printer was fine yesterday, but when I turned it on this morning, nothing happened. I think it's knackered.
Variety: This slang is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
Quick Quiz:
If something is totally knackered, you should probably
a)get rid of it
b)clean it
c)feed it
  
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