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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, June 22, 2011

CAN.


can (2)

Meaning: prison, jail
For example:
  • My rich uncle has been convicted of tax evasion and he'll be in the can for the next three years.
  • Poor old Jimmy has spent most of his life in the can, and he won't be getting out any time soon.
Quick Quiz:
If you don't want to do time in the can, make sure you don't
  1. know the law
  2. obey the law
  3. break the law
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