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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

Sunday, June 12, 2011

CON (SLANG) TO PERSUADE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING IN ORDER TO CHEAT THEM.



con


Meaning: to persuade someone to do something in order to cheat them
For example:
·                       When I was travelling I'd sometimes meet people who'd try to con me into a game of cards, but I never fell for it. I'd heard too many stories about people being cheated.
·                       He was jailed for conning a lonely old lady out of $200,000.
Quick Quiz:
She met lots of men on the internet and conned quite a few into
a.  chatting with her online
b. telling her about their lives
c.   sending her money
  
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