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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 19, 2011

KEEP YOUR ENGLISH ALIVE PRACTISING 20 MINUTES EVERY DAY: SAYING. None so deaf as those who will not hear. 06-19-2011.


None so deaf as those who will not hear

Possible interpretation: Nobody is more deaf than the person who decides he does not want to listen. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.
Note: none (pronoun) = no person; no one | deaf (adj.) = unable to hear; not having the power of hearing | will (verb) = intend; desire [this is "will" used as a main verb, not as a modal auxiliary verb] | Also found as: "There are none so deaf as those who will not hear." There is a similar proverb: "None so blind as those who will not see."
Quick Quiz:
"None so deaf as those who will not hear" is a saying that refers to
a. deaf people
b.                       obstinate people
c. ignorant people
  

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