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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

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.


Possible interpretation: A very small hint is enough to convey our meaning. It is not always necessary to say what we want explicitly.
Note: nod (noun): lowering and raising one's head to indicate understanding or to give a signal | wink (noun): closing and opening one eye quickly, often as a signal | blind (adj.): unable to see


Quick Quiz:
The saying "A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse" suggests that we can show what we want
  1. in a very subtle way
  2. by nodding and winking
  3. by explaining carefully
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