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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

Friday, June 3, 2011

Zip (2.


Meaning: nothing, zero

For example:
  • Most people around here don't know zip about economics, but they know when things aren't going too well.
  • The final score was three goals to zip.
Variety: This slang is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.


Quick Quiz:
Lots of volunteers work hard to help other people, and they get paid zip for doing it. They get paid
  1. a small donation
  2. a small salary
  3. nothing
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