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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

Thursday, July 7, 2011

hick.


Meaning: a rural person regarded as uneducated and mentally slow (n.) | provincial or rural (adj.)

For example:
·                           Billy Bob's hick relatives are here from their farm in the mountains. They came in their pick-up truck with their dogs and their guns.
·                           When our car broke down, we were stuck in this hick town in the middle of nowhere for days. It was weird!
Note: This is often regarded as an offensive term, so you need to be careful when using it.

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
Quick Quiz:
Jimmy sounds like a typical hick from
a. a backwoods farming community
b.                       a black neighbourhood in a big city
c. a wealthy, exclusive suburb
  
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