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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, July 5, 2011

JOKE.


Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.
- “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”
- “I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes” replies Watson.
- “And what do you deduce from that?”
.... Watson ponders for a minute. “Well:

· Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.
· Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo.
· Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three.
· Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

· Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe.

But what does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes is silent for a moment.
... “Watson, you are an idiot!!” he says. “Someone has stolen our tent!”
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hor·o·log·ic

  [hawr-uh-loj-ik, hor-]  Show IPA
–adjective
1.
of or pertaining to horology.
2.
of or pertaining to horologes.
.
Also, hor·o·log·i·cal.

Origin: 
1655–65;  < Late Latin hōrologicus  < Greek hōrologikós, equivalent to hōrolog-  ( see horologium) + -ikos -ic


hor·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/horologic

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  1. horology (hɒˈrɒlədʒɪ)

    — n
    the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time

    horologic

    — adj

    horo'logical

    — adj

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