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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

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The back of beyond | the back of the beyond.

For example:
Meaning: You can say a place is in the back of beyond, or the back of the beyond, if it's very far from towns or cities.
  • Why do you want to live way out in the desert? It's in the back of beyond.
  • Ivan went to visit his cousins in a tiny village in the back of the beyond. It took him a long time to get there.
Note: "The back of beyond" is used more in British and Australian English, while "the back of the beyond" is used more in American English.

Quick Quiz:
My Uncle Jed lives in a little old cabin in the back of beyond, right near
  1. a subway station
  2. a baseball stadium
  3. a mountain range
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