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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, August 4, 2011

Backed into a corner.


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Meaning: If you're backed into a corner, you're in a difficult situation that will be hard to get out of.
For example:
  • When his business failed, Gerry felt he'd been backed into a corner and he didn't know what he could do.
  • Jimmy's drug addiction had backed him into a corner and his only way out was to go into rehab and kick the habit.
Quick Quiz:
Michael felt he'd been backed into a corner, but he wouldn't give up. He
  1. had to find a way out
  2. curled up and went to sleep
  3. made it more comfortable
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