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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

Sunday, August 28, 2011

DAILY UPDATED IDIOMS WITH PICTURES. At loose ends.


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Meaning: If you're at loose ends, you feel restless and unsettled because you don't have anything to do.

For example:
  • Hank's been at loose ends since he lost his job, so I hope he finds another one soon.
  • We tried limiting the time Jimmy could play computer games, but he gets restless and moody whenever he's at loose ends, so we let him play.
Note: This is similar to the British idiom "at a loose end", though "at loose ends" seems to indicate a state of unhappy restlessness that results from having nothing to do. The British idiom simply means having nothing to do.

Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
Louise is at loose ends because she
  1. has too much to do
  2. doesn't have anything to do
  3. doesn't want to do anything
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