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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

Friday, August 26, 2011

DAILY UPDATED IDIOMS WITH PICTURES. Burn your bridges | burn your boats.


Picture source: harttechnique.wordpress.com
For example:

Meaning: You have burned your bridges, or burned your boats, if you were in a situation and you then left it after doing something that made it impossible to go back there.
  • If you insult the boss when you leave, you'll be burning your bridges and you'll never be able to go back to work there again.
  • I knew I'd be burning my boats if I dropped out of school, but I didn't care because I was determined to be a photographer.
Note: "Burn your bridges" is used in most varieties of English, while "burn your boats" is used mostly in British and Australian English.

Quick Quiz:
You'll be burning your bridges if you
  1. save your money while working in a bank
  2. steal a customer's money while working in a bank
  3. borrow some money while working in a bank
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