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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 25, 2011

DAILY UPDATED SLANG WITH PICTURES. EMPTY-NESTER.


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For example:
Meaning: a parent whose children have grown up and left home
  • After spending many years raising their children, Kevin and Joan are now empty-nesters after their youngest daughter went to live with some friends.
  • We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.
Variety: This slang is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
An empty-nester is someone whose
  1. children have left home
  2. birds have flown away
  3. savings have disappeared
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