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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 12, 2011

Vamoose.


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Meaning: to depart quickly
For example:
  • The kids heard someone coming, and one of them said, "Shit! We'd better vamoose before we're caught!"
  • The neighbours called the police because the party was so noisy, and when the guests saw the cops arrive, most of them vamoosed.
Origin: from the Spanish word vamos, meaning "let's go"

Quick Quiz:
If someone says "Vamoose, kiddos!" to a gang of kids, they want the kids to
  1. play a game called "vamoose"
  2. go away
  3. come closer
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