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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

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Zone out. Informal.


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For example:
Meaning: If someone zones out, they look blankly ahead without paying attention, maybe because they're tired or bored or affected by drugs.
  • zone out Peter sometimes gets bored in class and zones out. He looks like he's a million miles away.
  • be zoned out I was talking to Debbie, but she was so zoned out that she didn't even hear me.
Variety: This phrasal verb is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
I knew Jamie was zoning out because he was
  1. staring at nothing
  2. getting angry
  3. laughing a lot
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