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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, September 8, 2011

IDIOMS WITH PICTURES. A VESTED INTEREST.


A vested interest.

northbaychamber.com
For example:
Meaning: If you have a vested interest in something, you have a strong personal interest in it because you stand to gain from it.
  • The Minister of Commerce is suspected of having vested interests in several companies that have won big government contracts recently.
  • As both a shareholder in a publishing company and a published author, the newspaper's book reviewer is seen as having vested interests in certain publishers.
Note: This idiom is mostly used in reference to people who use their power or influence unethically for their personal benefit.

Quick Quiz:
Which type of person is most often accused of corruption involving vested interests in companies?
  1. English teachers
  2. dairy farmers
  3. politicians
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