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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

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

JOINT.


joint (2) American English

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Meaning: a prison, a jail
For example:
  • My cousin Henry has been in the joint for the last three years, but he might get out on parole next year.
  • After he got out of the joint, Sammy had a lot of trouble finding a job. Most people won't hire someone who just got out of jail.
Note: usually used with the definite article, as in "the joint"

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
Jimmy was arrested for bank robbery, and now he's in the joint. He'll be in there
  1. for about half an hour
  2. until he feels like going home
  3. for at least four years
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