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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

Monday, November 21, 2011

The rat race


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the rat race

Meaning: The rat race is the highly competitive and stressful world of work and business.
For example:
  • Sally is sick of the rat race. She's going to quit her job in London and move to a quiet village and open a small cafe.
  • My uncle says that success in the rat race can make you rich, but it can also turn you into a self-centred and shallow person.
Quick Quiz:
Harry wants to get out of the rat race because
  1. he hates rats
  2. he doesn't really like racing
  3. he doesn't like the person he's becoming
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