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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, December 8, 2011

DAILY UPDATED IDIOMS WITH PICTURES. JUMP THE GUN


rt.com
Cartoons — Did human rights groups jump thegun over slain Russian activist?

Meaning: If you jump the gun, you start doing something too soon.
For example:
  • If you're in a debate, wait until you're invited to speak and don't jump the gun by speaking before you should.
  • The company jumped the gun and released the product before the public was ready for it.
Origin: Metaphorical derivation from athletics, in which an offical starter fires a gun to signal the start of a race. A runner who begins running before the race has been started has "jumped the gun". 

Quick Quiz:
Donny was playing the part of a detective in the play, but he jumped the gun on the first night. He
  1. accidentally fired his gun
  2. forgot what his lines were
  3. started saying his lines too soon
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