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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

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sayings: Money is a good servant, but a bad master

You can find this one or similar expressions in context in English translated into Spanish: http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&query=Money+is+a+good+servant%2C+but+a+bad+master

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Possible interpretation: If you have money, it will serve you and work for you well. But if you owe money to other people, that money will control you in an unpleasant way.
Note: servant (noun) = a person who performs duties for other people | master (noun) = a person who controls other people

Quick Quiz:
If it's true that "money is a good servant, but a bad master", which of these would be preferable?
  1. money you own
  2. money you owe
  3. money the bank owns
Source: www.englishclub.com

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