Blogger Widgets Blogger Widgets ¡Mira que luna......! Look at that moon....! Resources for learning English: work off

!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 1, 2011

work off


 I've got to work off this beer belly!
phrasemix.com
Meaning: to get rid of excess weight or a negative emotion by engaging in physical activity
For example:
  • work off sth After eating ice cream, my sister goes for a run because she thinks it'll work off any weight she would have gained.
  • work sth off Do you think that doing exercise can help work things like stress or tension off?
Quick Quiz:
Patsy goes to the gym in order to work off the weight she's gained from
  1. wearing weighty clothes
  2. eating fatty foods
  3. lifting heavy weights
www.englishclub.com
Publicado por en
Etiquetas:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)