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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, January 19, 2012

Narc/nark


Source: riotsound.com
Meaning: a narcotics officer, a police officer working in drug trade suppression
For example:
  • The narcs raided the dealer's apartment after being tipped off by his neighbours.
  • There are a lot of narks working at the airport.
Origin: short for "narcotic", meaning a powerful pain-relieving drug like heroin or morphine 

Quick Quiz:
A narc is someone who
  1. sells narcotic drugs
  2. uses narcotic drugs
  3. arrests sellers and users of narcotic drugs
Source: www.englishclub.com

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