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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, February 16, 2012

rock

stone

a) [uncountable] the hard substance that forms the main surface of the Earth [↪ stone]:

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To build the tunnel, they had to cut through 500 feet of solid rock.

Most of the country is desert and bare rock.

massive rock formations (=shapes made naturally from rock)

ancient dark volcanic rock

b) [countable] a piece of rock, especially a large one that sticks up from the ground:

Jack stood on a rock for a better view.

During the storm a ship had been driven onto the rocks (=a line of rocks under or next to the sea).

music

[uncountable] also rock music a type of popular modern music with a strong loud beat, played using guitars and drums

rock band/group

Komuro formed a rock band with some friends while in college.

the late rock star, Freddie Mercury

The stadium has hosted numerous rock concerts.

➔ hard rock

; ➔ punk rock

at punk (1)

(as) solid/steady as a rock

a) very strongly built or well supported and not likely to break or fall:

a large sofa, solid as a rock

b) someone who is as solid or steady as a rock is very strong and calm in difficult situations and you can depend on them ➔ rock-solid

be on the rocks

informal a relationship or business that is on the rocks is having a lot of problems and is likely to fail soon [= in trouble]:

I'm afraid Tim's marriage is on the rocks.

scotch/vodka etc on the rocks

informal an alcoholic drink that is served with ice but no water

sweet food

[uncountable] British English a hard sweet made in long round pieces:

a stick of rock

drug

a) [uncountable] a very pure form of the illegal drug cocaine that some people use for pleasure

b) [countable] a small amount of this drug

be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place

to have a choice between two things, both of which are unpleasant or dangerous

get your rocks off

informal not polite if a man gets his rocks off, he has sex

jewel

[countable usually plural] old-fashioned informal a diamond or other jewel

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

deep-seated discuss
Definition:	(adjective) (Used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
Synonyms:	deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained,planted
Usage:	He divined the fanatical love of freedom in her, the deep-seated antipathy for restraint of any sort.

misconstrue
Definition:	Interpret in the wrong way.
Synonyms:	be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misinterpret

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