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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, April 15, 2012

SCARPER



thefreedictionary.com

For example:Meaning: to run away

  • Here comes that dopey twit Barnes. Let's scarper before he sees us.
  • When they heard the police siren in the distance, the burglars got out of the house they were robbing and scarpered. They were very grateful to the police for giving them the warning.
Origin: from British cockney rhyming slang "scarpa flow", meaning "go" 

Variety: This slang is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.


Quick Quiz:
The kids who were smoking scarpered because
  1. the cigarettes were really strong
  2. a teacher was coming
  3. they didn't want to smell of smoke
SOURCE: englishclub.com
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