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

!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, May 31, 2012

quid


blog.excite-english.com
Meaning: one pound sterling
For example:
  • We paid him five hundred quid to fix the roof.
  • I lost ten quid on that horse Ted said was gonna win for sure.
Variety: This slang is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
If something costs five quid, you're probably in
  1. the U.S.A.
  2. the U.K.
  3. Japan
englishclub.com

Publicado por en

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)