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

!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

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Zs


Meaning: sleep
open.salon.com
For example:
  • Ted's heading back to the hotel to catch a few Zs before dinner.
  • I'm tired. I'm gonna catch some Zs.
Note: almost always used as part of the phrases "catch a few Zs" or "catch some Zs"

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

Quick Quiz:
If someone says they're going to catch a few Zs, they're
  1. going to the toilet
  2. going to sleep
  3. going fishing
www.englishclub.com

No comments:

Post a Comment