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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

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

COLLOCATIONS: CROWNING, grudging,

COLLOCATIONS

english-test.us
1.- crowning adj supremo, suprema
This will probably be the crowing achievement of her career.
2.- grudging adj poco generoso, generosa
I did all the groundwork on this project but he only gave me a grudging acknowledgement in his report.
3.-  casual   ["k{ZU@l, Am: "k{Zu:-] adj
1. (relaxed) relajado, relajada 
2. (not permanent) casual
(sex) ocasional 
3. (not serious) despreocupado, despreocupada
(glance) al azar
(remark) a la ligera
(meeting) fortuito, fortuita 
4. (not habitual) de vez en cuando 
5. (informal) informal
(clothes) deportivo, deportiva
I don't know him very well. He's just a casual acquaintance.
4.- outright   ["aUtraIt]
I. adj
(disaster, defeat) total
(winner) indiscutido, indiscutida
(hostility) declarado, declarada
II. adv
1. (defeat, ignore) totalmente
(win) absolutamente 
2. (declare, ask) descaradamente

We're fighting for the outright abolition of the death penalty.

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