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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, August 7, 2012

A bolt from the blue

Usain Bolt crosses the finish line in the men's 100m final
Usain Bolt takes just 9.63 seconds to win a gold medal in the London 2012 men's 100m final. Photo: Alex Livesey.

Today's Phrase

If something is a bolt from the blue, it is a complete and sudden surprise - like a bolt of lightning against a blue sky.
For example:
The prime minister's resignation was a bolt from the blue.
It was a real bolt from the blue when I bumped into my first ever boyfriend in the supermarket.
The announcement about redundancies was a bolt from the blue for the workers in the office.
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