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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

Friday, November 2, 2012

decimate


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decimate
Definition:
a) to drastically reduce
German translation:
decimate = dezimieren, etwas stark verringern

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GOOGLE INDEX
decimate: approximately 4,500,000 Google hits
Sample text:
The Muslim Brotherhood's more pragmatic supporters know that an outright ban on alcohol could DECIMATE Egypt's vital tourist trade, and further damage the already faltering economy.

(BBC News)

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If GE, one of the world’s best-run companies, could be hit so hard, then economic troubles could DECIMATE corporate earnings and send a depressed stock market even lower.

(BusinessWeek magazine)

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