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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

Monday, January 28, 2013

dig up dirt


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Meaning: If you dig up dirt on someone, you try to find details from their past to make them look bad in the present.
For example:
  • Many politicians pay people to dig up dirt on their opponents, and then pass the information to the media.
  • Very few of our leaders come from disadvantaged backgrounds because it's so easy to dig up dirt on them or their family members.
Note: We can also say "dig up the dirt", "dig the dirt up" and "dig the dirt", all of which have the same meaning.

Quick Quiz:
A journalist is digging up dirt on a politician in order to
  1. help the politician's campaign
  2. damage the politician's image
  3. increase the politician's popularity
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