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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

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

knock off (4)


knock off (4) Informal

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Meaning: to reduce something, like a price or an amount
For example:
  • knock off sth I'll bargain with her and see if she'll knock off a few dollars for us.
  • knock sth off They've already knocked ten percent off the usual price, so they probably won't knock any more off.
Quick Quiz:
Mark has knocked two seconds off his previous best time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. His best time is now
  1. 4 minutes and 18 seconds
  2. 4 minutes and 22 seconds
  3. 4 minutes and 20.2 seconds
source: englishclub.com
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