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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

To be all at sea


at sea | all at sea

Image source: gamersv.net

Meaning: If you're at sea, or all at sea, you're confused about something and not sure what to do.
For example:
  • I'm all at sea with our new spreadsheet software. I just can't understand it.
  • For the first few days in her new job, Gail felt totally at sea. She didn't know what to do or who to ask for help.
Note: The idiom "all at sea" is used more in British and Australian English, though "at sea" is also sometimes used by speakers of British and Australian English, as well as by speakers of American English.

Quick Quiz:
Grant felt all at sea because
  1. he was sick of his job
  2. he was enjoying sailing
  3. it was his first day at university
Source: englishclub.com
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