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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, December 10, 2013

an ivory tower

an ivory tower

picture source: blog.contrarymagazine.com 

Meaning: You can say someone's in an ivory tower if they're in a place that separates them from everyday life, such as a university.
For example:
  • People often complain that academics stuck in their ivory towers don't really understand the problems of the average person.
  • Peter's dream is to get tenure in a university and spend the rest of his life hidden away in an ivory tower.
Quick Quiz:
If Professor Jones didn't spend all his time in his ivory tower, he would
  1. be much healthier than he is
  2. make much more money
  3. know what people were thinking
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