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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 3, 2013

Idiom of the day: one in a million

one in a million

Picture source: www.parable.co.za

Meaning: If you say someone is "one in a million", you mean they're an exceptionally good person.
For example:
  • My grandmother was the kindest and sweetest old lady ever. She was one in a million.
  • Kenny was a really great guy. One in a million, he was.
Note: In American English, "one in a hundred" and "one in a thousand" are also used, and they have the same meaning.

Quick Quiz:
Our friend Jose was one in a million. He was
  1. very rich
  2. very special
  3. very strange

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