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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, December 9, 2013

Ignorance of the law is no excuse

Ignorance of the law is no excuse

picture source: lawblogone.wordpress.com

Possible interpretation: It is no defence to say that we didn't know that something we did was illegal.
Note: ignorance (noun) = lack of knowledge | the law (noun) = the system of rules recognized and enforced in a particular country | excuse (noun) = a reason or explanation given to defend a (wrong) action

Quick Quiz:
If "ignorance of the law is no excuse", a judge is most likely to find someone not-guilty if he can prove that
  1. he didn't know that what he did was wrong
  2. he didn't do what he was accused of
  3. he thought the law did not apply to him
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