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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

Friday, May 16, 2014

Pool and goggles

pool

1
for swimming
 [countable] a hole or container that has been specially made and filled with water so that people can swim or play in it [= swimming pool]:

They have a nice pool in their backyard.
a shallow pool suitable for children
2
area of water
 [countable] a small area of still water in a hollow place:

pools of water with tiny fish in them
Mosquitoes breed in stagnant pools of water.
3
 pool of water/blood/light etc
a small area of liquid or light on a surface:

A guard found him lying in a pool of blood.
a pool of light formed by the street lamp above
4
game
 [uncountable] a game in which you use a stick to hit numbered balls into holes around a table, which is often played in bars
shoot/play pool
We went to the pub and played pool.
5
group of people
 [countable] a group of people who are available to work or to do an activity when they are needed
pool of
a pool of talented applicants to choose from
The region has a large and talented labour pool.
6
shared money/things
 [countable usually singular] a number of things or an amount of money that is shared by a group of people:
Both partners put money into a common pool.
7
 the pools
a system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing the results of football games:
I do the pools sometimes.
Dad won £40 on the pools.
8
sports
 [countable] American English a game in which people try to win money by guessing the result of a sports game, or the money that is collected from these people for this:
the office basketball pool

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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