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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, June 10, 2014

When the Mind Wanders, Happiness Also Strays

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wander       
    1 wander   wanders   wandering   wandered  
If you wander in a place, you walk around there in a casual way, often without intending to go in any particular direction.
    When he got bored he wandered around the fair.
    They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store.
    Those who do not have relatives to return to are left to wander the streets and sleep rough.
VB  
    + wander  
Also a noun.
    A wander around any market will reveal stalls piled high with vegetables.
N-SING: a N  
= stroll  
    2 wander   wanders   wandering   wandered  
If a person or animal wanders from a place where they are supposed to stay, they move away from the place without going in a particular direction.
    Because Mother is afraid we'll get lost, we aren't allowed to wander far.
    To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions.
VB  
= stray  
    3 wander   wanders   wandering   wandered  
If your mind wanders or your thoughts wander, you stop concentrating on something and start thinking about other things.
    His mind would wander, and he would lose track of what he was doing.
    Jarvis found his attention wandering.
    Grace allowed her mind to wander to other things.
VB  
= stray  
    4 wander   wanders   wandering   wandered  
If your eyes wander, you stop looking at one thing and start looking around at other things.
    His eyes wandered restlessly around the room.
    His eyes kept wandering to the picture.
    Read their body language. Are their eyes wandering or are they drumming the desk with their fingers?
VB  
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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY


wander   ["wQnd@r, Am: "wA:nd@`]
I. vt vagar por 
to wander the streets deambular por las calles, callejear
II. vi
(roam) vagar
(stroll) pasearse 
to let one's thoughts wander dejar volar la imaginación
III. n inf paseo m 
to go for a wander around the city dar una vuelta por la ciudad

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