!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
Showing posts with label 01 Objective proficiency 15. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 01 Objective proficiency 15. Show all posts
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hold the fort
Meaning: If you hold the fort, you look after a place or a business while the person who is normally in charge is away.
For example:
- Can you hold the fort while I run down to the bank?
- Your job will be to serve customers, and occasionally hold the fort if I have to go out.
Quick Quiz:
The shop's manager had to go out for a while, so Julie held the fort
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Monday, March 3, 2014
The slightest whiff of
› a slight smell, carried on a current of air:He leaned towards me and I caught/got a whiff of garlic.During the first few months of pregnancy the slightest whiff of food cooking made my stomach turn.a whiff of sth› a slight sign of something:They regularly hold elections without a whiff of corruption or violence.
(Definition of whiff noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Focus on the pronunciation of whiffwhiff of something
1. . Lit. the smell or odor of something. (*Typically: get ~; catch ~; have ~; take ~; give someone ~.) Did you get a whiff of the turkey roasting? Yummy. I caught a whiff of something rather unpleasant in the attic. I think there is a dead mouse up there.
2. . Fig. a bit of knowledge of something. (*Typically: get ~; catch ~; give someone ~.) The boss got a whiff of the problems in the accounting department. No one will get a whiff of your trouble with the police. I'll see to that.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
to cut their teeth
Beached Miami:
cut your teeth (British, American & Australian) also cut your eye teeth (American)
A classically trained artist, Hoff explored belonging through underdog characters
like Albert the Albatross, Julius the Gorilla, and Grizzwold the bear. The Bronx-born high school dropout cut his teeth as a gag cartoonist for The New Yorker,
mainstream magazines, and King Features Syndicate.
cut your teeth (British, American & Australian) also cut your eye teeth (American)
to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills (often + on ) She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.
A classically trained artist, Hoff explored belonging through underdog characters
like Albert the Albatross, Julius the Gorilla, and Grizzwold the bear. The Bronx-born high school dropout cut his teeth as a gag cartoonist for The New Yorker,
mainstream magazines, and King Features Syndicate.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
If you learn 'the tricks of the trade' you learn the expert knowledge you need to do a job well.
expert knowledge you need to do a job well.
'Jobs for the boys' describes work that is given to favoured friends, colleagues or relatives rather than through a fair and open process.
'Jobs for the boys' describes work that is given to
favoured friends, colleagues or relatives rather than
through a fair and open process.
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favoured friends, colleagues or relatives rather than
through a fair and open process.
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