!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
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
KEEPING YOUR ENGLISH ALIVE.
- 1.-STAIRS:
- You live on the 6th floor of an apartment building. This week, the elevator has been broken. You're telling a friend about it:
- I've had to walk up and down six flights of stairs all week.
- 2.-PRESENT, GIFT
- It's your birthday. One of your coworkers is giving you a birthday present. You didn't expect to get a gift/present from her. You want to express your surprise and politely say that she didn't need to get you anything. You say:
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Monday, May 19, 2014
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worst case scenario
The "worst case scenario" is the worst result that could happen in a situation. Use this phrase for talking about the possible negative consequences of something.
In spoken English, people often use "worst case scenario" like it's used in the example above:
Worst case scenario, we'll borrow some money from our savings account.
Worst case scenario, we'll lose maybe 5 or 6 hours of productive time.
But the more formally correct way to use it is this:
The worst case scenario is that we may lose five or six hours of productive time.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Sentence Rewriting for ESL EFL TESOL TEFL and Cambridge Exam English Students - Advanced Level English Learning
Sentence Rewriting for ESL EFL TESOL TEFL and Ca
mbridge Exam English Students - Advanced Level English Learning:
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Keep your English alive
“I'd like to take off the week of March 10th - 14th. Let me know if that presents a problem.”
You're planning a vacation. You send an email to your boss to tell him what days you've chosen for your vacation. You write this in your email.
I'd like to take off the week of March 10th - 14th. Let me know if that presents a problem.
the week of (date)
When you need to refer to a specific week, you can pick a day that falls during that week, and call it "the week of (that date)":
READ MORE:I think we're coming the week of June 4th.
Monday, March 10, 2014
KEEPING YOUR ENGLISH ALIVE.
- You're talking with some friends about the kind of clothes that you wear to work, versus during your free time. You say:
- I tend to dress a little more conservatively at the office.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
To have a lot going for you
have a lot going for you
to have many good qualities or advantages that will make it easier for you to succeed She's bound to find a job. She's got such a lot going for her.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
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