Phrasal verbs

PHRASAL
VERBS
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Get on well/ OK/ badly
(llevarse bien)
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Go out (salir)
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Go in (entrar)
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Go up (subir)
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Go down (bajar)
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Turn on/ off (encender/
apagar – luz)
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Switch on/ off (encender/
apagar – radio)
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Go on (continuar)
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Put on (ponerse – vestir)
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To look forward to + ger
( estar deseando )
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Take off (despegar un avión – despegar algo – quitarse la ropa)
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Look for (buscar)
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Look after (cuidar)
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Get up (levantarse de la cama)
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Get into / get out off
(entrar/ salir)
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Pick up / put down (
coger – elegir/ dejar – repartir)
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Sit down / stand up
(sentarse/ levantarse)
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Run away (escaparse)
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Run after (perseguir)
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Turn down (doblar – bajar – rechazar)
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Get on (subirse)
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Get down (bajarse)
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Go back (volver)
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Stick out (sobresalir)

the lady and the tyger

When "The Lady, or the Tiger?" was first published in the popular magazine Century in 1882, it was a resounding success. Although Frank R. Stockton had already published a novel and some other stories and would continue to publish for many years, "The Lady, or the Tiger?" remained his most famous story. Originally, he wrote the story, which he called "In the King's Arena," to provoke discussion at a literary party. The story sparked heated discussion, so Stockton expanded it and submitted it to Century magazine, where it was accepted and retitled by the editor.

"The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a fantasy story that resembles a fairy tale. However, it is considered more whimsical and open-ended than most fairy tales. It involves a jealous princess, a vindictive king, and an ardent suitor—long the staple elements of fairy tales. In discussing romantic relationships, passion, self-interest, and reason, Stockton puts the princess at the center of a terrible conflict: whether she will send her lover to his death or let him live and marry another woman. Her decision is left unresolved at the story's conclusion. The story's power and popularity was gained by its abrupt ending, which leaves the reader to ponder the princess's decision, and her lover's fate.

The Lady or the Tiger? Summary

"The Lady, or the Tiger?" begins with a description of a "semi-barbaric" king who rules his kingdom with a heavy hand. For punishing criminals, he has built an arena featuring two doors. The criminal must choose his own fate by selecting one of the two closed doors. Behind one door is a hungry tiger that will eat the prisoner alive. Behind the other door is a beautiful lady, hand-picked by the king, who will be married to the accused on the spot. The people of the kingdom like this system of justice, because the uncertainty of the situation is very entertaining.

someone like you

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW9C3-qWug
I heard that you're settled down,
That you found a girl and you're married now,
I heard that your dreams came true,
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you,
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light,
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it,
I had hoped you'd see my face,
And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over,

Never mind, I'll find someone like you,
I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don't forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
"Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,"
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead, yeah,
REFRAIN
You know how the time flies,
Only yesterday was the time of our lives,
We were born and raised in a summer haze,
Bound by the surprise of our glory days,
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it,
I had hoped you'd see my face,
And that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over,
REFRAIN
Nothing compares,
No worries or cares,
Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made,
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste
REFRAIN

WOMAN DAY

                              Beatrix  Potter

Beatrix Potter was born in South Kensington, as  the only daughter of Rupert Potter who worked as a rentier. Beatrix usually intertained herself by taking specimens from the natural museum and painting them or she would sketch the Lake District where the family spent most of their summer holidays. Beatrix never went to school but her parents had her taught at home by a governess and was taught by Sir Walter to read. Beatrix lived at her parents house until she was past her thirty´s and recorded her life in a book in a code so that nobody else could read it. In 1893 she wrote a letter to a friend Noel Moore which contained picture´s and The Tale Of Peter Rabbit  and from this Potter decided to privately print her book in 1905 and then published by Frederik Warne. When Beatrix tried to publish her book for the first time it was rejected by the publishing company but in the end she found a publisher that would publish her book who was  known  by Frederik Warne. Later she got engaged to Norman Warne who was a publisher but then he died about a month later of leukemia. When her husband died she decided to turn back to her books and spent most of her time on the lake district farm. Between 1905 and 1913 Beatrix published a number of children´s  book´s using watercolor illustrations.

At the age of 47 Beatrix married a solicitor called William Heelis and then she eventually stopped writing. Beatrix met William when she bought cattle farm and dedicated her last thirty years,  she bought a sheep farm out of her fathers inheritance. Potter died in Sawrey in Lancashire on December 22 of 1943. And after her death the journal that she kept from the age of fifteen was found and published in 1964.

                                    

GIBRALTAR VIDEO

http://www.videojug.com/film/gibraltar-national-day

Japan Disaster

http://guardian.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5xpPzyVDx8

SHORT POEMS AND IDIOMS IN ENGLISH

Poetry short poems:
http://www.love-poems.me.uk/index.htm

Dichos de amor:

http://www.loversquotes.com/InspirationalLoveQuote.htm

Love is like war:
Easy to begin but hard to end.



If you want me to fall for you,
you got to give me something worth tripping over

Love is being able to walk arm in arm.
Even when you don't see eye to eye

Falling in love is like being struck by lightning.
You can no more make it strike
you than you can avoid it.