A collaborative blog for students of Spanish and English.
Un blog colaborativo para estudiantes de español e inglés.
2012-10-30
Misfortunes
Long ago I do not write anything. I do not follow the news everyday. I am disconnected. Everything are bad news. By chance the other day I heard about "Sandy". Like is said in Spain, we put a circus and the dwarves grow. Misfortunes come where you least expect it. I think it is the Murphy law which says everything wrong may worsen.
I could have spoken about Halloween. I also could have spoken about changes in the weather or the suitability of the hour changes.
The other day my sons took part in an athletics competition. Christmas time is coming. Last week I had a job interview and I think I have possibilities to change of job and return into an office. The crisis is showing its sharper teeth. The Spanish people has little memory and for that reason is very angry.
It is true. There are a lot of things about which talking but unfortunately today we have to talk about someone who has gatecrashed the party.
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IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I wrOte anything. I do not follow the news everY Day. I am disconnected. Everything IS bad news. By chance the other day I heard about "Sandy". AS is said in Spain, we put ON a circus and the dwarves grow. Misfortunes come where you least expect THEM. I think it is [] Murphy'S Law which says everything wrong may worsen.
ReplyDeleteI could have spoken about Halloween. I also could have spoken about changes in the weather or the suitability of the hour changes.
The other day my sons took part in an athletics competition. Christmas time is coming. Last week I had a job interview and I think I have possibilities to change [] jobS and return []to an office. The crisis is showing its sharper teeth. The Spanish people haVE little memory and for that reason THEY ARE very angry.
It is true. There are a lot of things TO TALK about but unfortunately today we have to talk about someone who has gatecrashed the party.
I love the last phrase -- used perfectly (although I would have just said "crashed"). I also like "showing its sharper teeth". "...and the dwarves grow" sounds a bit funny -- I expected something more like "...and the clowns come out of nowhere." You get the prize for remembering to write "aN athletics competition"! It's good to hear from you again.
Thanks Matt. Now I spend all my spare time reading. In the English class it is recommended us to learn a lot of vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteWith "the dwarves grow" we want to express the height of bad luck.
There is a global crisis, the situation is delicated and, to make matters worse, appears "sandy".
I wonder until that point have an influence the context, education, advertising in particular and the media in general, when an expression or phrase is interpreted.
There are a lot of English expressions which "I do not have by where catch them". The latter is a Spanish literal expression.
I think I will talk about it in a following post.
OK, now I understand "the dwarves grow" better. Another word, slightly more common, for a very short person is "midget", although I suspect that both words are now considered "labels" to be avoided.
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