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The is set in the 19th century, and it is considered the first detective story of British literature. The story has got many characters, although the most important ones are Rachel, Blake and Ablewhite and the love triangle formed among them. The moonstone , a huge yellow diamond, is the other protagonist in the story; since it provokes all the problems and subplots in the story. As in most of Collins' stories we don't know who is the thief until the end of the story. Appearances don't seem to be what they are, and although the reader can think that the thief is Blake, we'll discover that another man with a better reputation is the guilty person. Meanwhile, we discover step by step clues to find out the truth. Sergeant Cuff and Mr Betteredge are the best detectives to discover the mistery. There are also grief moments in the book such as when Rosanna kills herself because she discovers that Blake doesn't love her. She also thinks that he is the person who stole the diamond , because she found some paint on his nightgown . Ablewhite asks Rachel to marry him, she accepts but she discovers that he was only interested in her money later; so the engagement is broken. Rachel is angry with Blake because she saw him taking the diamond the night of her birthday, but she discovers that he sleepwalked and fogives him. Someone took advantage of his state that night. At the end Love, another basic subplot in the story, wins and Rachel finds in Blake the man she fell in love in the past. The thief was foud suffocated with his pillow by the indians. He was a gambler and had a double life. The epilogue shows us the traveller Murthwaite and his finding the diamond in India where it should always had been.
Wh questions are asked to receive specific information on where, what, why, and when.
There are a number of variations including short questions such as 'What for?' and 'Where to?'. This guide to Wh questions provides a look at a wide variety of Wh questions, as well as providing examples for each type of question.
The most common questions in English are often referred to as 'wh' questions. 'Wh' questions begin with 'wh' and include: Where
When
Why
What
Who Howis often included with these why questions, even though it does not begin with 'wh'. 'Wh' questions ask for specific responses as to the time, place, reason, thing or person.
Where - asks a question about place
When - asks questions about time
Why - asks questions about reasons
What - asks questions about things or objects
Who - asks questions about people
The answer to 'wh' questions often repeats the same verb as in the question form.
Examples:
Where does he live?
He lives in New York. When did they have dinner?
They had dinner at six o'clock. Why is going to study French?
He is going to study French because he wants to go to Paris.
This list of False Friends is a continuation of a previous one posted some year ago, if you're interested in them you can click here to get the first list. Besides, you can add new ones in the comments of the entry, we'd really appreciate it.
An important step to improving your vocabulary is to not only learn the appropriate terms, but to learn the words that commonly go together with those terms. These word combinations are often, adjective + noun, verb + noun, and noun + verb pairs. Each of these collocation sheets provide collocations for commonly used words arranged into categories. Each collocation is illustrated with an example sentence.
Adjectives + "Money"
The following list includes adjectives that are commonly used with the noun 'money'. Adjectives that are similar in meaning are grouped together. Each adjective or adjective group has an example sentence to illustrate usage.
easy
He thinks working in marketing is easy money. I think he'll find it's quite a different story.
bonus, extra
If you complete the project before next Tuesday, there'll be some bonus money.
hard-earned
The best way to feel good about any purchase is if it's been made with hard-earned money.
government, public, taxpayers'
It's not right to waste taxpayers' money on projects that benefit those who are already wealthy.
pocket, spending
Would you like a little extra pocket money this weekend?
gas, lunch, petrol, rent, etc
Could you lend me some lunch money today?
prize, grant, scholarship
They won a lot of grant money for their research into DNA.
stolen, dirty, bribe, ransom
I don't want your dirty money!
hush, protection
That gang is demanding protection money from every store on the street. It's scandalous!
pension, retirement
We plan to move to Hawaii with our retirement money.
We're dealing with Sports this week , Here you are a useful list of different kind of sports , the word between brackets is just an adaptation for the English pronunciation, that's it, it is pronouced in English as you read it in Spanish.
( Esta lista de palabras relacionadas con el deporte sirve para aumentar nuestro vocabulario en clase relacionado con una de vuestras mayores aficiones. Las palabras entre paréntesis, es la pronunciación inglesa, como sonaría al leerla como si fuese Español. )
aerobics (aeróbiks) - ejercicios aeróbicos
archery (árcheri) - arquería
athletics (azlétiks) - atletismo
badminton (bádminton) - bádminton
baseball (béisbol) - béisbol
basketball (básketbol) - básquet
bicycling (báisikling) - ciclismo
billiards (bíliards) - billar
bowling (bóuling) - bolos
boxing (bóksing) - boxeo
canoeing (kanúing) - canotaje
car racing (car réising) - automovilismo
diving (dáiving) - buceo
fencing (fénsing) - esgrima
fishing (físhing) - pesca
football (fútbol) - fútbol americano
golf (gólf) - golf
gymnastics (dchimnástiks) - gimnasia
hang gliding (háng gláiding) - aladeltismo
hockey (hóki) - hockey
horse racing (hors réising) - carrera de caballos
horse riding (hors ráiding) - equitación
hunting (hánting) - caza
ice hockey (áis jóki) - hockey sobre hielo
ice skating (áis skéiting) - patinaje sobre hielo
jogging (dchóguing) - footing
karate (karáti) - karate
martial arts (márshal árts) - artes marciales
motorboat racing (mótorbout réising) - carrera de lanchas
mountaineering (maunteníiring) - montañismo
parachuting (parachúting) - paracaidismo
ping-pong (píngpong) - tenis de mesa
polo (póulou) - polo
pool (pool) - pool, billar americano
rowing (róuing) - remo
sailing (séiling) - navegación a vela
skating (skéiting) - patinaje
skiing (skíig) - esquí
skydiving (skáidáiving) - paracaidismo acrobático
soccer (sóker) - fútbol
surfing (sérfing) - surf
swimming (suíming) - natación
target shooting (tárguet shúuting) - tiro al blanco
A common doubt among our students when writting the verb CONSIST is the preposition that follows this verb. In Spanish we use : Consistir en, that's the point where the error comes from.
(Una duda muy común entre mis estudiantes de Inglés , es la preposición del verbo consistir, debido a su semejanza con el verbo Español : consistir en .)
According to he Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
Consist IN means: " is inherit or lies within"
" His social success consists in being able to persuade everyone of his amiability" Consist OF means : " is composed or made up of"
" His fleet consists of a day sailer, a canoe, and a small skiff" Consist ON is not correct.
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY FOR MYPLACEFORENGLISH, WE HAVE EXCEEDED 300,000 VISITS. WE RECEIVE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED VISITS PER DAY FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE WEB IN ITS THIRD YEAR HAS MORE THAN 90 CONSTANT FOLLOWERS. THANK YOU! WE CANNOT FORGET HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS THAT FOLLOW US AND USE OUR WEB AS A GUIDE. AND OF COURSE, HUNDREDS OF ENGLISH TEACHERS WHO SHOW US THEIR SUPPORT AND HELP; YOU'RE UNIQUE, FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS THANKS!!
This useful list will enrich your vocabulary with many terms related to computers and the internet. You can download it, and use it in class or study at home. / Esta útil lista de vocabulario de internet y términos relacionados con los ordenadores es muy útil par todos los estudiantes de habla inglesa, puedes descargarla e imprimirla en casa.
THIS IS THE VIDEO BY EMINEM AND RIHANNA ENJOY IT. Esta ha sido la canción más votada en nuestra encuesta sobre la mejor canción del 2010, espero la disfrutéis tanto como nosotros.
Music video information
Eminem and Rihanna looking at the burning house behind them in the penultimate scene of the videoThe video depicts a couple (portrayed by actors Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox) in a love-hate relationship. The couple repeatedly fight, break things, steal, and make up again, with scenes flashing back to happier times in their relationship. Other scenes include the two celebrities on top of a liquor store, inside the store and "at a seedy dive bar next door" to it. Towards the end of the video, both Fox and Monaghan's characters are engulfed by flames.
Shots of Rihanna in front of a house that bursts into flames are featured while she sings the chorus, with Eminem rapping his verses in a field, as well as joining Rihanna in front of the burning house toward the end of the video.[55][52][56] The video became an online phenomenon, gaining 6.6 million hits in its first 24 hours on VEVO, and 18 million views in five days.[57] It broke a YouTube record for having the most views in 24 hours.[58] By the end of 2010, the video had received over 250 million views.
LYRICS IN ENGLISH:
[Rihanna] Just gonna stand there and watch me burn Well that’s alright because I like the way it hurts Just gonna stand there and hear me cry Well that’s alright because I love the way you lie I love the way you lie
[Eminem] I can’t tell you what it really is I can only tell you what it feels like And right now there’s a steel knife in my windpipe I can’t breathe but I still fight while I can fight As long as the wrong feels right it’s like I’m in flight High off of love, drunk from my hate Its like I’m huffing paint And I love it the more that I suffer, I suffocate And right before I’m about to drown she resuscitates me She fucking hates me and I love it, wait Where you going, I’m leaving you No you ain’t, come back We’re running right back Here we go again, it’s so insane Cause when it’s going good it’s going great I’m superman with the wind at his back, she’s Lois Lane But when it’s bad it’s awful I feel so ashamed, I snapped Who’s that dude I don’t even know his name I laid hands on her, I’ll never stoop so low again I guess I don’t know my own strength
[Rihanna] Just gonna stand there and watch me burn Well that’s alright because I like the way it hurts Just gonna stand there and hear me cry Well that’s alright because I love the way you lie I love the way you lie, I love the way you lie
[Eminem] You ever love somebody so much You can barely breathe when you’re with ‘em You meet and neither one of you even know what hit ‘em Got that warm fuzzy feeling Yeah them chills used to get ‘em Now you’re getting fucking sick at lookin at ‘em You swore you’d never hit ‘em Never do nothing to hurt ‘em Now you’re in each others face Spewing venom in your words when you spit ‘em You push, pull each other’s hair, scratch, claw Bit ‘em, throw ‘em down, pin ‘em So lost in the moments when you’re in them It’s the craze that the corporate controls you both So they say it’s best to go your seperate ways Guess they don’t know you Cause today, that was yesterday Yesterday is over, it’s a different day Silent broken records playing over But you promised her next time you’ll show restrain You don’t get another chance Life is no nintendo game, but you lied again Now you get to watch her leave out the window I guess that’s why they call it window pane
[Rihanna] Just gonna stand there and watch me burn Well that’s alright because I like the way it hurts Just gonna stand there and hear me cry Well that’s alright because I love the way you lie I love the way you lie, I love the way you lie
[Eminem] Now I know we said things Did things that we didn’t mean And we fall back into the same patterns, same routine But your temper is just as bad is mine is You’re the same as me When it comes to love you’re just as blinded Baby, please come back it wasn’t you maybe it was me Maybe our relationship isn’t as crazy as it seems Maybe that’s what happens when a tornado meets a valcano All I know is I love you too much to walk away though Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk Don’t you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk? Told you this is my fault, look in the eyeball Next time I’m pissed I’ll aim my fist at the drywall Next time, there won’t be no next time I apologize even though I know it’s lies I’m tired of the games I just want her back I know I’m a liar if she ever tries to fucking leave again I’mma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire
[Rihanna] Just gonna stand there and watch me burn Well that’s alright because I like the way it hurts Just gonna stand there and hear me cry Well that’s alright because I love the way you lie I love the way you lie, I love the way you lie
autor: Eminem FT Rihanna
TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH:
[Rihanna] Solo voy a quedarme ahí y verme quemar Pero está bien, porque me gusta como duele Solo voy a quedarme ahí y escucharme llorar Pero está bien, porque amo como mientes, amo como mientes Amo como mientes
[Eminem] No puedo decirte lo que es realmente Solo puedo decirte que se siente Y ahora mismo hay una navaja de acero en mi traquea No puedo respirar, pero sigo peleando contra lo que no puedo Mientras lo equivocado se sienta bien, es como si estuviera volando Mas arriba que la ley, borracho de mi odio, Es como si estuviese inhalando pintura y más me encanta, más sufro, Me sofoco Y justo antes de ahogarme, ella me resucita Ella me odia, y me encanta. ¡Espera! ¿Qué estás haciendo? Te estoy dejando No, no lo harás. Vuelve, estamos volviendo. Aquí vamos otra vez Es tan enfermizo porque cuando está yendo bien, está yendo genial Soy Superman con el viento en su espalda Ella es Louis Lane, pero cuando está yendo mal es horrible, me siento tan avergonzado y me quiebro Quien es este tipo? Ni siquiera conozco su nombre Puse mis manos en él, nunca caeré tan bajo otra vez Supongo que no conozco mi propia fuerza
[Chrous] Solo voy a quedarme ahí y verme quemar Pero está bien, porque me gusta como duele Solo voy a quedarme ahí y escucharme llorar Pero está bien, porque amo como mientes, amo como mientes Amo como mientes
[Eminem] Alguna vez amaste a alguien tanto que apenas puedes respirar Cuando estas con él Lo conoces y ninguno de los dos sabe que los golpeo Tienes ese sentimiento raro y caliente Si, solías sentir esos escalofríos Ahora te esta enfermando mirarlo Juraste que nunca lo golpearías; nunca harías nada por lastimarlo Ahora están cara a cara tirando veneno en sus palabras cuando las escupen Se empujan, se tiran del cabello, se rasguñan y se golpean Tíralo al piso, clávalo Tan perdido en los momentos cuando estás en ellos Es una carrera y ese es el culpable que controla tu bote Así que dicen que lo mejor es que cada uno siga su camino Supongo que no te conocen porque eso fue ayer Ayer ha terminado; es un día diferente Suena como canciones rotas sonando otra vez, pero se lo prometiste La próxima vez que te resistas No tendrás otra oportunidad La vida no es un juego de Nintendo Pero mentiste otra vez Ahora te toca mirarla salir por la ventana Supongo que por eso la llaman ventana del dolor
[Chorus] Solo voy a quedarme ahí y verme quemar Pero está bien, porque me gusta como duele Solo voy a quedarme ahí y escucharme llorar Pero está bien, porque amo como mientes, amo como mientes Amo como mientes
[Eminem] Ahora sé que dijimos cosas, hicimos cosas que no queríamos Y volvimos a caer en los mismos patrones, misma rutina Pero tu humor es tan malo como el mío Eres lo mismo que yo Pero cuando se refiere al amor, eres igual de ciega Nena, por favor vuelve No eras tu, nena era yo Quizás nuestra relación no era tan enfermiza como parecía Quizás eso es lo que pasa cuando un tornado encuentra un volcán Todo lo que sé es que te amo demasiado para irme Ven adentro, levanta tus maletas de la vereda No escuchas sinceridad en mi voz cuando hablo? Te dije que esto es mi culpa Mírame a los ojos La próxima vez que me enoje, mi puño ira contra la pared de yeso La próxima vez, no habrá próxima vez Me disculpo a pesar de que se que son mentiras Estoy cansado de los juegos, solo la quiero de vuelta Se que soy un mentiroso Si ella vuelve a intentar dejarme La voy a atar a la cama y prenderé esta casa con fuego
[Chorus] Solo voy a quedarme ahí y verme quemar Pero está bien, porque me gusta como duele Solo voy a quedarme ahí y escucharme llorar Pero está bien, porque amo como mientes, amo como mientes Amo como mientes
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