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Idiom of the week
When pigs fly: something that will never ever happen
ex. I will marry him when pigs fly.
ex. I will marry him when pigs fly.
Idiom of the week
When pigs fly: something that will never ever happen
ex. I will marry him when pigs fly.
ex. I will marry him when pigs fly.
The 20 Best Novels of the 20th Century *
| The 20 Best Novels of the 20th Century * |  Composite Rank |
| Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence | 1 |
| Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad | 2 |
| Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser | 3 |
| Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham | 4 |
| The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton | 5 |
| Anthem, by Ayn Rand | 6 |
| The Call of the Wild, by Jack London | 7 |
| The Way of All Flesh, by Samuel Butler | 8 |
| The Golden Bowl, by Henry James | 9 |
| Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson | 10 |
| The Ambassadors, by Henry James | 11 |
| Nostromo, by Joseph Conrad | 12 |
| Kim, by Rudyard Kipling | 13 |
| The Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad | 14 |
| My Antonia, by Willa Cather | 15 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle | 16 |
| Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs | 17 |
| The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton | 18 |
| The Man Who Was Thursday, by G. K. Chesterton | 19 |
| Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis | 20 |
| Special Requests | |
| The Scariest Book of All Time**: Dracula, by Bram Stoker | |
| A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by John Leech | |
The 20 Best Novels of the 20th Century *
| The 20 Best Novels of the 20th Century * |
Composite
Rank
|
| Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence | 1 |
| Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad | 2 |
| Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser | 3 |
| Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham | 4 |
| The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton | 5 |
| Anthem, by Ayn Rand | 6 |
| The Call of the Wild, by Jack London | 7 |
| The Way of All Flesh, by Samuel Butler | 8 |
| The Golden Bowl, by Henry James | 9 |
| Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson | 10 |
| The Ambassadors, by Henry James | 11 |
| Nostromo, by Joseph Conrad | 12 |
| Kim, by Rudyard Kipling | 13 |
| The Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad | 14 |
| My Antonia, by Willa Cather | 15 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle | 16 |
| Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs | 17 |
| The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton | 18 |
| The Man Who Was Thursday, by G. K. Chesterton | 19 |
| Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis | 20 |
| Special Requests | |
| The Scariest Book of All Time**: Dracula, by Bram Stoker | |
| A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by John Leech | |
Phrasal verbs
Be about to - estar a punto de
I was about to leave the house when my friends arrived.
Be back - regresar
I'm working late at the office tonight so I won't be back until 10.
Be out of - quedarse sin
We're out of eggs so we can't make a tortilla.
Be over - terminarse
When the football match was over, we went to the pub.
Be up - estar levantado
"phil isn't up yet: he's still in bed. Phone again in ten minutes."
Blow up - estallar (una bomba)
The bomb blew up killing six people.
Blow up - inflar
We blew up at least a hundred balloons for the christmas party.
Break down - averiarse
My car broke down on the way to motril.
I was about to leave the house when my friends arrived.
Be back - regresar
I'm working late at the office tonight so I won't be back until 10.
Be out of - quedarse sin
We're out of eggs so we can't make a tortilla.
Be over - terminarse
When the football match was over, we went to the pub.
Be up - estar levantado
"phil isn't up yet: he's still in bed. Phone again in ten minutes."
Blow up - estallar (una bomba)
The bomb blew up killing six people.
Blow up - inflar
We blew up at least a hundred balloons for the christmas party.
Break down - averiarse
My car broke down on the way to motril.
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