{"id":478,"date":"2012-09-03T14:53:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2013-08-19T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T12:01:50","slug":"learning-to-cover-the-sun-with-my-finger-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/learning-to-cover-the-sun-with-my-finger-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Cover the Sun with My Finger (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I admit that I have a bad memory. Just a couple of days ago I locked my car keys inside the car and if you asked me to tell you what I had for lunch today I would need to think about it for a few minutes. However, when I came to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a> I realised that having a lot of imagination can make up for my lack of a properly functioning memory.<br \/>\nA good example comes with the traditional Spanish expressions, which really caught my imagination and helped me learn a lot more easily than simply trying to memorise loads of words which don\u2019t mean anything much on their own. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hacer de Tripas Coraz\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a restaurant near where I took my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">Spanish classes<\/a> which is called \u201cTripas Coraz\u00f3n\u201d. I thought this was a brilliant name, as it translates as something like \u201cGuts and Heart\u201d and brings to mind suitably grotesque dishes splattered with blood and intestines. I then heard the words in a song and I realised that it is actually part of the expression \u201chacer de tripas coraz\u00f3n\u201d. I haven\u2019t yet had the courage to use this phrase in real life yet but it seems to mean to make a great effort to overcome some sort of problem or fear. I have been waiting patiently for the ideal moment to use it (casually, of course) but it hasn\u2019t yet arrived.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_SIFrH7EpE8k\/SqkbQoLIjoI\/AAAAAAAAAmI\/OoS1PloRX9s\/s400\/2035692961_4b9e6839b0.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I admit that I have a bad memory. Just a couple of days ago I locked my car keys inside the car and if you asked me to tell you what I had for lunch today I would need to think about it for a few minutes. 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