Um,
1961 it says here, so he would've been in
his prime. He’d asked some close friends to find him a house in Valparaiso
that was not too big, not too small, not too loud, not too quiet… his laundry list goes on and on. It says he
had the top two floors, and a sculptor fiend and her husband lived downstairs.
* in one’s prime: at the peak of one’s
abilities
ex>
My dad just turned sixty, but he’s still in his prime.
* laundry list: a long or exhaustive list
of people or things
ex>
He went car shopping with a laundry list of features he wanted.
ex>
Any employer who includes that kind of laundry list in a job ad is too
uptight for me.
Well,
Neruda got the better end of the deal.
What an incredible view! Did he write much poetry here?
* get the better end of the deal: to be
the main beneficiary an agreement or transaction
ex>
When Peter married Caroline, he definitely got the better end of the deal.
Neruda’s
political leanings came from his deep love for people, for his country, and for
fairness. His sensitivity was what motivated him to speak out against tyranny
all over the world, even when revealing his true colors
got him into the government’s bad books
* true colors: actual character or
personality (as opposed to outward appearances)
ex>
Canice showed her true colors by helping the old woman push her cart up
the street.
ex>
When the financial crisis hit, the company revealed its true colors by
retaining as many workers as it could.
* in/into one’s bad books: in disfavor;
in a state of being disapproved of by someone
ex>
I got into my wife’s bad books by forgetting to pay the utility bills.
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