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• He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.

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• And even outside these nations, English is perhaps more widely used as a medium of international communication than any other language.

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• John took the lion's share of the lottery winnings; he claimed it was his idea to buy the ticket in the first place.

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• It must also be said that spotting what is important in current science is a matter of judgement, one cannot know that one is right.

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• When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

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• Frustrated with the European languages, which he considered "too boring", Christopher Columbus invented "Columbian", a language so complicated that only he could speak it.

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• As the lesson comes to an end, even if the teacher doesn't say "be quiet" or "sit down," the children naturally return to their seats and quieten down.

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• Some programmers seem to forget that writing good documentation is as important, if not more important, as writing a good program.

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• It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
• It's been a long time coming; but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

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• Yuta knew that it was Aoi, not Toru, who had broken the expensive plate at the store, but he understood why Toru had covered for Aoi, and so he decided not to say anything on the matter and keep it to himself.

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• Of course it's a good thing when someone learning a foreign language tries to use it without fear of making mistakes, but I don't think much of people without sufficient ability producing language learning material of poor quality.

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• I recommend contributing sentences in your own native language, since people will be able to trust that what you have contributed is likely to be good and natural-sounding.

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• I keep wondering how I can improve my English. Sometimes I can't explain what I'm trying to say or what the situation is, or I just can't come up with a good way to describe it myself. How do you think I can improve?

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• "Oh, Tanaka-san!" "Uh...!" "Have you been doing well?" "Yeah. Um, uh...! Oh my god, I'm so sorry, but your name is slipping my mind. What's your name again?" "Really? Come on. I'm Kunisada. Keiko Kunisada." "Oh, right, Kunisada-san. It's been a while!"

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• In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.

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• When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.

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• And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"

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• There are so-called primitive cultures in the jungles of the Amazon and on the island of New Guinea, and there are so-called advanced cultures in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the languages of these cultures are all equally advanced and complex.

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• In English, "I am good" usually means "I am a good person" (I don't do bad things). It can also mean "I am doing well" or "I am OK", but in this case, we would tend to say "I'm fine" instead.

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• One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version of this sentence is written with exactly 140 characters. How many characters does it take in other languages?

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• "Looks like Maki's a twin!" Ken said. "Really now," I replied, totally uninterested. Maki was a member of a ukulele club that ran beside our club in the school lounge. She looked lovely in Ken's eyes, but to me she was just the sixth cutest girl in class - average, in my opinion.

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• And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America. The heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress. The times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.

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• It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long, by so many, to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

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• Today, the managing director came in carrying a computer. Well, I was surprised and asked, "Can I help you with anything?", and he said, "My computer stopped working, so I called, but Tanaka told me to bring it up to the 4th floor, so here I am." Everyone turned pale. Well, needless to say, our boss gave Tanaka a real going-over. It couldn't be helped. It could've been any one of us though, so I thought, "I better be careful."

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• "When I was little, I once broke my mom's favorite necklace, and all the little pieces spilled onto the road." "Was she mad at you?" "I don't really remember." "Then how do you know you did that?" "She told me about it several times." "She's probably holding it against you." "You think?" "Maybe. Once you start making money, you should buy her another one to make up for it." "Alright, I will."