Thank you for your letter. When I think on it, I seem to recall you commenting once that no power in the world could stop me from being—I believe your words were—"a smug bastard." I'm afraid I remain as incorrigible as ever. I've been expecting an owl ever since our duel, and...
“One day--it was in March, 1883--a letter with a foreign stamp lay upon the table in front of the colonel's plate. It was not a common thing for him to receive letters, for his bills were all paid in ready money, and he had no friends of any sort. ’From India!’ said he...
Neither the students nor the teacher is interested in it. 老师和学生对此都不感兴趣。 There are two apples and an egg in it. 它里面有两个苹果和一个鸡蛋。(There be句型) There is an egg and two apples in it. 它里面有...
a world record in the200-meter backstroke and two FINA Swimmer of the Year Awards, Missy Franklin is hanging up her goggles.In a letter on ESPN, Franklin announced her retirement, citing chronic shoulder pain that she's been battling for more than two years.At the 2012 Summer Olympics in ...
This game focuses on beginning and ending letters of words. The first player says a word, and the next player must quickly say a word that begins with its final letter. For example: Player 1: EnglishPlayer 2: heartPlayer 3: telephonePlayer 4: elephant If a person can’t think of a wo...
Kindly hand me down the letter K of the American Encyclopaedia which stands upon the shelf beside you. Thank you. Now let us consider the situation and see what may be deduced from it. In the first place, we may start with a strong presumption that Colonel Openshaw had some very strong...
● Look at the notes below. ● Some information is missing. ● You will hear a telephone conversation about office shelving system. ● For each question 16-22, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words. ● After you hav
A Christmas letter, after all this time. I must confess that I have not held to your wishes. Voldemort remains undefeated, and he has recently returned in full health, after his brush with what he so feared, and begun to gather followers. Horcruxes, old friend. Horcruxes and dozens of ot...
Fan Central Current “Do you have any idea how dull it was pretending to be weak? You were trained by pitiful Cêpans, if you were lucky. Mucking about with your Chests and your Legacies, always in the dark. I was trained by the most powerful fighting force in the universe and you’...
Allan Alcorn describes the birth of the gaming industry - from a signed letter that sold with the coin that jammed the machine in Andy Capp's bar RR Auction The tale of the beginning of the computer industry is well known, and perhaps best told by Walter Isaacson in his book "The Innova...