In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if I did find my way to put a pen to paper or finger on a keyboard I'd give up after a few minutes. I'd find other things to do: Anything but writing...
a cup on a table, a ring on a finger, an apple in a bowl, or a tree on a mountain. Each of the drawings was shown to one native speaker who had to respond to the question ‘where is (the figure) X’. This dataset provides a sample of the lexical and grammatical resources for ...
Review of “The Exorcist: Believer” Pain of loss transcends cultural, religious and national differences. We all lose someone or something special or precious to us. The most recent pain of loss in my life was a dog. My wife and I adopted a shaggy terrier mix we named Roy. Roy was br...
There would be no perfect family photos to record that day because I hadn't got the broken camera ___. Someone had brought home the wrong toilet paper, which made me break down.I don't remember what my son asked me as he was vacuuming (吸尘), but I do remember my serious mom-face...
conveys to everyone who knows him.He explained it to me the other day:"In the beginning I was filledwith hatred.Then I realized that in hating I had become my own enemy.Unless you forgive, you cannotlove.And without love, life has no meaning."Forgiveness is truly the saving grace.1. ...
There was someone behind the desk, though Rustam could not make out who stood there. Wending his way between the high backed chairs and ornate tables that cluttered the main floor space of the study, Rustam trod as lightly as he could with his injured leg, balancing on the balls of his...
The last, who was tall and got hold of the elephant’s ears, said it was like a huge fan. Each man’s idea of the animal came from his own experience. So if someone disagrees with you about a “simple fact”, it’s often because his experience in the matter is different from ...