This paper contributes to the growing body of scholarship related to the impact of imprisonment on families, from the particular perspective of parents, siblings and other close relatives of people serving a life sentence. We argue that those family members are often overlooked in research and ...
Running my hands up and down the length of his chicken-like legs, was too intimate and strange given the length (five months) and nature (platonic) of our relationship. He obviously thought the same because when I dared to raise my eyes to the white tight legged boxers I could see he ...
16. life sentence. 17. anything or anyone considered to be as precious as life: She was his life. 18. a person or thing that enlivens: the life of the party. 19. effervescence or sparkle, as of wines. 20. pungency or strong, sharp flavor, as of substances when fresh or in good...
When people see a sentence in English, they enjoy a link words to each other. Because of this linking the words in a sentence do not always sound the same as we they are said individually. Sound leaking is probably the biggest problem for learns of English. When they try to understand a...
My sister in Australia and her daughter and I watched dramas together while she was dating her Korean boyfriend. I have Iranian and Eritrean friends who watch these dramas on TV with subtitles in their own language. On a trip to Austria last year, I visited a little Alpine village that ...
Let’s face it, we are all broken in some way, shape, or form. We all have suffered from some sort of depression, anxiety, worry, neglect, addiction, loss, or pain (insert any negative emotion or feeling in this sentence). All of us have made mistakes. We have caused intentional or...
The indigenous languages of Australia are particularly remarkable for their rather shared pattern of sounds. With generally not more than three or five vowels which may or may not be contrasted by length, and sharing many places of articulation for their consonants, these sounds have come to gener...
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Nani can be used alone or in a sentence. When placed before desu, the word nani drops its -i and becomes nan. For example: Kore wa nan desu ka? これは何ですか? What is this? (Remember this phrase in particular—it’s going to come in handy in a variety of situations!) 66. ...
pawned it for one shilling – 5p in modern coinage. Hammond was not prepared to give Henry another chance. For this crime he was sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. It would be interesting to know how the family and villagers reacted to the sentence. Perhaps it was relief...