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полезныхмелочей—этоместо,гдеторгуютразнообразнымито варами,частопосниженнымценам.8.Налоговаядекларацияпо даетсяв концегодавсемигражданамистраны. 9.Многие,кому приходитсямногоработатьзакомпьютером,жалуются, чтогла за начинаютболеть от напряжения.10. Обычно контрафактные музыкальныедискистоятнебольше,чемтри долларазаштуку.

11.Онпыталсяприободритьсына,поэтомупохлопалегопопле чуиулыбнулся.

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1.Andrew’smotherstoppedvacuumingassoonasheaskedher todoit.2.LenoretriedtocheerAndrewup.3.Andrewwaswriting two stories then. 4. Andrew complimented Lenore on her hat even thoughdislikedit.5.Andrew’smotherdisapprovedofthefactthathe wasoverdrawn. 6.Martha wantedAndrewto marryher.7.Andrew supportedhisfather’sbusiness.8.Dorothyhadtopayforherconcerts inTownHall.

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 Dosomeresearchandtellyourgroupmates

             What is your idea

BeforeLorettahadbeenatSantaClaraaweek,shewasconvinced thatCaptainKitt’sideawasagoodone.,thoughBilly wouldn’tbelieveit,shedidnotwanttomarryBilly.Andinthesecond place,thoughCaptainKittwouldn’tbelieveit,shedidnotwanttoleave Daisy.BythetimeLorettahadbeenatSantaClaratwoweeks,shewas absolutelycertainthatshedidnotwanttomarryBilly.Butshewasnot sosureaboutnotwantingtoleaveDaisy.NotthatshelovedDaisyless, butthatshe.

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“Dear Ned,” the letter began. She had once been violently loved byhimforthreeweeksinherpremaritaldays.Butshehadcovenanted herselftoJackHemingway,whohadpriorclaims,andherheartaswell; and Ned Bashford had philosophically not    over it. Hemerelyaddedtheexperience toalargefundofsimilarlycollected dataoutofwhichhemanufacturedphilosophy.Artisticallyandtempera mentallyhewasaGreek,atiredGreek.Hewasfondofquotingfrom Nietzsche,intokenthathe,too,had passed throughthelongsickness thatfollowsupontheardentsearchfortruth;thathetoohademerged, tooexperienced, too,too profound,ever againto be aficted bythemadnessofyouthsintheirloveoftruth.“Toworshipappearance,’ heoftenquoted;“tobelieveinforms,intones,inwords,in thewhole Olympusofappearance!’Thisparticularexcerpthealwaysconcluded with,“ThoseGreeksweresupercialoutof!”

HewasafairlyyoungGreek,jadedandworn.Womenwerefaith lessandunveracious,heheldatsuchtimes that hehadrelapsesand descendedtopessimismfromhiswontedhighphilosophicalcalm.He didnotbelieveinthetruthofwomen;but,faithfultohisGermanmas ter,hedidnotstripfromthemtheairygauzesthatveiledtheiruntruth. Hewascontenttoacceptthem as appearancesandtomakethebest ofit.Hewassupercialoutofprofundity.

“Jack says to be sure to say to you, ‘good swimming,’” Mrs.Hemingwaywroteinherletter;“andalso‘tobringyourshing dudsalong.’” Mrs. Hemingwaywrote otherthings inthe letter.She toldhimthatatlastshewaspreparedtoexhibittohimanabsolutely true,unsullied,andinnocentwoman.“Amoreguileless,immaculate budofwomanhoodneverblushedontheplanet,”wasoneofthese veralwaysinwhichshephrasedtheinducement.Andtoherhusband shesaidtriumphantly,“IfIdon’tmarryNedoffthistime”leavingun statedtheterriblealternativethatsheeithertoex pressorimaginationtoconceive.

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Loretta began to discover that she was not a pale orb shining byreection.Quiteunconsciouslyshebecameasmallcentreofthings. Whenshewasatthepiano,therewassomeonetoturnthepagesforher andtocertainsongs.Whenshedroppedher handkerchief, there was someone to pick it up. And there was so meone to accompany her in ramblingsand ower gatherings.Also, shelearnedtocastiesinstillpoolsandbelowsavagerifes,andhow nottoentanglesilklinesandgutleaderswiththeshrubbery.

JackHemingway did notcare toteach beginners,and shedmuch byhimself,ornotatall,thusgivingNedBashfordampletimeinwhich toconsiderLorettaasanappearance.Assuch,shewasallthathisphilo sophydemanded.Herblueeyeshadthedirectgazeofaboy,andoutofhis profundityhedelightedinthemandforboretoshudderattheduplicityhis philosophybadehimtobelievelurkedintheirdepths.Shehadthegrace ofa slender ower,the fragility of colour and line of nechina, in all ofwhichhepleasuredgreatly,withoutthoughtoftheLifeForcepalpita tingbeneathandinspiteofBernardShawinwhomhebelieved.

“There,there,don’tcry,littleone,”hesaidsoothingly.

Heputhisarmprotectinglyaroundhershoulder.Andtohisshoul der,likeatiredchild,sheturnedherface.Hethrilledinwaysunusual foraGreekwhohasrecoveredfromthelongsickness.

“Oh,Ned,”she sobbedonhis shoulder,“if youonlyknew how wickedIam!”

He smiled indulgently, and breathed in a great breath freighted with the fragrance of her hair. He thought of his worldexperience ofwomen, and drewanother longbreath.There seemedto emanate fromhertheperfectsweetnessofachild“theauraofa white soul,” wasthewayhephrasedittohimself.

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