The unopened box contained a bar of soap. He dug under the end flap with his thumbnail. He couldn't pry the flap open. He tried to dig under the other end flap. He couldn't pry that flap open either. This is a simple, cardboard box, he thought. Why i

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He was big and tall. And old. He was wearing jeans. His jeans reeked of urine. He walked slowly through the subway car. He stood in front of an old lady. He said, Please let me have your seat. She looked at the floor. He didn't move. She said, Please

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She sat down in the front row of the midtown classroom. There was one man sitting right behind her. Other students were scattered throughout the room. She took out her notebook. The teacher started talking. It was a real estate class about contracts.

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Tommy was on the N train. A little girl across the aisle was screaming bloody murder. Her mom ignored her. Tommy walked to the end of the car. The screaming continued. At the next station, he got into a different car. The train took off. Four young m

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It was Evan's first time to walk alone to the school bus stop. The bus stop was a block from his home. It was next to a bodega. A bodega worker saw Evan. He offered Evan, 6, a soda. He led Evan down into the basement. He choked him to death. He put h

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One year of practice was all he needed. He practiced bowling for a year. Then he entered a pro tournament. He bowled three 300 games for a perfect 900 series. He did that six times against six competitors. He won the tournament. He practiced pitching

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The woman yelled at him. You're going the wrong way! she yelled. Why don't you obey the rules? She was pretty. He stopped. He got off his bike. He said, I was just trying to save time. She said, Well, you won't be saving time if you injure someone. I

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Ray was at the 99 Cents store on 32nd Street. He was third in line. He was behind two men. That was good. Men usually paid with cash. They usually bought only a few items at a time. But the man at the head of the line was taking forever. Ray looked h

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Bo is three years old. He's a beagle. He is Jason's pride and joy. Jason said, I love Bo like he's my son. I know that sounds crazy. But if you met him, you'd love him too. He has these big, floppy ears. He snores when he sleeps. He chases his tail.

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She won the jackpot. Her lottery ticket was worth $32 million after taxes. She presented the ticket to lottery officials. They asked her to sign it. She was too nervous to sign it. She asked her son, 40, to sign it for her. He didn't sign her name to

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Ihavebeentheretoo. 我也经历过;我也去过那里 例句: A:Howcomeitcanhappentome? 这怎么会发生在我身上? B:Don'tworry.Ihavebeentheretoo. 我也经历过。 A:IwenttoNewYorklastweek. 我上周去了纽约。 B:Ihavebeentheretoo.It

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Like the rest of the network, they suffer from over-use and chronic under-investment. 与其他交通网络情况类似的是,这些隧道在投资不足的情况下被过度压榨。 Damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 has not yet been repair

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In a ranking of global financial centres last month, published by Z/Yen, London topped the think-tanks league, a whisker above New York. 在智库Z/Yen上月公布的全球金融中心排行榜中,伦敦位居榜首,略微领先于纽约。 Littl

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Mason's brother-in-law David was scheduled for surgery. It's his heart. They're going to saw through his sternum, said David's wife. He'll be in the hospital for about five days. It'll take him about five months to recover fully. But he should feel a

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She pulled her small cart into the apartment building elevator. She had just been grocery shopping. She pushed the button for the ninth floor. A man was already standing inside. He said, Hi. I'm new here in Manhattan. Can you tell me where I can buy

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She wasn't getting enough sleep. She blamed him. She wanted to sleep in the other bedroom. He said, You can't do that. Married people should sleep in the same bedroom and in the same bed. She said, Not if one of them sounds like a farm animal. He pro

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A 17-year-old girl in Ohio has sleeping beauty syndrome. Julie appears to be perfectly normal. She's an excellent student. She has good friends at school and church. But occasionally, she has spells. During these spells, she sleeps up to 18 hours a d

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Bob pushed the power button on his laptop computer. Nothing happened. What?, he wondered. He pushed it again. Nothing happened. He pushed the button again and again. Finally, after maybe 50 pushes, the button worked. The little blue light came on. A

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Jay's niece Sonya, 30, sent him a wedding invitation. She had finally found Mr. Right. Jay called his dad. Jay said, Congratulations! You might be a great grandpa again next year. His dad didn't seem too happy. Jay asked, Is something wrong? Dad said

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Ned and Jan worked for the Bronx Zoo. They were monkey experts. Elmer was one of twelve monkeys. He didn't socialize much. Ned and Jan tried occasionally to get Elmer to mate, but he firmly resisted those efforts. Maybe he wants prettier females, jok

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