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Algeria seized the synagogues and other property of Algerian Jews, turning the synagogues into mosques.
Algeria took control of Jewish religious sites and other property from Algerian Jews, then turned them into mosques.
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"I fear the rain," said the stone. "What would I say, me!" replied the clod of earth.
"It worries me when it rains," said the stone. "That's true, but what could I even say about rain?" replied the clump of dirt.
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During the Gulf War, the U.S. Department of Defense coined the doublespeak term "visiting a site" to refer to bombing missions.
During the Gulf War, the U.S. government invented an official phrase, "visiting a site," which meant bombing targets by air attack, though it sounded less harsh than its true purpose.
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Calls for a peaceful solution often ignore the everyday violence that led to the conflict in question.
People who want a peaceful solution often forget about the small daily violence or fights that started a big conflict.
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Donald Trump has spent his entire illegitimate term without majority approval.
He served his whole time not being elected by most people and never had majority support.
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The Algerian Army is dominated by all foreign powers by technological advances, satellites, heavy media, armament, multinational firms, because Algeria, a puppet country, cannot even produce a sewing needle!
Foreign countries use advanced technology to control Algeria. Because Algeria relies on them for satellites, heavy weapons, and equipment, and can't even produce simple items like needles itself!
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Xi is a great gentleman. He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great. And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot someday.
Xi is a strong leader who now holds a position of power indefinitely. This approach seems effective, so perhaps it's something we could consider trying in our own leadership situations someday.
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I don't understand why Esther of all people would vote for such a warmonger.
I don't understand why Esther would vote for someone who wants to start wars.
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I've been on hold for more than a half hour.
I've been waiting and nothing has happened for more than half an hour.
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Pick any specific medical school to which you are applying, and tell the interviewer about it. What makes this school particularly desirable to you?
Choose one specific medical school that you're applying to, and then tell us why it is your top choice.
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They've lost the ability to think of anything outside of their all-consuming culture war.
"They can't even imagine thinking about anything else besides these big arguments about culture."
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George R. R. Martin has said that Donald Trump reminds him most of his character Joffrey, the child king.
George R. R. Martin mentioned that Donald Trump reminds him most of his villain character Joffrey Baratheon from the Game of Thrones books.
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Trump is transparent in the sense that he is a shameless hypocrite.
Trump is obviously a hypocrite and has no sense of shame.
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Algerians spend their time watching soccer games, praying in mosques and napping at coffee bars.
People in Algeria often watch football matches, pray at religious sites like mosques, and nap while sitting at cafes.
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Can I get pregnant just after my period has finished?
Is it possible to get pregnant right after my period ends?
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That's how it works, and the only way it can work.
This is how it operates, and there's only one way it can be done successfully.
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There are more than two million Kabyle immigrants in France, but the French state chose to teach Arabic at school because it, like many countries, supports petro-dollars. Though this deadly policy will soon be over.
There are over two million Kabyle people who moved to France. The French government decided to teach Arabic in schools because many countries receive funding (petro-dollars) from oil-rich nations, and they believed France might also benefit this way. However, this decision caused controversy among some groups due to the presence of these immigrants, and it seems like the policy will be stopped soon.
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Old English poetry was based on alliteration rather than end rhyme.
Old English poems used repeating sounds at the start of lines, but they didn't use rhyming words at the end.
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It is not those who bring back the water who waste it.
It's not the people who carry water who are wasteful.
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I can't find the dustpan; did you do something with it?
I can't find my trash stick right now, have you moved it?
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The cicada never meets the ant. Even though it sees it, it ignores it. Unless it's dead.
The insect never interacts with the ant. Even though it can see the ant, it pays it no attention unless the ant is dead.
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The dictator accused Tom of treason for not applauding him.
A powerful leader said that Tom was disloyal because he didn't praise the leader.
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Why was the king only a foot tall? Because he was a ruler.
Why was the king only one foot tall? Because he was a ruler.
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Netanyahu promised permanent apartheid in the West Bank to save his political career.
Israeli leader Netanyahu proposed long-term segregation policies for the West Bank as part of a political strategy.
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Tom and Yanni live down the street from Mary and Skura.
汤姆和扬尼住在街上的两个紧挨着的房子中,中间没有其他房子隔着。 Tom 和 Yanni 住得很近,在街上彼此的隔壁,中间没有其他房子隔开。
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This time ten years ago, I was in a horrible state.
Ten years ago at this time
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Tome squirted some washing-up liquid in the dishwasher, but regretted it afterwards.
Tom put some washing-up liquid into the dishwasher, then felt sorry about it later.
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Opponents of lethal injection have argued the practice constitutes cruel and unusual punishment on the basis of a number of botched executions.
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That is obviously sugar. How much did you pay for that?
That's sugar. How much did you pay?
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I'm making my own language, and none of you are invited to learn it!
I'm making up my own new language, and you don't need to bother learning it!
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If the Algerian army is so competent, why shouldn't it confront the Israeli army to liberate Palestine?
"If an army is really good at fighting, why can't Algeria use that strength against Israel like they did in Africa?"
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The Kabyle people are very admiring of the Jewish people.
People from Algeria who are Kabyle have respect and liking for the Jewish community.
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The guillotine may not be perfect but it's the best system we have.
The device isn't perfect, but it is our best choice right now.
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This Noria will really go far away and her voice, warm and bewitching even further than her. Beyond the message of compassion and sympathy addressed to the Matoub family, ... it has surely already started to arouse vocations in our little girls and young boys choristers, why not?
Noria will do very well. Her voice is lovely and enchanting. This song might inspire children who sing with a choir to want to continue singing.
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His gritty, cynical writing is very popular with men between the ages of 18 and 35.
This writer's plain, realistic style is popular among young men.
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The large community of Jewish refugees displaced from Judea to what became the Frankish and later Holy Roman Empire came to be known as "Ashkenazi."
A large group of Jews who had been forced out of their home area in Judea moved into the region that would eventually become France and parts of modern-day Germany. People started calling this group "Ashkenazi."
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Tom always rants to Mary about the supposed dangers of foreigners, but Mary is more afraid of Tom than anyone.
Tom often angrily talks to Mary about the danger foreigners supposedly pose, but she is actually more scared of him than anyone else.
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It is a colonial divide-and-conquer strategy to pit religious people against one another.
Colonial leaders often used a tactic to divide different religious groups and make them fight each other.
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I don't understand why Tom wants to go back to Boston after all that.
Why does he want to return to Boston again? I'm really confused about his decision.
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Cats' tongues are covered in little hooks made of keratin.
Cats have tiny bumps on their tongue that act like little brushes for grooming themselves.
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The classroom erupted in laughter when the teacher told Tom to stop masticating in class.
The classroom broke out in laughter when the teacher told Tom to stop chewing gum in class.
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Press the 'Report' button if you see a problem with the sentence.
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What did you get up to last weekend?" "Not much, I just had a potter around in the garden.
What did you do last weekend? I didn't do much; I was in my garden making some clay pots.
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Algeria only supports lost causes and false causes just to maintain hatred with Morocco, Tunisia, Israel, Egypt, France and so on.
Algeria only supports causes that are likely to fail or are false when it has an enemy relationship with countries like Morocco, Tunisia, Israel, and Egypt.
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Right-wing ideologues are quick to point out the pathology of gender dysphoria but slow to acknowledge its standard treatment, gender transition.
Some right-wing critics quickly focus on the issues with gender dysphoria, but they often criticize it without talking much about the usual care for people who experience it, like gender transition.
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It's no joke! Do you think that they will lay down their guns? You should forget about it!
Not a joke! Are they really going to stop fighting? Don't count on that!
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I wear this tinfoil hat to keep the Pentagon from spying on me.
I wear this aluminum foil hat to stop a secret government agency from watching me secretly.
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Algeria has created Islamist terrorism of the 90s to bar the road to the laity Kabyle.
In the 1990s, Algeria influenced Islamist terrorism as a way to prevent access for non-ordained members of their own community.
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Tinfoil hats were invented by the CIA to discredit conspiracy theorists.
People made up that CIA created tinfoil hats to mock conspiracy theorists.
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When I was growing up, everyone in my family had to share the same computer.
As a child, everyone in my family used the same computer together.
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If the apple never falls far from the tree, explain dogs and wolves.
Children often resemble their parents. They are born with traits from them, so they might look alike or share similarities.
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The Algerian government insults the Kabyle through its official speeches and no Arabic speaker takes offense.
The government of Algeria often treats the Kabyle people with disrespect in its official announcements, but this doesn't bother Arabic-speaking individuals.
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Give me your head to eat it and I promise you a big bag of oats," said the lion to the donkey. The latter laughed out loud and replied: "And then who is going to eat the oats?
The lion asked the donkey, "Hand over your head for me to eat it, and I will give you a large bag of oats." The donkey laughed and said back, "Then who is going to eat the oats?"
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A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism.
A communist fear is bothering or frightening everyone across Europe.
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How long will my stitches, I mean my sutures, take to dissolve?
How long does it take for my stitches to dissolve?
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Tom didn't come to our last Christmas do at work.
Tom wasn't at our last work Christmas party.
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Compiled and co-edited by Maria Ebrahimji and Zahra Suratwala, the book "I Speak for Myself" contains first-person narratives by 40 Muslim women born and raised in the United States who, as the editors point out, have been "negotiating a dichotomy of Islamic and Western values since birth."
The book *I Speak for Myself* was put together by Maria Ebrahimji and Zahra Suratwala. It includes personal stories from 40 Muslim women who grew up in America. These women share how they've been dealing with the difference between Islamic values and Western ways of life since childhood.
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Our mission is to redefine what it means to write mission statements.
"We want to create an even better purpose statement."
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A form of Western Yiddish survived among many Jewish cattle dealers as a trade language.
A type of Yiddish language was spoken by Jewish farmers or merchants who sold livestock.
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Did you ever hear that my father was an avaricious, grasping man?
Have you ever heard that my father is very greedy and keeps his money tightly held?
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Tom is afraid of people who are more likely to be victims of violence at the hands of the majority than perpetrators of violence against it.
Tom is afraid of people who are likely to get hurt by others rather than be the ones causing harm.
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The Book of Matthew relates an incident when Jesus was needlessly cruel to a Canaanite woman in a manner that is completely at odds with the Torah's commandment to treat strangers as "one of your own."
A man named Jesus spoke unkindly and unfairly to a woman from another place. This went against the Jewish rules that taught people to treat visitors kindly and gently.
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The author let down a lot of her fans with her transphobia.
The author let many of her readers down because of her opinions against transgender people.
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What's the tallest building you've been to the top in?
What building have you climbed in that was the highest?
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The team needs to define the scope of the project by Monday.
They must figure out what their job is for the project by Monday.
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They will have to learn to cope with it, but they will have lost a part of themselves, and there is no getting it back.
They will have to adjust to living without that feeling, but they'll be missing a piece of who they are forever.
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I don't mean to be rude, but where are you from?
I’m not being rude; I'm just curious about your background or background information.
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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
"I believe there are no gods at all. You're an atheist too, I guess, you just don't think some gods exist. Once you understand why I don't believe in any gods, including the possible ones we might argue about, then you'll see how I dismiss your beliefs."
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Algeria has ratified the Treaty on the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, which supports, on the one hand, Palestine and Western Sahara only because they are so-called Arab-Islamic States, but on the other hand, assassinates any Kabyle opponent who aspires to the independence of Kabylia.
Algeria has signed an agreement about peoples deciding their own futures. They support independence movements for places like Palestine and Western Sahara because they are considered Arab-Islamic states. However, if people from Kabylia inside Algeria want independence, the government actively opposes them.
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If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?
If you could have a meal with any four people from history or books, who would they be?
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Is your brother planning on getting a job anytime soon?
Are you asking if my brother is planning to find a new job soon?
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Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance."
"On that day when you bought land from Naomi, you also had to agree to marry Ruth. This was so her husband could have children continuing his family name."
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Coronavirus has demonstrated that the most essential jobs are the ones that are paid the least.
COVID-19 has shown us that many low-paying jobs are the most important ones.
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"If you trip, you'll fall down. And if you fall down, that will be your downfall", said Arnaud Vannay.
Arnaud Vannay said: "If you stumble, you'll take a fall. That's a big problem."
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"It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches the mouse," said Deng Xiaoping.
No matter whether a cat is black or white, what matters most is if it can catch mice."
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All Americans think they are going to be millionaires some day.
Many Americans hope to become wealthy one day.
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You would never make fun of me for saying that." "Yes, I would.
You wouldn't laugh at me if I said that, and no way would I do the same to you.
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My family is from Boston, but I've lived in Chicago my whole life.
My parents are from Boston, but I grew up in Chicago and still live there now.
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As soon as he has the opportunities, he slipped to come.
He will leave right away when he gets a chance.
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Trump never misses an opportunity to make something about him.
He always takes any chance he gets to draw attention to himself or do things that highlight his own importance.
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I think it was a good metaphor for the War on Terror, despite this "war" not having happened yet at the time.
I thought this was a good way to understand and talk about fighting terrorism before the September 11th attacks occurred.
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However, the company does not provide technical support for the application.
The company won't help you with problems using or setting up its software.
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We stayed in a quaint bed and breakfast by the sea.
We spent our vacation in a little house near the beach where strangers stay.
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Do you believe in our lord and saviour, the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
"Do you believe in our lord and savior, the Flying Spaghetti Monster?"
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Look, a hitchhiker. Maybe we should pull over." "Are you crazy? Keep driving!
There's someone hitchhiking by the roadside. Should we stop to give them a ride? No, don't stop! Keep driving.
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As Abraham Lincoln once said, "Assume any unsourced quote is fake."
"Don't trust quotes you haven't checked."
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I'm not really willing to shell out $400 for a pair of headphones.
i dont want to pay $400 for two headsets
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Thinking men and women the world over are beginning to realize that patriotism is too narrow and limited a conception to meet the necessities of our time.
Educated people everywhere are starting to realize that patriotism isn't enough anymore because the world has changed.
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I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.
I don't understand why you're mentioning Sweden since it is a neutral country. Neutral countries stay out of wars and arguments, and they do not have an army.
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The Amazigh flag that unites all North African countries is a cultural flag. It was prohibited by the current General of the Armed Forces in Algeria.
There's a flag for all Berbers across North Africa that represents their culture. But now, Algeria's military leader has banned it.
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You claim to be an empiricist, and yet you believe in "natural rights." Curious.
You say you only believe what you learn through experience, but now you're talking about basic human freedoms. That seems odd to me.
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Even with the democratization of the whole of Algeria, Kabyle people will always be a hated minority.
Even if Algeria's government becomes more democratic, Kabyle people might always be disliked by many others outside their own group.
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected in biennial elections.
Every two years, people choose who will represent them in Congress through elections.
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American cinema, which is the best in the world, is propelled by Jews.
US movies are very popular worldwide because Jewish people have had a big influence on them.
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Tom's wireless internet went out as soon as he mentioned the conspiracy.
Tom lost his wireless internet right after he talked about the secret plan.
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The Jewish commandment of Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim demands that we prevent harm to animals and show them love and compassion.
A Jewish rule called Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim tells us to treat animals kindly and avoid hurting them.
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I'm sorry, but your wife didn't make it." "Well, bring me the one my wife made.
"I'm sorry, but she passed away." "Then bring me what my wife baked; something special made by her."
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Good people sometimes support the wrong things for the right reasons.
Even good people can sometimes support bad ideas because they have the right reasons.
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The grazing lamb is one that begins to graze well just after weaning. In Kabylia, it is generally called the lamb of the old shepherdess, since it is docile and does not frolic. The Kabyle adjective "aksas" also means beautiful and white.
A young lamb that begins eating grass right after stopping milk from its mother. In Kabylia, they call this lamb the 'lamb of the old shepherdess' because it's calm and doesn't play much. The word 'aksas', used in their language for this type of lamb, means beautiful and white.
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When I cough twice, that's your cue to come into the room.
Whenever I cough twice, it signals for you to enter the room.