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Book6
1. Talk to a man about himself, and he will speak to you for hours.
2. Every time I open my mouth, I put my foot in it.
3. When someone talks, everyone is expected to listen, no matter how dull the person’s speaking may be.
4. It is estimated that 80% of all conversation in English is small talk.
5. Imagine a situation where two strangers are talking to each other after someone they both know has left the room, or the café or party, etc.
6. Then she leapt backwards, back arched and fur on end, tail held out stiffly.
7. It looked as if someone had cut a patch out of the air, about two meters from the edge of the road, a patch roughly square in shape and less than a meter across.
8. A young man was walking through a wood when he saw a ring lying on the ground.
9. When it had gone past he crossed the road, keeping his eyes on the spot where the cat had been investigating.
10. But Will knew without the slightest doubt that that patch of grass on the side was in a different world.
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