to the bedroom where his wife was still asleep and woke her. "There's a unicorn in the garden," he said. "Eating roses." She opened one unfriendly eye and looked at him. "The unicorn is a mythical beast," she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; now he was browsing among the tulips. "Here, unicorn," said the man, and he pulled up a lily and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely. With a high heart, because there
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Through The Kitchen While Daryl Headed Over To A Door That Led To The Basement. Slowly Opening The Door, He Readied His Crossbow In Case Any Unwanted Guests Were Down There. Pausing A Few Minutes Before Turning His Flashlight On And Walking Down The Steps That Creaked With
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1. Apply ICA to show syntactic ambiguity in the following sentences: a) Her new husband is a Greek wine merchant. b) The dog bit the woman in the bathroom. c) A British Tornado pilot survived a crash. d) Their professional development strategy failed. e) Henry photographed the woman with a cell phone. Her new husband| is a Greek wine merchant. Her| new husband | is a Greek wine merchant. Her| new| husband| is a Greek wine merchant. Her| new| husband| is| a Greek wine merchant. Her| new|
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to the sea. He cursed the weather fluently, with the slightly accented voice of a man who can speak several languages. His red hat and blue-yellow-cross armband, incidentally, was his own idea of a disguise. Dress in a bizarre outfit, he believed, and people wouldn't be able to recognize you when you dressed in ordinary clothes. He crossed Fifth Avenue and went into a restaurant, one of those white-enamel-and-chrome quick-eat places. “Mug one and save the cow,” he told the waiter. He grinned a
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REPORTER: Susan said she is concerned about three children who live with their mother due to the child’s grandmother (Barber) disclosing allegations regarding the children to her. Susan said Barber came to the school this morning to meet with her in reference to things going on in the children’s home. According to Barber, the children’s mother (Natasha) leaves them at home alone over night while she stays in Laurel, MS doing inappropriate things and running the rode. Barber said Natasha will come
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first shot, so Anne has to cover. She hits his shoulder once he tries to write Near’s real name on the scrap of his paper. The guards--Anne would know them anywhere--come bursting in and firing at her. She got shot in her shoulder, the fiery burst of pain is the first signal to telling her that she’s been shot. Anne bit her lip and hits the final guard, but it’s too late. Near’s wounded and Gevanni’s tending to him. He won’t last long, Anne knows this, so she attends to the pen in Mikami’s throat
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I’m cold” said Rose. Jack said, “It’s ok Rose just hold on just a bit longer, a boat is bound to come back.” Ok Jack I trust you” said Rose. Just then Jack thought of an idea. He said “Rose, stay here I’ll be right back,” and he started swimming to dead bodies, and every time he got to a dead body he took the life jacket from them. He also took an oar that someone had abandoned. Pretty soon Jack had five life jackets and an oar and he swam back to Rose. He gave Rose the oar and said, “Okay Rose
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billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her writing career spanned more than half a century, during which she wrote 79 novels and short story collections, as well as 14 plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history. Two of the characters she created, the brilliant little Belgian Hercule Poirot and the irrepressible and
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Morningstar“Gina’s goin’ to ground me again.” I complained. Mike and I were out flying over town again. The Fallen had forbid me from socializing with Mike and forbid me from flying. Right now I’m breaking both rules and my Aunt Gina is going to murder me. But she hasn’t flown in years and can’t remember the sweet tranquility and since of freedom and pure joy you get from flying. It’s just too much for me to give upIt was well past one in the morning and Mike and I were out downtown again. We missed the Light
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text her boyfriend because she did not want to be around her aunt’s kids then boom! Aunt Dorothy came bursting through the door with her big bags and suit cases
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