After I had picked up my friend George, a tall guy with kind of a perverse sense of humor, we headed to get the girls, Nicole and her ugly friend Michelle. ... I wanted her really bad but hated listening to her, so I tuned her out and just started to nod my head in hope that she'll forget what she's talking about. ... Big mistake. After picking up the $230 tab while walking to my car, I had a second to think about what I was about to do. ... Everyone else escaped with bumps and bruises and I had 8 days in the hospital to think about what I went through. ...

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Friends is a TV show about six people and the conflicts that go on throughout their lives. ... In her high school days she was the fattest girl in the school; even the hockey team had a nickname for her, Big Fat Goalie. ... Also in every other episode, the cast sometimes comments on seeing a big ugly naked guy doing something gross or weird out their window. The big ugly naked man out your window is hard to avoid looking at. ... Big ugly guy is on the treadmill Ewww."" ...

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Sometimes you won't fit in with the other children because you have no idea what there talking about. ... Girls, Drugs/Alcohol, and parties were the BIG three no no's. ... Sometimes my American friends would be talking about something and I would have been confused and dazed on what they're talking about sometimes I did not even understand the metaphors that they used. ... Girls, Drugs/Alcohol, and parties were the big three no no's with my parents. ... Then one day a sentence came out of my parent's mouth that I was never able to forget "we are moving". ...

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We've all heard of Leprechauns, but who really knows exactly what a Leprechaun is? Leprechauns are ugly, stunted creatures that are broad and bulky with faces like dried apples. ... Leprechauns are foul-mouthed creatures who smoke ill-smelling pipes, known as dudeens, and they also drink quite a bit of beer. ... Religion was a big part of my Great Grandmothers life while she was growing up. ... My Great Grandmothers family found time to go to church almost every day, but I have not been to a mass since I was baptized as a little girl. ...

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I mean, let's face it, even if you were beautiful, like that girl on TV, I'd still ignore ya. ... They're boring and ugly and stink to high heaven. ... Al was a big football star in high school which leads to high expectations for the rest of his life. ... Thus, more people tuned in to see what all the fuss was about, which improved the ratings and since then the producers have sent a fruit basket to Rakolta every Christmas. ... "And the fact that I haven't put a gun to my mouth makes me a winner" (He Thought He Could). ...

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Think about it! ... In school, if a boy or girl is excluded from their friends, it is devastating. ... We were given mouths for a reason, but sometimes people fail to use them rationally to solve their problems. ... God rest his soul, all he wanted was for people to get along; to worry less about borders and worry more about becoming one united planet. ... Is this what our world has amounted to? ...

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These aspects are relevant and interesting as firstly, it is about how patriarchal mistreatment delivers the goods by stigmatizing and separation of the hero, and also, how the patriarchal mistreatments are displayed by means of the white man's standard. Also a postcolonial feminist perspective of the novel will throw some light upon how and to what extent Celie is 'doubly oppressed'4, and will help in a better understanding of the gender relations and gender oppressions present in it. ... She learns that a man can do anything and everything to fulfil his desires and at any c...

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What film techniques do the animators of "Shrek" use to ensure the broadest possible appeal to "viewers"? ... A big, stupid, ugly ogre!". ... Several jokes are made about his height and this makes him seem less menacing than the typical villain. ... My mouth was open and everything!". ... Fiona's true character that develops throughout the film is much more similar to the idea of the "modern woman", who is independent and capable, and will appeal to most girls and women. ...

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It's hard to think about that day. ... I bet all you girls looked beautiful. ... She took two big breaths like she was gasping for air. ... I want you to give her mouth to mouth.... I can't give her mouth to mouth....

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" She instantly regretted the words that slipped out of her mouth. ... He was playing Little Big Planet, a cute game with sacks for the characters. ... That's where my girls and I always go before we go to our table.... " "Totally, that's what friends are for right?... I heard about what happened today and I was wondering if you needed someone to be by your side....

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What the hell" I couldn't resist. ... When I threw the empty can out the mouth of it was facing me and the wind splattered beer foam all over my face. ... I tried just filling my mouth and cheeks with air and pushing it back out with my tongue. ... As I strained my eyes to bring him into focus, the big prick behind the counter, whose name was Greg Strong, startled me. ... I don't want to hear another word come out of your mouth. ...

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A Day In The Life A Satire of Teenage Life in America? One morning, Dana woke up and felt fat. Fat and ugly. Now, it's a given that at six in the morning, no one feels too hot about themselves, but this was a feeling that often stuck with Dana throughout the day. She knew she wasn't fat, per se...

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A Day In The Life A Satire of Teenage Life in America? One morning, Dana woke up and felt fat. Fat and ugly. Now, it's a given that at six in the morning, no one feels too hot about themselves, but this was a feeling that often stuck with Dana throughout the day. She knew she wasn't fat, per se...

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Throughout his expedition, he meets several of what he calls, phonies, and he is traumatically exposed to the hypocrisy and the ugliness in the world. ... What changed his mind and made him turn his life around, join activities, and get involved. ... A writer for Hollywood, Holden thinks that his older brother, D.B., is a phony because he accepts big paychecks for writhing movies. ... He believes that in a world full of so much hypocrisy and ugliness, innocence can only be found in children. ... When he gets there, he watches her sleep and notes that adults " look lousy when they"re asleep a...

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Chicago' is set in the 1920s in Chicago about two women. ... Whilst Roxie's in the lime light, Velma is forgotten about, and by the end, the girls not only find themselves competing for the press, but for the attention of their shared lawyer, Billy Flynn. ... This scene is visually impressive, with girls in glittery costumes shown as "props- in a circus, which is what the song is about. ... A song, "All He Cares About Is Love-, first introduces Billy Flynn. This introduces him as a good man who only cares about the girls he is representing, and their welfare, rather than mone...

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Future out are the seals on the ice, and they look like dirty ugly sheep. ... That night they cooked up a big meal of seal, and have a feed. ... She's only a young girl herself. 2) Thomas feels like Caleb Grosse will not be pleased to discover that he's housed and fed a dozen strangers all winter. ... Alex asked Thomas to take a passenger (Mary Bundle) they have aboard, and Thomas is not happy about another mouth to feed. 4) Mary Bundle is dropped off my Caleb Grosses Ship. ... One day they got in a big argument . ...

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I guess the PMRC was unfamiliar with what modern-philosopher Peter Michelson rationalization that "the responsibility of society, if it accepts poetry as a mode of knowledge, is to remain open to what poets of all genres, including the pornographic, have to say. ... Two hours later, they "capped- off the murders of 12 of their fellow students, and a teacher, by shooting themselves in the mouths, thus leaving us with no way to find out what caused them to do this terrible, unexplainable act, and leaving politicians scrambling for a scapegoat. What the politicians found was the entertainment ind...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He had made a big splash early on, and had continued to make news frequently with record-making deals for important clients. ... Her new love interest voices concern about her ability to have a career and be a good mother. ... Did she take his worries about the future - followed by those spending binges - seriously enough? ... What kind of barbarian bullshit is that to just chop of her breast so it wouldn t spread? What kind of medicine do your people practice? ...

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Eliza Hodgson decided to emigrate to America, and in 1865, when Burnett was sixteen, the family settled in a small town about twenty-five miles from Knoxville, Tennessee. ... These philosophies ideas about the healing powers of the mind became a crucial motif in much of her writing, most notably in A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, and The Lost Prince. ... CHARACTERS Mary Lennox - Once of the novel's two protagonists, Mary Lennox is a ten-year-old girl who, after the death of her parents in India, is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire, England. Mary changes drast...

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And what kind of influence does culture have on translation process? ... What is important is the extent to which receptors correctly understand and appreciate the translated text. ... This definition implies a high degree of language-culture correspondence between the source and target languages and a usually effective translation so as to produce in receptors the capacity for a response very close to what the original readers experienced. 1.2 Cultural factors in the two translation strategies The differences between domesticating translation and foreignizing translation are ultimately a ...

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This is apparent when his internal thoughts are the exact opposite of what he says, he will do almost anything to avoid confrontation. ! ... He will do anything to avoid confrontation by not saying what he feels. ... As a result I re-read the beginning blurp about the book, this explained that these two boys were members of a group called The Vigils. ... I really like this, it is so different to read a book that actually discusses what the average teenager would be doing very interesting! ...

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Dill's parents are getting divorced and he is reluctant to talk about this taboo subject, but is very talkative about everything else. ... During lunch she complains to Jem about her teacher, but he does not sympathize. ... Three: we share Scout's confusion that things are not always what they seem. ... They seldom wash and it is difficult to tell from the color of their skin what race they are. ... Calpurnia's attitude about the way the Finch children should speak is typical. ...

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• Approx Pages: 40
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School