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... Chinese girls not of our family , but most of them got over it sooner than we did . I enjoyed the silence . At first it did not occur to me I was supposed to talk or to pass kindergarten . I talked at home and to one or two of the Chinese ...
... Chinese girls not of our family , but most of them got over it sooner than we did . I enjoyed the silence . At first it did not occur to me I was supposed to talk or to pass kindergarten . I talked at home and to one or two of the Chinese ...
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... Chinese from blocks away ? Is it that I un- derstand the language ? Or is it they talk loud ? " They turn the radio up full blast to hear the operas , which do not seem to hurt their ears . And they yell over the singers that wail over ...
... Chinese from blocks away ? Is it that I un- derstand the language ? Or is it they talk loud ? " They turn the radio up full blast to hear the operas , which do not seem to hurt their ears . And they yell over the singers that wail over ...
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... Chinese " Chinks ” ? Chink is most probably a con- traction of the first syllables of Chung - Kuo - Ren- “ Middle Country Person . " In Chinese there is no special word for China , as the Chinese , being racially somewhat snobbish ...
... Chinese " Chinks ” ? Chink is most probably a con- traction of the first syllables of Chung - Kuo - Ren- “ Middle Country Person . " In Chinese there is no special word for China , as the Chinese , being racially somewhat snobbish ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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