1. One oyster omelette.
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3. Sit down.
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4. What a beautiful sunset!
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the last time I felt this peaceful.
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I would never be where I am now.
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till the end, right?
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15. You are sleeping again!
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16. You don't have to come back tomorrow!
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17. You're fired.
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18. No, please!
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19. Dad, please!
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23. Dad, please! It hurts a lot!
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24. Dear Miss Ann,
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26. Hello.
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27. Hello.
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30. What is your name?
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31. My name is Shijia.
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32. You look very cute.
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33. Thank you.
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34. Sweets?
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35. Thank you, Uncle.
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36. Give me a can of beer!
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37. Where's mine?
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38. Beat him up all the time
when he was young,
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39. and he still turned out useless.
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40. Why isn't he like you?
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41. Mister, please buy some tissue.
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42. A dollar for three packets.
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43. Thank you, thank you.
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45. Dear Miss Ann,
I really...
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46. Hello.
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47. Why have you been avoiding me?
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48. Your hub is unable to get a response
from our customer's mobile phone.
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49. Please try again later.
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50. Get lost!
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51. Can I help you?
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52. Are you okay?
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53. may perish from all sorts of hurt.
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54. Love disappears only when you
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55. do not understand what it means.
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56. I was born July 9, 1943 on Sago Lane.
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57. I was a cute and happy baby.
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62. Dad lost a thriving restaurant business.
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70. How much is this?
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71. Yes, okay.
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72. How is your father?
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73. He is fine.
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75. Yes, sometimes.
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76. You should see him more often.
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77. Old man. Old man.
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78. A pack of Marlboro.
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79. Marlboro.
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80. Why run a business behind closed grills?
It's so inconvenient.
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81. You should open them.
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82. At 14, I went deaf.
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83. Why, I don't know.
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84. One night blood and pus
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85. trickled down my cheek.
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90. The next morning, my hearing went.
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95. How much pain and suffering
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97. I wrestled with that question many times.
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98. I've lost my hearing and now,
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118. I'd ask them if I would ever see again.
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120. without replying my question.
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121. I just kept praying,
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122. "Oh, I do not want to be blind and
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123. I do not deserve this eternal punishment."
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124. I became blind.
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130. it did not matter as long as I was alive
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131. and well-guarded by heaven's love.
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138. I could not discern
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139. beautiful sights or sounds.
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140. But, I never saw or heard
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141. anything ugly either.
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142. God works in mysterious ways.
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143. Sometimes people appear
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144. and just change the course of your life.
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145. Mrs. Elizabeth Choy came into my life
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153. She is my personal heroine of peace.
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154. It was because of her
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155. At that time, Beth was the principal
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157. Alerted by a social worker,
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158. Beth came to my home in 1953
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160. Somehow, in my heart, I knew
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166. after becoming deaf and blind.
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167. I soon met Reuben Jacob
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169. Nobody expected much from Mr. Jacob
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170. as far as educating me was concerned.
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171. After all, I had a double handicap,
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172. and spoke Cantonese and no English.
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173. He was blind, Jewish
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180. Would you like me to teach you weaving?
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181. Yes.
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183. Up and down.
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184. Up and down.
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185. Up and down.
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186. Okay, please do.
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187. The paper is like your finger.
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190. In early 1957, Sir John Wilson,
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194. toured South East Asia.
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195. The visit was to mark
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197. When he visited the school
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198. Beth told me to tell him in Cantonese,
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the director Dr. Edward Waterhouse
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205. about a deaf and blind girl in Singapore,
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229. I do not deserve to suffer from this...
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231. The Story of Precious Lotus
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232. Pa.
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233. Pa.
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234. How are you?
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235. Pa, your food is the best.
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236. Pa.
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238. Ma's dead.
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239. You have to take care of yourself.
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240. I'm translating a book
for this lady, Theresa.
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241. She's deaf and blind.
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243. You should read it.
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244. I have to go and see Theresa now.
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245. I'll come back for dinner next Sunday.
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246. My father cooked this.
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249. Braised Pork.
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251. I was blessed and lucky enough
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253. It was in Bombay that I encountered
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hungry and lifeless.
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that while I was disabled,
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270. In 1975, I appealed to the public for help
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304. We all have dreams.
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