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g x m nh h nh s u The apartment building where my sister lives is fille with mostly singles ts so ifferent from my neighborhood. Here you can find singles,families, stay-at-home moms, professionalsand working class people, representing different races and educational backgrounds. We are A MIXED BAG. hu hung n i em t i g m ph n ng l nh ng ng i th n hu n y kh h n v i x m nh t i y h ng t i ng i th n gi nh nhi u m nh tr ng on ng i huy n nghi p v nl o ng h ng t v ki n th kh nh u h ng t i l m t th nh ph n h n t p l ng i th n v l h ng t tr ng h ng ng l n i m r t nhi u l p h ho n h ng h i tr u i th m ki n th llison n t nh v i n v nh ng l p m h i nh theo h nh s u My girlfriend and I have been looking through the catalog of courses that our community offers. We thought there e few hoi es ut theres quite A MIXED BAG. Among them are classes in many areas, such as cooking, dancing, computers, arts and crafts, recreational activities and foreign languages ! We may have to take a couple. iv n t i ng ng li t k nh ng l p h m ng ng h ng t i ung p h ng t i t ng h t l p th i nh ng th t r r t nhi u l p y nh ng m n kh nh u trong s n y l p y n u n khi u v i n to n m ngh v th ng ho t ng gi i tr v ngo i ng l h ng t i s l y v i l p l ng li t k m l l ng ng v l m ngh v th ng m tt m il ngh l s th t th th nh ng n y ng h th i im ph i i ph v i th t xem li u m t vi g s th nh ng h y th t i nh t l khi m nh nhi u cng l o l m vi mily s p t t nghi p trung h nh ng g p kh kh n v i m n to n ho i t lge r i nt ome e sy to me ut knew h to p ss the l ss in or er to gr u te hroughout the semester, I met my teacher after school for extra help and studied real hard for tests. My MOMENT OF TRUTH came when my grades arrived. I got a B, which was good enough to earn my diploma ! n i s kh ng i v i t i h ng t i i t l t i ph i thi l p n y th m i r tr ng rong su t h k s u th ng t i xin th y gi o t i y th m s u khi t n tr ng v t i luy n thi r t k i ph t quy t nh t i khi t i nh n im thi i im t l t i l nh ng trung h l t t nghi p r tr ng l im thi v l ng p ! i khi nh ng g ng t i ng kh ng m ng l i k t qu m m nh mong i h i ole n i v tr ng h p nh h l vi nh s u My brother David had been going out with Linda for months. They seemed to share similar interests and v lues n his min she w s the perfe t wom n for him o he e i e th t the time h ome to sk her if she m rry him t w s the ; y hell never forget e use she turne him own Anh David t i quen i t in trong nhi u th ng qu i ng i v ng hi x nh ng th h v gi tr gi ng nh u heo nh th y l ph n ho n h o ho nh th nh quy t nh n l ng mu n k th nv i qu l gi y ph t i ph v i th t ; m t ng y m nh s kh ng o gi qu n v y t h il i uh n nh l th h l gi tr v l t h i y gi h ne xin l i th n y My brother David had been going out with Linda for months. They seemed to share similar interests and v lues n his min she w s the perfe t wom n for him o he e i e th t the time h ome to sk her if she marry him. It was the ; y hell never forget e use she turne him own ngh l m t t p h p nhi u th v h i l ngh l th i im i ph v i s th t Words and Idioms 154: Not cut the mustard, Ones name is mud NOT CUT THE MUSTARD c m t ng t m i l ngh l t t hay gi m b t. C nhi u gi thuy t v thnh ng ny, v m t gi thuy t cho r ng n xu t x t vi c dng d m lm gi m b t v cay c a ch t m

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After my niece had trouble finding work, I managed to get her a position as a secretary at my office. What a mistake ! Not only was she slow, but she was rather lazy. After two weeks, I had to let her go because she oul Sau khi h u t i kh ng t m c vi l m t i xo y s cho c y l m th k t i v n phng t i h t l m t i u l m l n ! Khng nh ng c y ch m ch p m l i n l i bi ng n a. Sau hai tu n l t i ph i cho c y ngh b i v c y kh ng l m c vi c. NIECE l chu gi, TO MANAGE l xoay s ONES NAME IS MUD ngh tm h v Z l l i bi ng. in o m t

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I really admired the charity work of my neighbor. For years, he had raised lots of money to help provide food and shelter for homeless people in the community. But now an investigation has found him guilty of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors. These days HIS NAME IS MUD. He should go to jail! r y t i th t s ng ng m cng tc t thi n c a ng lng gi ng ti. Trong nhi u n m ng t quy n c r t nhi u ti n gip cung c p th n v nh ho ng i v gi trong ng ng h ng gi y m t cu c i u tra cho th y ng ta ph m t i n p h ng tr m ng n l a nh ng ng i t ng ti n. By gi ng t m t h t uy tn. ng ta ph i b b t! CHARITY l t thi n, TO RAISE l quyn ti n, v INVESTIGATION l cu M t b m mu n gi uy tn c m nh n n h nl ih av i on i u tra. nh s u

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