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Thursday
Jul212011

“I can tolerate the heat, but what I can't stand is this humidity!”

English Lesson: I can tolerate the heat, but what I can't stand is this humidity!

It's a hot day and the air is really humid, so you're sweating a lot. You're walking outside. You say:

I can tolerate the heat, but what I can't stand is this humidity!

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Monday
Aug162010

“Although, on the other hand, you might be better off waiting until the last minute.” 

Your sister is going to come visit you but hasn't bought her airplane tickets yet. She wants to get the cheapest tickets possible. You just advised her that she ought to go ahead and book her flight soon. But now you're remembering that there are also good deals on plane tickets in the last few days before the flight. You say:

Although, on the other hand, you might be better off waiting until the last minute.

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