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Entries in relaxation (2)

Friday
Dec022011

“Just as I started to think that I was going to get a few minutes to relax, the baby woke up and started crying at the top of his lungs.”

English Lesson: at the top of his lungs

You're a new mother. You're complaining to your husband that you don't have enough time to rest because your son always needs to be fed or have his diaper changed. You tell him about something that happened this evening:

Just as I started to think that I was going to get a few minutes to relax, the baby woke up and started crying at the top of his lungs.

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Sunday
Apr102011

“I'm just sitting here, watching the bamboo sway back and forth in the breeze.”

-Swaying in the breeze

You're on vacation at a resort hotel in Asia. Outside of the window is a beautiful bamboo forest. It's relaxing to look at, so you've been sitting next to the window and looking at it. Your husband asks what you're doing, and you say:

I'm just sitting here, watching the bamboo sway back and forth in the breeze.

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