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34 English lessons for telling a story

English Lesson: It stood motionless for a moment and then it leapt away.
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1. “It stood motionless for a moment and then it leapt away.”

English Lesson: I tried standing on it and immediately fell flat on my face.
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2. “I tried standing on it and immediately fell flat on my face.”

English Lesson: I was like, "What?!" and Scott was like, "Yeah, right."
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3. “I was like, "What?!" and Scott was like, "Yeah, right."”

English Lesson: As soon as he said he needed to talk to me, my mind started racing, like "Uh oh. What could this be about?"
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4. “As soon as he said he needed to talk to me, my mind started racing, like "Uh oh. What could this be about?"”

English Lesson: I wound up going over to James's place and sleeping on the couch.
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5. “I wound up going over to James's place and sleeping on the couch.”

English Lesson: He caught him with a devastating right hook and knocked him out cold.
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6. “He caught him with a devastating right hook and knocked him out cold.”

English Lesson: It was completely infested with these enormous cockroaches!
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7. “It was completely infested with these enormous cockroaches!”

English Lesson: We all had to huddle together for warmth.
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8. “We all had to huddle together for warmth.”

English Lesson: Wouldn't you know it, my car broke down on the way to the interview!
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9. “Wouldn't you know it, my car broke down on the way to the interview!”

English Lesson: We all busted out laughing.
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10. “We all busted out laughing.”

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