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Я не сразу могу встать с колен и оценить ситуацию... Раздаются пронзительные хлопки, похожие на выстрелы, но более низких частот... Воздух при каждом таком хлопке будто вздрагивает... Во все стороны ... read more -
___- Теперь ты пойдёшь с нами. - Сказал кто-то из них. ___- Зачем она нам? - Послышалось в ответ первому. ___- Пока не знаю... ___3. Когда людям или тем, кто ... read more -
1. Goodbyes Her face stared back at her from the flat plane of the mirror. She leaned close, the better to see the lines at the corners of her eyes, ... read more -
Academic conferences perpetuate a class system. The aristocracy consists of the established names in a given field of study, tenured professors with lengthy titles and bodies of research marked by ... read more -
life. ******************************************************** Eric's phone rang for the hundredth time that morning. It was the secretary again. Angrily he hung up and continued loading up for his excursion to the aquarium. ... read more -
Eventually Billy followed her. He seemed to have lost all will of his own. Mary watched the two of them wander around, lost in her thoughts. Then suddenly someone was ... read more -
"The mermaid is performing today." She said, the excitement on her face growing somehow impossibly greater. "A mermaid?" "Yeah. How could you not hear about it Ms. Mckillop? It was ... read more -
"No! No. I- Let me try again." He took a deep breath and held it. Then, with a surge of effort he threw himself upward. Everything was pain. It was ... read more -
She didn't like the way this was going; not one bit. She knew she had to look positively dreadful, what with how tired she was and the previous day... (how ... read more -
Тогда лампочка на нём ярко вспыхивала и весь прибор переливался, как праздничная гирлянда. Зафиксировав его напротив моего левого уха он вдруг загорелся зелёным светом и замигал зелёными точками. ___- Снимай ... read more
