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Network Marketing or Multi-level Marketing Network Marketing or Multi-level Marketing

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at edmittance

Man: So multi-level marketing…
Woman: That is right.
Man: So what exactly is that?
Woman: Oh just. You can go into the website. There are just thousands. It …

Bilingual – English and German – 3

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What is that?
It is a photograph.
Who is that?
That is my father.
How old is he?
He is …

Health Problems Health Problems

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Mark: I am just sitting here at a cafe in the Pahar Ganj area of New Delhi with Michael. Michael, you are not feeling very …

A Career in Medical Research A Career in Medical Research

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Woman: When I finished school I went to university, Melbourne University, and studied science, a bachelor of science . I then did my honours …

An Explanatory Note – “to be held responsible”

At what age should people be held responsible? (passive)
At what age should we hold people responsible? (active)
From what age should society hold people responsible? (active)
Sentence Variations
Children are generally not held to be criminally responsible for …

An Explanatory Note – “to be drafted”

Was he drafted or did he volunteer?
Did they draft him or did he volunteer?

An Explanatory Note – “to be taught”

One of the boys was taught to play the piano.
Somebody taught him to play the piano.

An Explanatory Note – “separated at birth”

The two boys were separated at birth.
Somebody separated the two boys.
They were separated.
They were taken away from one another.
They did not see each other any more.
They were born.
They were separated when they were born.
They …

People and Places – The Swami – 6 – The Same Thing People and Places – The Swami – 6 – The Same Thing

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(Swami talks for the first 25 seconds of recording. Then transcript begins.)
Mark: So the creation is sustained by prayer?
Swami: It is sustained by divine will. …

The Holy Grail The Holy Grail

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Axel: What kind of churches were they?
Isabel: There are churches now, but they were not obviously churches then, but they are temples in the shape …