| 1 | After his soporific speech for an hour, the speaker received no applause from the audience. | |
| 2 | That first impression can be a great beginning -- or quick ending -- to your interview. | |
| 3 | In Tirana, after I returned from Moscow, I felt the city, like some importunate blackmailer, still claiming its unpaid dues. | |
| 4 | He was a light sleeper, and the tram-conductors' bells were probably ringing in his ears, summoning him to the meeting. | |
| 5 | Two days ago Nurse had been hale and healthy. Two days ago Yezzan had not heard the pale mare's ghostly hoofbeats. Two days ago the fleets of Old Volantis had been two days farther off. |