| 1 | The PhD student beat his brain over his dissertation. | |
| 2 | Very well, I begin to cipher out the German for that answer. | |
| 3 | "Is it possible, " I asked in my best Franglais, "to go to Titisee over the mountain path?" | |
| 4 | And I was soul-searching, I was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here? | |
| 5 | There were you, shuffling from head to foot, staring blankly at your friend, trying to make conversation. |