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Tag Archives: language
Police take out University terrorist cell while Rousse cleans up (Rousse)
Due to my early morning routine of walking the city streets, I witnessed the 6:00am raid on the hall of residence by the canal. The rumour was that the police took out a terrorist cell that was operating out of … Continue reading
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Tagged boy, brother, canal, cell, clean, compost, Dane, Danish, dish, girlfriend, hall, language, Nordic, Norwegian, party, police, residence, sister-in-law, terrorist, university, vegetables
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Lost audience, sight, and a Dutch cap (Rousse)
When responding to the question as to how I had met my boyfriend, my first job was to correct the enquirer. We were simply friends from University who had first met at a bus stop on the Bristol Road South … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, Birmingham, bonnet, boyfriend, Bristol Road South, Dutch, Dutch cap, eyelid, friendship, head, language, muscle, Northfield, quayside, sight, Social Network, university
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A French language refresher course in Paris (Rousse)
I accepted the offer of a place in Paris to undertake a six-month long refresher course in French. Although downhearted at the prospect of a long time apart, TPR kindly accompanied me to France to help me settle in. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Force One, airport, anti-terrorist, camp, car, Chinese, cliff, concrete, confess, course, drug addict, excuse, fire, France, French, hall of residence, immigrant, language, naked, Paris, PhD, prostitute, protect, rain, refresher, squatter, student, tower block, TPR
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Ineffective Italian lessons (Rousse)
JC and I sat at the dinner table desperate to join in the conversation across the room. An Italian mother was making a hopeless attempt to teach her native language to her English-speaking children. Both JC and I could do … Continue reading
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Tagged attempt, children, conversation, dinner, English, Italian, job, language, lesson, mother, native, table
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University of Birmingham releases exam marks 29 years late (Rousse)
It was about 06:00am when I heard someone come in through the back door of the flat and make their way into the kitchen. I leapt out of bed, pulled on some pyjamas, and went to confront the burglars. What … Continue reading
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Tagged 29, back, bed, Birmingham University, brave, burglar, confront, degree, door, exam, flat, Friends, grade, kitchen, language, late, mark, marks, Nottingham University, paper, pyjamas, results, TPR, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, years
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Herman and his (twenty-first century) hermits take a trip to Manchester Airport (Rousse)
“It’s Herman the German” hissed AW when I asked who was at the wheel of my car. Now I understood why WB was chatting away in her native language in the passenger seat. Herman was driving us all to Manchester … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Birmingham University, business, car, china, coincidence, departure, documents, driving, German, Herman, Herman and the hermits, hermits, holiday, language, LinkedIn, lounge, Manchester, Manchester airport, Manor House, park, parking, recycle, sofa, trading, travel, trip, University of Birmingham, vehicle
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How to get (another) PhD (Rousse)
The Birmingham University reunion switched venue to Aberystwyth. There I caught up with SC, HW and CP and others – supposedly to reminisce about our undergraduate days, but in practice to moan about the deficiencies of the modern-day husband. Also … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Birmingham, Birmingham University, films, French, husband, husbands, language, literature, novels, pact, panic, PhD, strategy, undergraduate, University of Birmingham
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