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Get it? - ?
What makes you so sure? - ?
Are you nuts? - , ?
How’s that? - ?
How come, (that)…? - , …?
What have I got to do? - ?
What’s the use of? - ? / ?:
What’s the use of worrying? - ?
Why worry him? - ?
What if I refuse? - , ?
Surely you can see that. - ?
Surely you saw them. - ?
What is it taking so long? - ? / ?
What is going on (here)? - () ?
Are you kidding? - ?:
What makes you think (that)…? - , …:
What makes you think I was there? => , ?
Coming along? - ? / ( / )?:
- Let’s go to the bar. - . Coming along, Tom? . - . , ( )?
What remains to be done? - ?
Are you getting the picture?- ( / )?
Make yourself clear - .
So what? - ? ?
Can you be more specific? - ? / ?
What is this all about? - ?
Who are they to judge us? - , ?
What gave you that idea? - ?
No fooling?- ? / ?
But supposing… what then? - , ,…, ?:
The question now is…? - …?:
So what’s the hitch? - ?
What is your point? - ?
Can you manage it? - ?:
Do you think I don’t know what’s been going on behind my back? - , , ?
What is it to you? - - ? ?
What’s the hold-up? - ?
How long did you hold office? / How long have you held office? - / ?
Why not do smth. while we are about it? - - ?:
How do you account for doing smth.? - / ?:
How do you account for being late? - ?
How can you be sure? - ?
Is that why / where / what /…? - / / /…?:
Is that why they didn’t invite us? - .
Is that where you were? - . / ?
Why is it…? - , ..,?:
Are you out of your mind? - ? How so? - ?
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Oh, my God! - , !
What a good chance! - !
I don't know what to say! - !
Oh, damn! - !
Really? - ?
What a pity! - !
I can't believe it! !
I hope so. - , .
I feel ill (sad, disgusted). - (, ).
I feel good. - .
Vice versa! (Just the opposite!) - !
Not a bit! (Nothing of the kind!) !
That's nice (sound, all right, fine) (with me). - ().
No way! - !
With (great) pleasure. - () .
It is none of your business! - .
That's too much! - !
Wonderful! - !
That's wonderful (superb, marvellous)! - (, )!
My feelings are hurt. - .
My hope is betrayed. - .
Absolutely! - !
Exactly so! - !
Who knows! - !
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If you want to be somebody, somebody really special, be yourself!
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Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune
C . . Jim Rohn ( )
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop
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An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before
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Success doesn’t come to you…you go to it
, . Marva Collins ( )
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything
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Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them
, . Robert Graves
Everything takes longer than you think
, . Murphy’s law ( )
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise
— . Sigmund Freud
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned
, , , . Somerset Maugham
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties
. , . Jules Renard
Love doesn’t grow on trees like apples in Eden — it’s something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too
. , . , , . Joyce Cary
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much
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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter
, - , Oscar Wilde
Genius is born-not paid
, Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that's all
- . Oscar Wilde
Wisdom is knowing how little we know - - ,
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest
Benjamin Franklin
All would live long, but none would be old
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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence
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Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag
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A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement
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Avoiding the phrase "I don't have time...", will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life
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Recognition is the greatest motivator
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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong
, , , - Leo Rosten
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do
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By doing nothing we learn to do ill
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English is not merely the medium of our thought; it is the very stuff and process of it
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The job of science is to serve people
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