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Both of them can interact with people better than I did. | I am not very good at socializing with other people. | The three of us have no issues dealing with other people. |
The General Council Hall (Sala del Consiglio Generale) is dominated by the works of his vigorous St. George (1416), intended for the Orsanmichele ; his important David, naked and restless in bronze (1450); and the stone Marzocco lion, the town's symbol, from the Palazzo Vecchio. | The General Council Hall features the St. George, David, and the Marzocco lion carved from stone. | There are no masterpieces worth viewing in the General Council Hall. |
An' when our boys licked up a nest of th' varmints why, we'd taken us a mess o' respectable Yank 'Irregulars,' 'cordin' to their story. | According to their story, when our boys licked up a nest of the varmints why, we'd taken us a mess of respectable Yank 'Irregulars. | They said that we ate meat in that story, but we are vegetarian. |
The Other Side of the Rainbow | The rainbow has another side. | The rainbow is all an illusion and has no real sides. |
VA administers the laws providing benefits and other services to veterans and their dependents and beneficiaries. | Veterans and their dependents receive benefits administered by the VA. | Veterans services and benefits are administered by the Department of Education. |
Japanese silk kimono are magnificent but staggeringly expensive. | The most authentic kimonos are also the most expensive. | Kimonos are cheap if they are made of silk. |
Yet, even as the tax code provides more opportunities than ever to save for retirement, Americans may not understand why saving matters. | Americans simply do not understand about saving money. | Americans love to save for retirement and do it more than any other nation. |
yeah well Smith came on pretty good Wright was | Smith came on well. | Smith came on awful. |
Riding the crest of this economic upsurge were the zaibatsu conglomerates a dozen family-run combines, each involved in mining, manufacturing, marketing, shipping, and banking. | Riding this economic upsurge were the zaibatsu conglomerates who were involved in mining, manufacturing, and other industries. | The zaibatsu fell with this recession and their industries collapsed. |
The elegance of the palace becomes apparent only in the inner courtyard, with its seven turreted staircases and handsome balconies. | Upon reaching the inner courtyard and seeing the many handsome balconies as well as the seven turreted staircases, one can truly see the elegance of the palace. | While the palace might have once been beautiful, time and exposure have rendered it ugly and in need of repairs. |
It now covers localities from Lee County to Christiansburg. | The office gives services in Lee County and Christiansburg. | The office gives services only in Lee County. |
Many are nominally private, which means you only get in if the doormen like the way you look. | Be nice to the doorman and dress to impress if you want to get in. | The egalitarian nature of the clubs means that as long as you are in line, you will definitely get in. |
What kind of game was Johnny Shannon trying to play? | What type of game was Johnny Shannon trying to play? | What kind of theater project was Johnny Shannon trying to start? |
The mayor originally hoped groundbreaking would take place six months ago, but it hasn't happened yet. | Groundbreaking was supposed to take place six months ago. | The mayor doesn't want groundbreaking to happen at all. |
'You said White would bring only a handful of men.' | You had previously spoken to me about White's plans. | You said White would bring thousands of men. |
well yeah well i don't know if that's | I am not sure. | I am sure. |
Better strip and put this cloth on." The thing he held out was little more than a rag, apparently torn from one of the robes. | He held out a cloth rag and said to put it on. | He picked up a fine silk suit and told me to wear it. |
We, therefore, have a dilemma. | We now have a problem. | There is no problem. |
JOB ORDER COSTING - A method of cost accounting that accumulates costs for individual jobs or lots. | Job order costing is a way of cost accounting that calculates total costs. | When you perform job order costing, you are counting the number of jobs a person has taken in their life. |
Got him a head crease wot knocked him silly for a bit. | The head crease he got knocked him silly for a while. | The head crease he got didn't faze him at all. |
Hunt for Red October the one i went to see the movie for | They went to see Hunt for Red October. | They went to see Iron Man. |
Perhaps your son will no longer be solvent. | Maybe your son will then get into debt. | It is impossible for your son to have financial troubles. |
Dr. Bauerstein, I noticed, was watching the local doctor narrowly. | Dr. Bauerstein wouldn't take his eyes off of the other doctor. | Dr. Bauerstein ignored the other doctor. |
Off you go back stage, good sir.' | Good sir, go to the back of the stage. | Get up on stage, good sir. |
And it takes two weeks to cross from Fena Set to Fena Dim? asked Jon. | It's a long trip from Fena Set to Fena Dim. | It's a short jaunt from Fena Set to Fena Dim. |
We must stop the politics of personal destruction, Clinton declared at the White House after the impeachment vote. | Clinton said "we must stop the politics of personal destruction" | Clinton did not address an audience after the impeachment vote. |
Katherine V. Schinasi Director Acquisition and Sourcing Management | Katherine is the director of acquisition. | We have no sourcing manager. |
Linked to the Vatican by a thick-walled passage, it served as a hideout for popes in times of danger, notably Pope Clement VII, who holed up here for a month during the sack of Rome by Habsburg troops in 1527 . | The popes used to hide here during dangerous periods. | Pope Clement never spent any time hiding here during the 16th century. |
National, state and local program boards reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. | Program boards show the diversity of the people they serve. | All programs boards at all levels have only white males as members. |
Therefore, they questioned the cost/benefit of requiring that the fair value of stewardship property transferred to state and local governments be determined and reported. | Fair value of stewardship amongst other financial things, are often questioned. | State and local governments face no regulations or restrictions and may do as they please. |
3) The New York Times reported that the administration endorsed a project in China that was financially important to the Riady family just after a Riady-controlled company put Webster Hubbell on its payroll. | The Riady family had a financially important project in China, which was endorsed by the administration. | Webster Hubbell wasn't on any company's payroll. |
i had to talk to someone about hobbies and the switchboard called me so i was caught a little off guard and i couldn't think of anything at all so i started making stuff up i told this woman that my hobby was gardening and i can't even i can't even grow an ivy my grandfather gave me a plant once that told and he told me when he gave it to me that it was impossible to kill you could freeze it you could | While talking about hobbies, my call was interrupted and threw off my train of thought. | I was talking to a teacher about my eating habits when the phone rang. |
Masons dug a shaft 10 m (33 ft) into the bedrock for Ramses III's tomb (11) c.1151. | Reaching Ramses III's tomb required masons to dig through the bedrock. | Mason's decided to quietly slip Ramses III's body into the river. |
I think it's Voltaire who said, 'There's nothing more powerful than an idea that has come of age. | I think Voltaire said an idea is powerful. | I think Dr. Seuss said an idea is powerful. |
I have tried gently to suggest therapy. | I suggested therapy very gently. | I harshly suggested therapy. |
Against the gale-level buffeting we crawled out onto the train's exterior. | We crawled out of the trains exterior | We didn't crawl out onto the trains exterior |
Attendee Robert Gooch was there for the second time, working to prepare for his upcoming court date regarding car damages. | It was the second time Robert Gooch was there. | Robert Gooch's court date had already passed by. |
So are bitchin' and stoked . Every generation insists on having its own new words for the most aggressively up-to-date aspects of life. | Bitchin' and stoked are some words people say. | Every generation is aggressive. |
In 2002, 55 TIG awards were granted. | There were 55 TIG awards that year. | There were only 40 awards granted. |
oh absolutely they look like sometimes they're just broken in two like a match stem gosh what a beating they really do take a beating they really do | They take quite a bit of punishment. | They never take a beating. |
The armory is officially called the finest collection of its type in the world. | The armory is considered the finest of its type. | The armory is considered poorly stocked. |
i i do because um with all all the sports you know and everything they're doing there and also because whenever you're dealing with drugs like if you if you are on drugs then that affects the way you work and everything | If you're on drugs, it affects how you act. | Drugs don't necessarily affect how you act. |
I want to go back to Marguerite. | I wish to return to Marguerite. | I never want to return to Marguerite. |
She has ignored Mick's please for forgiveness over his affair with Brazilian beauty Luciana Giminez Morad, the paper said. | She ignore Mick's please for forgiveness over his affair with a Brazilian beauty, according to the paper. | She listened to Mick's please for forgiveness over his affair with a Brazilian beauty and eventually forgave him, according to the paper. |
all the time i mean yeah i mean yeah yeah and it's certainly and it's certainly been going on over there for hundreds of years and it's going to continue as long as you have so many diverse groups that are that are vying for power it's going to happen all the time | There is no stopping it, as long as there are power hungry, diverse groups. | It only started a decade ago, and it could end when the diverse groups sit down and talk. |
just you know as a quick kind of dinner thing that's you know it's not real filling but you know get some veggies and rice and stuff every once in a while we go out to a little bit nicer Chinese place | We go out to nicer Chinese places here and there. | We do not go to restaurants that serve Asian food. |
But In spite of police patrols, after dark parts of the Bois de Boulogne are reckoned to be the most dangerous places in Paris. | Some sections of Bois de Boulogne are dangerous areas after dark. | Bois de Boulogne is considered a safe place to stroll alone 24 hours a day. |
But Foster's expertise is historical, and he warns us that he will write as a historian. | Foster is a historian. | Foster has no expertise. |
Few places on earth can rival Madeira's wealth of natural gifts, especially in so small an area. | Madeira has a plethora of natural gifts, impressive for such a small place. | There are not many natural gifts to be found in Madeira, which is surprising due to it's large area. |
Just before you reach the main gate and town symbol, the 13th-century Dolder, turn off to the right and take a peep at the little ?ghetto in the wooden-galleried Cour des Juifs. | The town's symbol is the 13th-century Dolder. | The Dolder was built in the 12th century. |
you know it's just a hangover i guess from uh from that particular generation and uh but yeah they're they're just adamant that they're not going to be you know tested and they're going to fight it and um you know try and um see what they can do that it's an invasion of privacy but i don't particularly care to uh you know to uh to get into drugs or anything else so it's not a problem for me but i uh i can kind of understand from the other point of view | They are not willing to be tested. | They were more than happy to be tested. |
What was it? | What was the thing? | I don't care what it was. |
The final rule revises the salary equivalency guidelines for Medicare payments for the reasonable costs of physical therapy and respiratory therapy services furnished under arrangements by an outside contractor. | The final rule deals with Medicare payments for physical therapy. | The final rule says physical therapy payments shall be halted. |
Busloads flock nightly to hear middle-of-the-road Irish cabaret at Jury's Hotel in Ballsbridge and Doyle's Irish Cabaret in the Burlington Hotel in Leeson Street. | Busloads go to listen to the music. | No one likes Irish music. |
And the size of the wallets is a strict limit on the value of the eyeballs. | The amount of money is the baseline for attracting supporters. | It is about character, not money. |
but uh i'm surprised i really am surprised you know that major cities you know especially in a state like Texas would elect a woman governor | It comes as quite a surprise to me for a place in Texas to elect a female governor. | I'm not surprised a major city in Texas elected a female governor. |
The New York Times says his defection to the West in 1990 helped topple Albania's Communist regime. | He defected to the West in 1990. | The New York Times denies that he defected to the West. |
Built by the Dominicans, it was the doges' funeral church with some 25 buried here, many in masterpieces of monumental tombs. | Dominicans built the funeral church of the doges. | 20 doges are buried in the funeral church. |
Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York, the conservative vanguard on the issue, show no inclination to exploit research that says, in effect, Why care about day-care quality? | The conservatives are not vesting any importance in the research into day-care quality. | Thompson and Giuliani are looking to use the research for their next issue. |
oh i can imagine um-hum that's tough that's really tough | I bet that's going to real tough. | Looks like I will have an easy time with this. |
Thus, fixed delivery costs would not be expected to drop until volume per capita were so low that the resulting very low coverage allowed carriers to skip parts of their routes. | Fixed delivery costs would likely stay consistent unless carriers had such low volume that skipping portions of the routine became routine. | Fixed delivery costs would fluctuate a lot regardless of the volume per capita. |
The building stands in the heart of a living museum of Malla dynasty architecture. | A living museum is devoted to Malla dynasty architecture. | No architecture related to the Malla dynasty remains today. |
It would be impractical and contrary to the public interest to publish the rules prior to making the rules effective. | It wouldn't be in the public's interest to publish the rules prior to their implementation. | It would be in the public's best interest to publish the rules before they become effective. |
EPA performed a cost-benefit analysis which is summarized in the preamble to the final rule. | The preamble of the final rule had a cost-benefit analysis done by the EPA. | The cost-benefit analysis, despite its' importance, was never summarized. |
I thank you, my friend, said Ca'daan. | Ca'daan told his friend thank you. | Ca'daan told his friend "you're welcome". |
The viewer leaves these gravity-defying masterpieces with a lighter step, expecting the sky to fill up momentarily with things that flutter and fly. | The gravity defying masterpieces leave the viewer with a sense of wonder. | The viewer hates these gravity defying masterpieces. |
The other men turned and stared at the salt miner. | The man looked at the miner. | The man ignored the miner. |
Plain good sense. | It's common sense. | It is no sense. |
Saving time on administrative processes frees staff to perform the principal mission of the laboratory. | The laboratory's principal mission is not administrative processing. | The laboratory needs to add administrative processes to its staff. |
I never thought of that! | That never occurred to me. | That was the first thing I thought of. |
Many visitors driving from Paris to the Dordogne and Toulouse speed through this area on the autoroute, missing some very pleasant countryside and towns and the joy of driving on more relaxing routes nationales. | The routes nationales trace through beautiful pastoral settings. | Toulouse is inaccessible via the main autoroute. |
At the same time, the federal government bears some responsibility for the movement to stock-based compensation due to tax changes that limited the deductibility of certain types and amounts of executive compensation. | The government needs to take some responsibility. | There is no compensation for the government officials. |
Sure feels good jus' to stretch out a mite, he observed. | It feels good to stretch out. | It feels good to stand up again. |
He could hear the familiar sounds of the village but in his mind the women and children from Fena Set continued to scream. | He had heard the women and children screaming. | Fena Set had always been silent. |
oh yes it's it's one of our prouder right along with Jessie Helms | Jessie Helms is one we're proud of. | We're ashamed of Jessie Helms. |
The old warehouses have been transformed into upscale apartments and fashionable office buildings, and there is a buzz of chic commercial activity that has spawned smart restaurants and wine bars. | A buzz of commercial activity has seen fancy restaurants and wine bars open as a result of the old warehouses being renovated into upscale apartments and stylish office buildings | The old warehouses were abandoned and left to decay. |
it's kind of frustrating | it's kind of disheartening. | It's not frustrating at all. |
He's even got a scroll to give him, loaded with titles, with imposing names. | He's got a scroll to deliver, with titles and imposing names. | The scroll is simple, and is very short. |
They are welcome to this cause. | They are accepted to be a part of this cause. | They are banned from this cause. |
to fill it up i think that's great and you weigh your container you know and then you weigh your salad after that | I think it's great, you weigh your container and then you weigh your salad. | You pay a fee to an all you can eat in the salad bar. |
Yes, I believe they were at it yesterday afternoon. | I believe they did it yesterday afternoon. | They didn't do it. |
In his introduction, Robert Giroux, Malamud's editor, quotes Cynthia Ozick, who said of Is he an American master? | Robert Giroux quoted Cynthia Ozick. | Malamud does not employ an editor. |
Jon felt the rumble through his boots. | Jon felt a vibration beneath him. | The ground beneath Jon's feet was motionless. |
yeah we actually don't have we have we're having some problems of own up here with teachers | We have our own set of problems with teachers here. | We have no problems with teachers here. |
that puts a bondage on them it makes you know pressure on the nation and on the people on the leadership and makes their inflation go up and it's just a big mess so | The pressure on the leadership results in an increase of inflation. | Having more pressure on the people results in lower inflation. |
The rule is typically applied to individual items or groups of like items, such as inventory or marketable securities. | Rule that affects individual or groups of objects. | When no objects are counted. |
Esme, played by Judi Dench, is an actress who lives for the theater. | Judi Dench played Esme. | Dench played Juliet. |
It's not clear that Beatty is willing to do that. | Beatty may or may not be unwilling. | Beatty has stated he is going to do this. |
so we still went through three days of of uh testimony and so forth and and witnesses saying oh he's an upstanding young man just weak and was led by another guy and so forth so we were the ones that that came up with the sentence and the judge gave us some parameters and said you know according to the law it can be no more or no less uh no more or less than and he gave the the number of years and he said it would also include a a possible fine up to ten thousand dollars and and we had that's that took us six hours just to agree on what we thought was appropriate for this young man | There were three days of testimony. | The whole trial only lasted six hours. |
oh uh-huh that's what we have too yeah that's what ours is | That is what we have as well. | That's exactly what we don't have. |
Anse! He swayed to the joyous pounding of a fist between his shoulder blades. | Anse swayed as he pat himself on the back. | He was pounding his fists in rage as he was angry at his friend. |
Among the rooms devoted to the history of science and technology, one gallery is reserved for Leonardo's inventions, displayed as models constructed from his notebooks. | There is one gallery reserved for Leonardo's inventions. | There are no galleries that are dedicated to Leonardo. |
Marjorie, it's been a delight to correspond with you this week. | It was nice talking to you, Marjorie. | I am so glad we are done talking, Marjorie. |
Likewise, the island's highest peak, Mount Sa Talaia, or Atalaya (475 meters/1,558 feet), hardly ranks among the world's most dramatic, but you can see Spain from the top. | The island's highest peak is 475 meters high. | The island's lowest mountain is Mount Sa Talaia. |
The university had to underwrite the costs of moving the institute's archives and library to a lavish new space at the Palais Fanto in Vienna, where its budget will be tripled in size. | Their university doctored the costs of moving the institute's library to a new place. | Their university wrote the true costs of moving their library to the new place. |
changed you know my thinking on this i don't know i really don't know | my thoughts on this matter have changed, i really don't know | my thoughts about this are the same as they've always been |
GAO Response Payment authorization prior to verifying receipt and acceptance is a common process referred to as fast pay. | Fast pay is a common process. | Payment authorization cannot bet made prior to verifying receipts. |
But Mieczyslaw, there is one thing I'd like to talk to you about.' | Mieczyslaw, there is something I need to speak to you about. | Mieczyslaw, I don't need to talk to you, please leave my office. |
For example, in lieu of hiring a large number of seasonal | Instead of hiring a lot of seasonal | Instead of firing a bunch of people. |
The king cannot visit this shrine, as to look upon what is considered to be an image of himself, an incarnation of Vishnu, would be a forecast of death. | The king is considered to be an incarnation of Vishnu. | The king stares at his image in the shrine daily. |
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