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Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little.

We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

Look here, Mr. Funnysides, I didn't bring you up here to listen to no sarcastical remarks, retorted the man, with the sudden fury of a heavy drinker.