I'm not wasting my time going to lectures given by ye olde professor Jones.

May I have a glass of water?

Keene had a death clock running, counting the days before his final breath, and his work plan was set to meet that last deadline, with a typical project management rigor.

The native inhabitants of the Wakhan extend as well into both neighboring areas; that is, the Wakhi, an Iranian (not Persian) linguistic group, dwell outside Afghan borders in close proximity to similar groups, such as the Ishkashimi, the Sarikoli, and others.