Now's the chance to get off on your new math tricks: twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight... eighty plus sixteen: ninety-six!
I have not written to my beloved Amelia for these many weeks past, for what news was there to tell of the sayings and doings at Humdrum Hall, as I have christened it; and what do you care whether the turnip crop is good or bad; whether the fat pig weighed thirteen stone or fourteen; and whether the beasts thrive well upon mangelwurzel?
a rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery
The place is chock-a-block full of old empty bottles on shelves, a collection from around the world.
