We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

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.

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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.