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    Talking Learning English adjectives

    ....from an e unexpected source

    Francis told cardinals, bishops and priests on Monday the Vatican was riven with "existential schizophrenia", "social exhibitionism", "spiritual Alzheimer's" and a lust for power, all of which made for an "orchestra that plays out of tune".
    Then one by one he went on: Being rivals and boasting. Wanting to accumulate things. Having a "hardened heart.'' Wooing superiors for personal gain. Having a "funereal face'' and being too "rigid, tough and arrogant,'' especially toward underlings.

    Francis spoke of the "terrorism of gossip" saying backstabbing by "cowards who don't have the courage to say things openly" is tantamount to "murder in cold blood."

    My vocabulary is much richer today

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    They need some women in there to smarten the old fogies up, Bob edit- well said, Francis
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chucaro View Post
    ....from an e unexpected source

    My vocabulary is much richer today
    ... richer than your spelling as well (adjective!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete757 View Post
    ... richer than your spelling as well (adjective!)
    I only can try my friend, after all I have been to long in Australia and the bad English stick like mud

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