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0An Iraqi in his late forties early fifties walked into a street cafe early Sunday before an explosion went off. Al Qaeda has not claimed responsibility for the attack but is expected to do so in the next couple of hours. This is the second bombing in this week alone, killing 6 local people and 1 foreigner. The local media reported police has launched an investigation into the attack and has taken away the family of the suicide bomber for interrogation. Neighbors and friends, when interviewed, couldn't believe he would carried out an attack. He was known as a friendly neighbor and had a good sense of humor. 02br
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0 An Iraqi, in his late forties, (or) early fifties, walked into a street cafe early Sunday before an explosion went off. Al Qaeda has not (yet) claimed responsibility for the attack but is expected to do so in the next couple of hours. This is the second bombing this week (alone), killing 6 local people and 1 foreigner.

— Optilang

  • 0 An Iraqi, in his late forties, (or) early fifties, walked into a street cafe early Sunday before an explosion went off.
  • Al Qaeda has not (yet) claimed responsibility for the attack but is expected to do so in the next couple of hours.
  • This is the second bombing this week (alone), killing 6 local people and 1 foreigner.
  • The local media reported that the police have launched an investigation into the attack and (that they) have taken the family of the suicide bomber away for interrogation.
  • 02br 00Neighbours and friends said, when interviewed, (that) they couldn't believe he would have carried out such an attack.
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0 An Iraqi, in his late forties, (or) early fifties, walked into a street cafe early Sunday before an explosion went off. Al Qaeda has not (yet) claimed responsibility for the attack but is expected to do so in the next couple of hours. This is the second bombing this week (alone), killing 6 local people and 1 foreigner. The local media reported that the police have launched an investigation int
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0Thanks, Optilang. I agree with all your changes.0-
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0 You're welcome. I hope you could spot all the changes. I haven't got the hang of highlighting them so they are clear - I'm not very good with this computer lark. But hopefully I will get better!0-
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0Don't bother. Save your time and leave the easy job for us or we'll get lazy and that's not good when one's learning 05002br
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10Going from bad to worse. The dentist decided he couldn't remove the tooth and has referred me to a dental surgeon! I don't know what the difference is as I couldn't understand everything the dentist was saying. It's sometimes difficult living in a cou
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0One my professor told me about his experience with his doctor. The doctor was saying something about his toe condition but he had no idea which part of his body the doctor was saying. Finally, he figured out that the doctor used a medical term when referring to toes. And he and the doctor spoke the same language! So I can imagine how difficult communicating in a second language. Surgeon... it s
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0 One of my professors told me about his experience with his doctor. The doctor was saying something about his toe condition, but he had no idea which part of the body the doctor was referring to. Finally, he figured out that the doctor (had) used a medical term (related to toes - not sure if this was the case?). And he and the doctor spoke the same language!02br
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0Thank you, Optilang for the corrections. 02br
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0 the doctor used a medical term when referring to toes02br
00I suggested (the doctor used a medical term related to toes - 01b00not sure if this was the case?02b00). Could you help me understand what's wrong?02br
00What I meant was I was not sure if the medical term used by the doctor was specifically related to toes, or whether the medical term
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11b10Neighbours12b10 and friends said, when interviewed, (that) they couldn't believe he would have carried out such an attack. He was known as a friendly 11b10neighbour12b10 and had a good sense of 11b10humour.12b12br
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