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, 3/12/2024
3/12/2024
lethargic
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feeling a lack of energy
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If I say,"My father was a doctor," does this mean that he is no longer living, or that he changed his career?
— Julia, China
Without any context, the sentence "My father was a doctor" tells your listener(s) only that your father was a doctor in the past. ...
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