| 53 It may not be possible. What is Mr. J. Smith� conviction based on? Probably on visual evidence and some rudimentary kind of common sense. What is Mr. H. Brown� conviction based on? On mathematics, physics and on innumerable empirical data. If Mr J Smith only believes what he can see with his own eyes, he will continue thinking that the Earth is flat. |
| 55 In a case like this you might very well quote a line from Shakespeare: If reasons were plenty as blackberries.... There may have been all the impediments, but only one of them (the first one that he noticed) was operative. |
| 56 It is a whale |
| 57 His success had nothing to do with the properties of tap water. It was a typical zero risk gamble: If the students passed, the businessman kept the money. If the students failed, the businessman returned the money. If about 50% of students passed, he could keep about 50% of the money. |
| 60 No, it isn�t. It is a subjunctive form, now rarely used except by lawyers to express a stipulation. That line of the British anthem expresses a wish. |
| 61 They should have said some brand name, which are known the world over. However, it must have been a really inexperienced waiter. It must have been his first day on the job. |
| 62 This was in Madrid. To go home she had to take an underground railway to the bus station and then a bus to the village where she lived. Her last bus was going to leave in an hour. She had the bus ticket, but inadvertently she gave the beggar all her change and then could not pay for the underground railway ticket. After a moment�s hesitation, she gave the beggar all her groceries because she was going to run two miles across town to catch her bus. |
| 63 Chris was saying that he was a little HOARSE |
| 64 The little boy must not have known what trout is. A plateful of soup, which is a plate full of soup, is what he knew. The plateful of trout is what he invented by analogy. |
| 58 The blind man took more than two at a time. If the boy had not been doing the same, he would have protested. |