DUO177~198

(Naomi likes to show off her perfect figure.)

Naomi likes to show off her perfect figure.

(I wish I were thin like her. I envy her.)

I wish I were thin like her. I envy her.

(You could go on a diet.)

You could go on a diet.

(I fell in love with Naomi at first sight. Three months later,)

I fell in love with Naomi at first sight. Three months later,

(I took a chance and proposed to her, but she turned me down.)

I took a chance and proposed to her, but she turned me down.

(I met the man by chance. He's gentle and smart. What's more, he's single!)

I met the man by chance. He's gentle and smart. What's more, he's single!

(His nephew was brought up to be modest and considerate.)

His nephew was brought up to be modest and considerate.

(I introduced Bob to my folks, and they took to him at once.)

I introduced Bob to my folks, and they took to him at once.

(People should be judged not so much by how they look as by who they are.)

People should be judged not so much by how they look as by who they are.

(It's not your title that counts. That's for sure! exclaimed Bob.)

It's not your title that counts. That's for sure! exclaimed Bob.

(As a self-made man put it,)

As a self-made man put it,

(A man of vision will make good in the end.)

A man of vision will make good in the end.

(Keep in mind that youth is not eternal.)

Keep in mind that youth is not eternal.

(I can't figure out why on earth everybody feels so much contempt for Bob!)

I can't figure out why on earth everybody feels so much contempt for Bob!

(I can't help laughing at him because he keeps on making stupid mistakes.)

I can't help laughing at him because he keeps on making stupid mistakes.

(He'd be the last person to learn his lesson.)

He'd be the last person to learn his lesson.

(To make matters worse, he isn't even conscious of annoying us.)

To make matters worse, he isn't even conscious of annoying us.

(Since I was in a hurry, I put my gloves on inside out by mistake.)

Since I was in a hurry, I put my gloves on inside out by mistake.

(Dave is fat and clumsy. When he leaped over the shallow stream,)

Dave is fat and clumsy. When he leaped over the shallow stream,

(he stumbled and twisted his ankle.)

he stumbled and twisted his ankle.