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Complete PICLE corpus of essays by Polish advanced EFL students (330,000)


Found 10508 matches (50 printed). Sorted by order of appearance (case-insensitive).
Number of matches per 100,000 words: 3184.24

No : Line : Concordance 1: 4: e powers. We simple need these to overcome daily hazards and excuse our uncommen 2: 6: of elaborate excuses in order to avoid responsibility for our misdemeanors. And 3: 6: nt, our inventive efforts have to remain vigorous all the time, since any excuse 4: 8: nce. We will go to any lengths to be pardoned for our sloth and continue to be c 5: 8: it up" but we are more likely to come up with something like this: "My child is 6: 8: nd so it was impossible for me to meet the deadline". And it really does not mat 7: 10: make use of domestic problems to excuse our inefficiency at work and the other 8: 10: t loving one) would be willing to accept some flimsy explanation about his wife 9: 12: ons we have used we are forced to shoulder the grievous burden of too many respo 10: 12: pleasures that have been given to us, we can always afford a little flight from 11: 12: ains with unheard-of intensity to invent the tortures that would suit those mons 12: 14: e is not a single sound reason to worry that the advancing industrialization wre 13: 20: ecture. We boast of being able to cooperate, to solve political problems peacefu 14: 20: the French Revolution brought to the world. Equality, freedom, and brotherhood 15: 22: attitude was what Orwell tried to ridicule./^t/Certainly, one could argue that t 16: 24: . It is not difficult, though, to verify the truthfulness of this statement. Let 17: 24: e the right to live, the right to work, the right to profess a religion, and the 18: 24: fess a religion, and the right to express opinions. The whole body of society is 19: 26: n money, even those who belong to mafias have better opportunities and very ofte 20: 26: llegally. They are in position to break the law and to hush it up. The rank and 21: 26: stice and very often they have to carry the burden of punishment while their bos 22: 26: opportunities. The affiliation to an elite proves to be very helpful in climbing 23: 28: e ignored by the law, who seem to be "less equal" than the society as a whole. T 24: 28: sapproval and are often forced to live beyond the pale. Problems with buying fit 25: 28: omfortable to use seem trivial to us; they are, however, reasons for complaints 26: 8504: hurch because there is so much to be criticized. The church advocates pagan cust 27: 8510: s to create meaning and sense. To believe is to stand face to face with your own 28: 8512: le of giving up their own life to save their faith. The first Christians were al 29: 8514: ieve that we live a good life. To live a good life is to believe in oneself, in 30: 8514: h is love. Love is the gateway to self-fulfilment as well as the testimony of ou 31: 8526: nting. Therefore, artists turn to other means of expression, which lend themselv 32: 8532: ne to die. All that is left is to ask what will be next. 33: 8538: user relies on drugs in order to experience a feeling of satisfaction./^t/Physi 34: 8540: ver, people find it impossible to get over their illness without the help of spe 35: 8542: n even small amounts are taken to reduce tension, relieving anxiety, and obtaini 36: 8550: why more and more poeple want to possess a gun which would provide them with a 37: 8558: guarding is important in order to keep the gun out of reach of thoughtless peopl 38: 8564: too cold on earth for any life to exist. The sun gives us also energy and optimi 39: 8564: phere of romance that it lends to the night. However, this apparent indifference 40: 8566: full-moon is not the best time to start a diet). Our brain also works more inten 41: 8566: On the other hand, we are said to have more chances to succeed in our love relat 42: 8568: the walk and are surprised not to find themselves in their beds, but rather in t 43: 8568: gest that sleepwalking happens to children and young people and declines with ag 44: 8578: g priests, are still unwilling to challenge the taboo on the topic, being even s 45: 8578: y, Polish teenagers are forced to act on their own and are very often in danger 46: 8578: ge along with immense exposure to sex-related topics in sexual education classes 47: 8582: f introducing sexual education to Polish and American schools needs to be carrie 48: 8582: ish and American schools needs to be carried out effectively, in order to raise 49: 8582: ried out effectively, in order to raise teenagers' sexual awareness. As far as P 50: 8582: up with a reasonable solution to the problem of sexual education, many teenager

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Number of matches per 100,000 words: 3184.24

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