1. I had an idea for small hotels, and I persuaded a banker there to finance me. 2. "I want to grade those exams tonight." "Good idea." 3. He unpacked a ridiculous number of books, all with marked passages he could read aloud if he ran out of ideas. 4. I begged him to give me some sort of address somewhere to get in touch with him. 5. Look, Danny, I hope we'll stay in touch. 6. Several students dropped by, asked questions that genuinely puzzled them. 7. It's not a crisis exactly, it's more of a puzzle. 8. I was puzzled for several reasons. 9. He was helping his nephew solve the jigsaw puzzle called world politics. 10. In fact what puzzles me, is why Jason is taking Latin in the first place. 11. I'll never say a nasty word about you. 12. "Just keep your eyes and ears open, lad," he explained at the beginning of my first day. 13. His mother couldn't keep from asking why Maria wasn't there. 14. "A woman from Columbia University called me." "Well, could you give me the details on that?" 15. You have to realize that men have been keeping mammals and reptiles in Zoos for hundreds of years. 16. Everyone in the lab knew that Alec had had some association with Hammond, although the details were never clear. 17. If Mary can put up with just this one visit, it should help to keep the peace. 18. "That's the best atmosphere for getting new ideas" she commented. 19. It was quite dark now and he could hardly make out details.
