A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events.
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Um and that 's- the only good thing I can think of of my high-school education was the- our music teacher introduced us to musical theatre and classical music that I would not have been exposed to in the order of course of affairs, so that- that was good, so I- like- like Rogers-and-Hartt and things-like-that. |
A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events. |
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... the locker rooms were so big, people could put hot plates and different things in. So they claimed it was the wiring caught- then the next one was supposed to be a cigarette. It was in mid-winter and we had an affair downstairs and the fire-department said it was a cigarette had worked its way through an opening in the radiator, fell on a beam downstairs, and smoldered and caused a fire. But I know where the fire started. |
A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events. |
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Interviewer: It's so sudden. Speaker: But I-mean I'm just telling you that she- she asked Dave for a drink or- a- an aspirin I believe- if the stor-- you-know I-mean I only know what people tell me. That ah- but it was a sad affair. Really and truly she wasn't old. Interviewer: Yeah those things are tragic when they happen. |
A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events. |