The Revolt of the Meritocrats

Were you really going to tip that man five pounds?

I will save everything else for England.

I'm talking about the elite.

That's how you know English so well?

You said 60 a moment ago.

A young man... The smartest one of the crowd, mind you.

Stammering is the native eloquence of us fog people.

And this isn't just a problem in Britain.

I can't ever remember enjoying swimming in England till June, can you?

When Little Wolf speaks veho words they are for my ears alone.

That's useful in America and at sea.

But in my view, the radiologists are heroes.

How do you use your million to solve this last mile problem?

Therefore it's the exclusive preserve of an elite, talented body.

Like I just swam the English Channel. Now what?

And it's a bargain for 350 guineas. Emilio!

It must have burned up ten gallons to a mile.

Remember, thou art only a man.

Do you really mean no Englishman flew until three years ago?

The Bank estimates it will likely take four years to fully feed through to prices and the economy.

ILO has facilitated exchanges among various centres of excellence in the field of labour administration.

A common sense approach would suggest that the ones who started early and had most exposure to English, the English only students, would have the best results in English, and in mathematics and in educational achievement in general, and that the late exit students who started late with English medium education and consequently had least exposure to English, would do worst in English, etc.

By now, we have now crawled another four feet, and my mother finally says to me, I knew it, I knew it.

It had to drive some 20 kilometres south to obtain an official entry stamp.

This document was delivered to our delegates at five minutes' notice, in English only.

Now, how am I ever to learn truth if different English books state different things?

You made the decision when you did what you did with Ingrid.

They last for about five miles, in which case we put our foot back on the pedal.

Although in the present instance it would have preferred the inclusion of more background information, it could go along with the proposals just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of Malawi for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Slovak Republic for the statement he has just made.

And I walked 10 miles or so, all morning, to get there, to the medicine man.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the Prime Minister of Jamaica for the statement he has just made.

This will be done in partnership with Southern centres of excellence, universities and research centres.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of the Gambia for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of South Africa for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of Kenya for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of Nauru for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of Peru for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Lebanese Republic for the statement he has just made.

Is this difference in languages only between very, very distantly related languages, like English and Chinese?

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of Panama for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the President of the Republic of Paraguay for the statement he has just made.

The President On behalf of the General Assembly, I wish to thank the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq for the statement he has just made.