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1. After French proficiency exam, I began to brush up on my English.
2. I came across as really confident in the situation but am actually quite upset.
3. Since the birth of my daughter, I never get around to exercising, even though I want to.
4. In some societies, people look down on certain jobs.
5. During the trip, I had to put up with my wife’s picky appetite.
6. Genes run in the family, and I take after my dad – we both are not very talkative.
7. I was not expecting myself to pass the exam, but it turned out to be a huge success.
8. Some countries are running out of natural resources.
9. My brother-in-law came up with a genius idea.
10. Even after failing twice, I carried on studying.

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1. Starting your answer

What comes to my mind is a time I travel to India
to give you some background, I was working for an IT company.
To give you some background , I had just finished university and started working for a big IT company.

The episode opens with the town of South Park in disarray /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/. The Marsh family is homeless /ˈhoʊmləs/. The White House is under siege /siːdʒ/ by a supernatural /ˌsuːpərˈnætʃərəl/ force. And our four familiar boys are caught in a wild web of politics, crypto hype /ˈkrɪptoʊ haɪp/, and ghost haunting /ɡoʊst ˈhɔːntɪŋ/. It’s one of the sharpest jabs the show’s done in years. [music] And it’s fully aware of itself. We pick up with the Marsh family after the shutdown /ˈʃʌtdaʊn/ of Ry’s job at the USGS.

The hermit [ˈhɜːrmɪt], a self-proclaimed loner [ˈloʊnər], lived unto [ˈʌntuː] himself in a cabin that felt like the tenth iteration [ˌɪtəˈreɪʃn] of isolation. His world was defined by its anonymity [ˌænəˈnɪməti], shielding him from what he considered the cesspool [ˈsespuːl] of modern society. He felt perpetually swamped [swɒmpt] by the dilemmas [dɪˈleməz] others embraced, having long since broke [broʊk] with the normal routine.

Emma lived in London. It was so expensive that by the end of each week, she was broke. She worked in a marketing company and was aiming for a promotion. She had an interview first thing Monday with the CMO to present her case. On Sunday evening, she worked into the night getting her presentation ready for the next day. She even touched base with her colleague, Angela, to make sure all the data she had was correct. Monday was going to be a busy day. Unfortunately she overslept, so she had to skip breakfast at home and was forced to grab a bite on her way to work. She had been swamped with work lately and to be honest, she was feeling a bit under under the weather.

The rapid advancement of technology in the digital age has brought humanity to a precipice [‘presɪpɪs]. We stand before a future full of endless possibilities, but one that is also fraught with profound ethical challenges. Progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been especially striking, like an ancient myth that has been revamped [riː’væmpt] and is unfolding before our eyes. Every iteration of AI models demonstrates exponential [ˌekspə’nenʃəl] growth. They can generate humanlike [‘hjuːmənˌlaɪk] text and images, which makes distinguishing between the authentic and the fabricated increasingly difficult. Unfortunately, this technology has also been used to peddled [‘pedəld] falsehoods [‘fɔːlshʊdz]. In certain nations or organizations, we see state-sponsored propaganda [ˌprɒpə’gændə] leveraging these tools to permeate public consciousness with stealth [stelθ].

Hello, my name is Matthew Reece.

And I feel ashamed about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

Finally!

An honest answer.

Oh God, that felt good.

I feel unburdened and light.

What if I told you that the thing that you’re desperately chasing—the perfect body, fame, success, more money—isn’t actually what you want? I have spent 30 years figuring this out, and I’m going to save you decades of time, frustration, and suffering in the next 10 minutes.

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This is The Writer’s Voice, new fiction from The New Yorker.
I’m Deborah Treisman, fiction editor at The New Yorker.
On this episode of The Writer’s Voice, we’ll hear Aishagul Savash read her story, Intimacy, from the October 20th, 2025 issue of the magazine.