She laughed at my strange reaction, but I was serious.

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My Spanish then was not good enough to follow the reports but I realised it was serious.

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Not only was I considered to be not as serious about my job, but I was often (sometimes unintentionally) cut out of important conversations.

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That wasn't the protocol, but she called me because she knew that I was very serious about incidents of this type.

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Its 8% alcohol content may have been a bit too serious for me, but what I did love was being able to take home two of the new glasses.

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"When she left hospital, I asked the army if I could take her home to convalesce because her diabetes was so serious, but they said she had to go for winter training with the army team in northeastern China, " says Sun of her daughter.

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