They waived all the examinations, but I didn't understand a word in class when I got there.

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"When the sentencing was read, I didn't understand what was happening and even now it seems impossible and still I don't understand why I was convicted, " he said in a prison interview through his lawyer the week after the sentencing.

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"If it's true, then I'm stupid because I didn't understand anything about this, " Mancini added later.

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If I didn't understand a technique or an ingredient, I would say to Greta 'What is that?

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It was a terrible move, I didn't understand what I was doing and I was dragged in to it.

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The masseuse then escorted me to the room and she said something in French, which I didn't understand, and then she said, "Voila".

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' I didn't understand at first, then he said 'Go, Go!'

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And you know, my parents would always say, no, you should be proud of who you are, and you know, I didn't understand that at that time.

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"I didn't understand for a long time that having something of quality takes getting in the right line, " says Jerry L. Coben, a Los Angeles attorney who collects works on paper.

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"I have been doing research since 1990, and I didn't understand what job seekers did on a day-to-day basis, " says Wanberg, a professor of human resources and industrial relations at the University of Minnesota.

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"I didn't understand the tradition, " he says.

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At the time, I didn't understand what made it so wonderful, but on reflection, the pizza had fresh mozzarella, the right amount of fresh and tangy red sauce and a crust that was the perfect balance of taste and texture.

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Specifically, he seemed like someone of another culture that I didn't know or understand.

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"I can say that about 60% of the birth parents that I spoke to didn't understand adoption, " said Luzinda.

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But I appreciated Fred's smart-alec humor and cynicism, but I didn't really quite understand at the very beginning the depth of commitment and principal that Fred Thompson, in fact, possesses, and that's what I really want to talk about here.

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The two 5-year-olds, I didn't think they would understand what that meant anyway.

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While my family and friends cared that I was unhappy, they didn't truly understand what was bothering me.

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Mr. SILKEN: You know, the one thing that I don't understand is why Rudy didn't campaign in Michigan, New Hampshire, Iowa unless he's going to be a spoiler just by trying to take Florida here.

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Part of me didn't want to watch the footage and I can certainly understand the feelings of some of the victims' families regarding the screening of it.

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"I think I understand myself a lot better, " he said, and he made it clear he didn't like everything he saw.

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