As we passed people on the sidewalk whom I knew slightly, I thought about shouting "Yo!"
And as I push upon my kids the "excitement" of Hanukkah, I feel slightly disingenuous because I see a holiday that has been magnified in importance by American Jews trying to offer children an alternative to Christmas.
I've been out of the service for about a year now, and I am slightly concerned about this recall - not to say that I wouldn't go back in a second or anything like that.
Whilst I fully enjoyed my debut, I did feel slightly deranged as I hit the M40 southbound.
Ok, yes I'm slightly overweight, but I don't ever really care what I look like.
So I was slightly surprised to hear General Kellogg speak as if it had just started happening.
That theme, which I was slightly surprised (but delighted) to see coming through so strongly, was openness.
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And I have to say, for the record, I am slightly peeved to have lost out to Los Angeles.
But I waver slightly when it comes to applying that logic to 15-year-olds.
Also, I am slightly startled by the idea that personalised (if unsigned) cards might actually be cheaper than store-bought.
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This may be great news for advertisers, but I felt slightly duped.
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So I remain slightly sceptical that - even with the goodwill of the Treasury - a way will be found to remutualise the Rock.
The first few days of raw veggies, fruits, nuts were fine, it was when we hit The Master that I veered slightly off course.
We arrived at the right peak at five, two of us dragging ourselves pitifully, while Carlo was seized by a sinister hilarity that I found slightly irritating.
"I am slightly sceptical of the furore surrounding (malaria and) climate change in the sense that we have to bear in mind there are other factors that are moving much faster than climate change, " he said.
So when I recently went to buy my first copy of The Dandy in decades - research for a story on a new exhibition at the National Library of Scotland - I was slightly thrown by its look.
"I'm really happy to get the silver medal, but I'm feeling slightly bitter because I had pinpointed the final bend as a strategic point, " said Ponzi.
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As we approached each other, he veered away, and then so did I, just slightly, to reassure him, but I also sent a stealthy look his way.
I'm really pleased with the start my old boys Castleford have made, although I'm slightly concerned at whether it's coincidence that they're flying now I've left!
But I want to make a slightly bigger point if I might.
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After spending a few hours in the company of the delegates I am still slightly bemused.
Ever so slightly I pulled the nose up in a flare and rolled the jet right on the main wheels.
Actually, while I think monetary policy should be eased in some respects, I think that slightly higher interest rates would be desirable.
Perhaps I am exaggerating slightly, for the sake of making a point.
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"I loved doing the play and I did feel slightly out of my depth, " Smith told the BBC after collecting her award.
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Taken a wee bit off guard, I ask the slightly annoyed caller what company she is calling from and exactly how late we are.
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