His eyes would light up and he'd smile that big smile when he heard me wrestle with something.

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" (I'd like coffee with milk.) To which he'd smile and reply in perfect English: "Would you prefer your milk cold, or steamed?

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If the company could go it alone down the road with an even faster network all its own blanketing the States, we imagine that'd put a smile on Steve's face.

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The Queens speller, who finished in the top-10 the past two years, churned through words like glassophagine and chalumeau with only a sly smile, indicating he'd studied them many times over.

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If you congratulated him, he'd say thanks, smile, shrug and ask about you instead.

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The Republican was an ex-Democrat and glibness on wheels, and his big smile looked as if he'd worked on it all summer.

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Outgoing with a wide smile and a Southern drawl, he'd drape his arm around a stranger and ask for their backstory.

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My husband met me at about 75 feet on the way up and I gave him a wink and a smile because I knew at that point that I'd done it.

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But even near the end, when she'd lost command of language, she'd mouth the words to "Dayenu" with a smile on her face.

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When I'd finally arrive at the square of the Louvre, the pickpockets would smile at me in greeting, while the flower seller pushed a nosegay of bruised violets or tiny pink roses into my hands.

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