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Head down in the middle of her solid mahogany desk, eyelids blocking the mid-morning sun from the searing pain behind the bridge of her nose, the expanse of her office morphed into a loosely packed suburb of rich greens and blues. A month of late-night facts and figures melted into the insanity of random imagination. Her Starbucks dark-roast tasted like Kahlúa. The bottle of store-brand ibuprofen became a mailman in sexy shorts, delivering packages of happiness.
“We finally made it!” she bragged.
He wrapped strong hands around the back of her shoulders and her aching neck muscles, and firmly massaged. “Mmm,” she groaned, and stretched and relaxed her neck.
“I’ll pick up the kids and meet you at six?” he said.
She nodded, laid back on her mahogany deckchair, closed her eyes again, and sipped her Kahlúa. A long, deep sigh.
Then thunder boomed from the overcast sky.
“What the hell do I pay you for?!” The voice pierced through her brain.
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“Hey, you do the wine, you pay the time.” His voice remained as loud as before.
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“Right!” The thunder felt like it was getting closer. “Look, I don’t care what you do on your own time, just don’t let it affect your work performance.”
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“Half my staff is out with the flu,” she said. “And I don’t even know what we can trim to do it a month faster.”
“We aren’t trimming anything. You’ll just have to rearrange the schedule and work faster.” He turned to leave.
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Nausea tunneled through her torso.
When was the last time I had a personal life? She remembered the last boyfriend she had lost. He was nice. Not every man is a jackass.
That thought consumed her last bit of emotional energy.
Now on automatic, she walked through through the cubicle passageway toward the exit. Bart stood in an employee’s cube-office, and she took just enough time to shoot him a “Fuck you!” on her way past.
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제 이름은 Iona 입니다. 저는 29살 남자이고 Australia 출신이에요.
반갑습니다!
저는 Iona 라고 합니다.
요즘은 Exhibition Drill 에 푹 빠져 있고, 시간 날 때마다 Swedish 를 조금씩 공부하고 있어요.
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짧게 말하면,
저는 Australia 출신의 23살 Iona 입니다.
현재는 International Relations 를 공부 중이며 미래에는 Exhibition Drill 관련 일을 하고 싶어요.
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안녕하세요, Iona 입니다.
저는 Peak Crossing 에 살고 있고 곧 International Relations 전공으로 졸업을 앞두고
있어요.
여가 시간에는 Fishing 또는 The Vampire Diaries 보는 걸 즐깁니다.
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안녕 친구들!
저는 Iona (20살)이고 Australia에서 왔어요.
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좋아해요.
특히 Swedish 배우는 것에 흥미가 있어요.
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저는 Iona 이고 현재 Peak Crossing 에서 혼자 살고 있어요.
요즘 취미는 Cheerleading 하고 Record collecting
입니다.
언젠가 Australia 전체를 여행해 보는 것이 꿈이에요.
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안녕!
제 이름은 Iona 이고 나이는 49살입니다.
저는 International Relations 공부를 시작한 지 4년 되었어요.
이번 해에는 Exhibition Drill 를 더 깊게 배워보고 싶어요.
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Australia 에 사는 Iona 입니다.
저는 Peak Crossing에서 자랐고 지금도 그곳에 살고 있어요.
특히 주말에는 The Vampire Diaries 를 정주행하거나 Exhibition Drill 를 하며 시간을 보냅니다.
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저는 Iona 이고 35살이에요.
일하면서 틈틈이 Swedish 를 배우고 있어요.
언젠가 해외여행을 가서 직접 사용해 보는 것이 목표입니다.
취미는 Equestrianism 입니다.
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안녕! 제 이름은 Iona.
지금은 International Relations 를 공부 중이고 졸업 후에는 관련
직종에서 일하는 것이 목표예요.
쉬는 날에는 Woodworking, Home Movies 그리고 친구들과 The
Vampire Diaries 보는 걸 좋아해요.
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안녕하세요, Iona 입니다.
저는 Australia에서 태어났고 Peak Crossing에서 자라왔어요.
성격은 활발한 편이고 사람들과 이야기하는 걸 좋아합니다.
취미는 Exhibition Drill 와 Amateur astronomy 에요.
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저는 Iona.
현재 Peak Crossing 에서 가족과 함께 살고 있고, 2마리의 반려동물을 키우고
있어요.
주말에는 주로 The Vampire Diaries 보거나
Exhibition Drill 하면서 시간을 보내요.
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안녕하세요!
제 이름은 Iona 이고 나이는 30살 이에요.
저는 Peak Crossing 출신이고 지금은 International Relations 를 공부하고
있어요.
목표는 외국어인 Swedish 를 유창하게 말하는 것입니다.
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저는 Iona 이고 매일 Exhibition Drill 를 하면서 스트레스를 풀어요.
집은 Peak Crossing에 있는데, 이곳은 정말
조용하고 살기 좋아요.
기회가 된다면 다른 도시도 알아보고 싶어요.
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하이!
저는 Iona 입니다.
일을 하면서도 꾸준히 Sailing 를 배우고 있어요.
최근에는 The Vampire Diaries 에 빠져서 시간 가는
줄 모르겠어요.
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제 이름은 Iona (34살)입니다.
가족 구성원은 2명이고 모두 Exhibition Drill 을/를 좋아해요.
저도 여가 시간에는 독서나 Coin collecting 를 즐깁니다.
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저는 Iona 이고 현재 International Relations 관련 일을 하고 있어요.
지식 늘리는 걸 좋아해서 외국어 Swedish 도 배우고 있어요.
좋아하는 취미는 Coin collecting 와 The Vampire Diaries 입니다.
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안녕하세요, 저는 Iona 입니다.
새로운 사람들과 소통하고 여러 가지 취미를 공유하는 걸 좋아해요.
특히 Exhibition Drill 에 관한 이야기를 하면 시간 가는 줄
몰라요.
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저는 Iona 이고 Australia 의 작은 마을에서 자랐어요.
현재는 Peak Crossing 에 있지만 가끔 고향이 그리워요.
취미는 Nordic skating 입니다.
비아그라는 남성 건강을 위해 흔히 사용되는
약물입니다.
정확한 복용법과 효과는 의사와 상담 후 확인하세요.
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비아그라는 발기 부전 치료에 도움을
줄 수 있으며,
적절한 사용 시 안전하고 효과적입니다.
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많은 남성이 VGR를 통해 삶의 질을 개선하고 있습니다.
복용 전에는 안전 정보를 꼭 확인하세요.
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VGR는 일반적으로 성인 남성에게 사용되며,
심혈관 질환이 있는 경우 복용 전에 전문가 상담이 필요합니다.
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비아그라는 빠른 효과를 원할 때 주로 사용되며,
효과를 높이려면 지침에 따라 복용하는 것이 좋습니다.
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비아그라는 식사와 관계없이 복용 가능하지만,
고지방 음식과 함께 복용 시 효과가 감소할 수 있습니다.
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비아그라 복용 후 일부 남성은 가벼운 부작용을 경험할 수
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문제가 지속되면 즉시 의료진 상담을 권장합니다.
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비아그라는 정기적인 건강 관리와 병행하면 더욱 효과적입니다.
생활 습관 개선과 함께 사용하면 좋습니다.
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비아그라는 온라인에서도 안전하게 구매할 수 있으나,
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비아그라는 의사의 처방과 지침을 따라 복용해야 안전합니다.
임의 복용은 위험할 수 있으므로.
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VGR를 복용하면 성기능 개선뿐 아니라
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비아그라는 다양한 제형과 용량으로 제공되므로,
개인 상황에 맞게 적절한 용량 선택하는
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