answertherefore 1. I heard that some farmers hear voices, and I of course don't, so I was wondering if I was doing something wrong.
answerlike X 2. Why do I not think this is such a good thing?
answerlike X 3. He was supposed to be so graceful and agile! To actually see him play again! To let him play! To right an old wrong!
answertherefore 4. (His new spikes) hurt his feet, so about the sixth inning he took them off and played the rest of the game in just his socks.
answerlike X 5. So for the veteran southpaw, his summer of woes continues. That's four straight hits in the inning.
answertherefore 6. (beginning of conversation with wife, who has been working on the family financial records) So how bad is it?
answertherefore 7. Annie: ... We used up all our savings on that field, Ray.
Ray: So what are you saying? We can't keep the field?
answerlike X 8. Mark: You're going to lose your farm, pal!
Ray: Come on, it's so big. How can you lose something so big?
answertherefore 9. (beginning of conversation) So I thought you two were going to watch some game.
answertherefore 10. There's only eight of them, so they can't play a real game.
answertrue 11. Annie: Ease whose pain? Shoeless Joe's?
Ray: I don't think so.
answertherefore 12: By the early 70's, the guy decides people have become either too extremist or too apathetic to listen to him, so he stops writing books.
answertherefore 13. Ray: (history) The guy hasn't been to a live baseball game since 1958. So, in order to ease his pain, you're supposed to take him to a ballgame?
answertherefore 14. I just want to be left alone. So back off.

answertherefore 15. (struggle, Mann does not beat Ray with a crowbar) So what? Are you kidnapping me?
answertherefore 16. Ray: I was hoping I could just convince you to come with me.
Mann: So you are kidnapping me?
answerlike X 17. This whole thing is so weird! (Ray)
answertherefore 18. (beginning of conversation) So what do you do with yourself these days?
answertherefore 19. (Mann explains why he doesn't want to be involved any more)
Ray: So what do you want?
answertherefore 20. His baseball career never amounted to much, so he went back to school.
answertrue 21. Mann: You're a good writer.
Woman: So are you.
answerlike X 22. What makes this man so special we have to travel half way across the country to find him 16 years after he died?
answertherefore 23. I couldn't bear the thought of another year in the minors, so I decided to hang them up.
answertherefore 24. Thank you. So, what was that like?
answerlike X 25. What's so interesting about a half an inning that would make you come all the way from Iowa to talk to me about it 50 years after it happened?
answerlike X 26. That's what I wish for. A chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it.
answerlike X 27. Once a place touches you like this, the wind never blows so cold again.
answertherefore 28. And then I figured, maybe we're not supposed to take him with us. I don't know. So now I don't know why in the hell we were supposed to come here.
answerlike X 29. I'm fine. I'm just so glad it's you.
answertherefore 30. And they told me that they had just sold the note on the farm ... to Mark and his partners. Right. So they own the paper now, and...
answertherefore 31. I've got to take Mr. Mann back to Boston first, all right, so it's ....
answerpurpose 32. In some places they'll even find you a day job so you can play ball nights and weekends.
answerpurpose 33. It was funny, they way he described towns finding you a job so that you could play on their team.
answertherefore 34. He never made it as a ballplayer, so he tried to get his son to make it for him.
answertherefore 35. By the time I was 10, playing baseball got to be like eating vegetables or taking out the garbage, so when I was 14 I started to refuse.
answertherefore 36. Ray: I can't bring my father back....
Mann: .... so the least you can do is bring back his hero.
answertherefore/purpose 37. We got tired of just having practices, so we brought another team out with us so we could have some real games.
answertherefore 38. None of us could stand the son of a bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!
answertherefore 39. Joe: All right, those first two (pitches) were high and tight, so what do you think the next one's going to be?
answertherefore 40. Archie: Well, either low and away, or in my ear. He's not going to want to load the bases.
Joe: So look for low and away.
answertherefore 41. And they'll come to Iowa City and think it's really boring, so they'll drive up and want to pay us, like buying a ticket.
answertherefore 42. But the fact remains is that you don't have the money to bring the mortgage up to date, so you're still going to have to sell.
answerlike X 43. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
answerlike X 44. It's so beautiful here.

answertherefore1. I must have misunderstood Cletus. You see, he said he was hiring someone who'd never coached high school before, so I naturally assumed ...
answertherefore2. Your slate's clean here. We've got a job to do. So, come on coach, let me show you around
answerlike X3. I don't know why you're going on so about this kid being irreplaceable. It's my experience that nobody's irreplaceable.
answertherefore4. This town doesn't like change much, so we thought we'd get together here tonight and show you how we do things here
answertherefore5. I coached college ball for ten years, but it's been 12 years since I've blown this, so I'm going to be learning from you just like you learn from me
answertrue6. player: Sure, I'm just curious to know when we start.
Norman Dale: We start when I say so.
answerlike X7. Why so unfriendly, Miss Fleener?
answerlike X8. Well, first of all, I'd like to thank those of you who have made me feel so welcome here. Thank you.
answerlike X9. The boys and I are getting to know each other, to see who we are and what we can be. So far, I like what I 've seen.
answerlike X10. And if they lost, Daddy'd walk the floor until morning. I just could never figure out why it meant so much
answerlike X11. I'm so proud of you Coach. I am. Sectional champs!
answerlike X12. You know I didn't mean to ... I didn't make a lick of difference. You know that. You got yourself a shiftless, no-account drunk. Oh, God. I'm so sorry! Basketball means so much to me, Coach. I'm so proud of you. I'm so sorry I let you down! ... Nurse, I'm so thirsty. I'm so sorry, Coach!
answertherefore13. I'm sure going to the state finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there, huh? Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here
answerlike X14. I didn't know they grew them so small down on the farm
answerlike X15. In late spring those fields are so green it looks like Ireland -- how I always imagined Ireland would look
answerlike X16. I heard the game right there on that little Philco, and I heard old Ollie dribble on his foot and then make that charity shot and I started bawling and they brang the white coats in here and they put a jacket on me. I was feeling so good I didn't even mind.
answertherefore17. And kind of off the record, I think this is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to Indiana basketball, so we're all behind you. Good luck
answertherefore18. Most of them've never seen a building taller than two stories except in a photograph. So taking them to Indianapolis and playing in front of 15.000 people is kind of like you and me going to the moon. So what team we play is the least of my concerns.

1. Why are you so glum? Were you bothered by those waitresses?
2. I see you studying so hard, Tom. What do you think the problem is?
3. I hope the next student who comes along and is able to excel isn't made to feed so much an outcast
4. You want me to choose my words so carefully. Then you throw a word like "obsessive" at me.
5. The network anchormen are so powerful they comprise our last best hope.
6. Oh, I've known so many women like that. They don't like their looks, so they're angry
7. Or is it because their standards are so high?
8. I've been hired by your network for the Washington bureau, so I'll probably be seeing you at work.
9. Aaron and I go to Central America on Wednesday, so I am cramming.
10. This is so small a unit. That's a given. Still they manage to hold their ground.
11. Aaron should be hearing this, so I can have an extra witness.
12. Laugh, so they don't think I'm dying inside, but have so much style that I just said something funny.
13. I've never seen you dressed like this. You look so clean and pretty.
14. We're going to need an anchor since Rorich is on his boat, so we're going to do the whole report this afternoon from here
15. Can someone get a picture of an E2C Hawkeye so I can do it on the .. ?
16. He seems like a leader, very impressive, self control. That's what's so crazy.
17. Everybody on the floor, thank you so much!
18. .. never so proud of one of my decisions.
19. Good job .... you guys were so good!
20. God, it was so strange watching him. What's the next step, lip-synching?
21. Aaron: I figured out why it is I'm so hung up on getting a chance at weekend anchor. It's
22. I'd give anything if you were two people, so I could call up the one who's my friend and tell her about the one that I like so much.
23. Connecticut's clear on Sundays, so take that over to 15th, and then straight down Vermont
24. I'm so tired of being defensive about my closet!
25. I always had a problem with space, and it was getting so I couldn't find anything.
26. I am so exhausted. Punchy. Sick. Tired. I can't think, and I can't move.
27. This is very uncomfortable for me because we approach these things so differently.
28. Why is that so hard to understand?
29. I would just like you to give me a minute so I can catch up.
30. If all of that happened, how come you're so chipper?
31. I don't know. At some point it was so off-the-chart-bad it just got funny.
32. ... people turning on this fusillade of blow dryers on my head. All so I could read introductions to other people who were ...
33. I've never seen you like this with anybody, so don't get me wrong when I tell you that Tom, while being a very nice guy, is the Devil
34. I'm not some chore that you have to finish so you can stay on schedule.
35. You could make it less brutal by knocking a million or so off your salary. ... A bad joke, I'm sorry. Awful.
36. I hate this so much!
37. We care for each other too much to be dishonest, so let me tell you the simple truth. I'm leaving.
38. Aaron:That's a promotion!
Tom: I don't think so.
Aaron: Yes! That's where they sent Rorich, for God's sake, before they made him anchor!
39. These people. It's all so awful. It just hurts, physically, doesn't it?
40. You're just trying to say all great stuff, so I'll feel even worse that you're not around.
41. Jane: You won't be able to stay mad at me, right mad at me, right?
Aaron: I hope so.
42. We just need a minute more of your time, so he can shoot from behind you, toward me ...
43. It was so powerful seeing your reaction.
44. I leave for London right after that, so it'd be a very big deal if you'd stay.
45. Tom: Are you any closer to a decision?
Jane: I think so.
46. It's so good to see you. It's nice to see you.
47. He loves boating, so he's been getting me into water skiing.
48. his is the happiest day I've had in a long, long time. So, I thank you, and I forgive you.
49. Here I am, stopping to tell you this. OK? So would you please try and be a little bit more precise
50. Jane: Our profession is in danger.
(woman: So, where do you want to go and eat?)
51. We're all trying to act tougher than we are than we are. But we care. So, we're all secretly terrified by what's happening ...
52. They got these tons of protest mail. So they made me anchor.
Jane: So, great.
53. Did you go to college? ... So, you're not well-educated, you have almost no experience, ...
54. I agree with you. You're not qualified. So get qualified. You could insist on being better prepared ...
55. Go back to the sound bite in the alley. It starts, "So why were you in Angola?"
56. Singer: That's what I get paid to do.
Aaron: So, money ...
57. Aaron: Did you get a shot of the boots?
Jane: Yeah, of course.
Aaron: So then we can cut back to that at the end, right?
58. There's going to be a mob of me out here. So if you have anything to say, sir, why not say it now?
59. So they wouldn't renew my magazine subscription because of money.
60. ... I know I don't respect him. So what am I talking about? What am I saying to you?
61. So, how does it feel to be executive producer?
62. You know how you're always buying new things, and ... So I converted a bedroom.
63. Tom: We could go together.
Jane: So, you like me, huh?
64. It's just, you want to find a nice guy. So, anyway, it was that, you know, "give him a chance" thing.
65. I was lonely. So, we went to a movie, and when he brought me home, he asked if he could come in for one beer, and then he would go. So how do you say "no" to that? .. So first ... it was kind of like this wrestling match, which was ..
66. You know, you're sort of saying, "Trust me. I'm credible." So when you feel yourself just reading, stop! Start selling a little.
67. Jane: (The shirt) looks nice.
Aaron: So, help me pick a tie.
68. ... cost-efficient reporter. So I quit.
69. It must not be important. So why worry about it, right?
70. It'll be great, though. So what, did you get in last night?
71. So who's the guy?
72. I like him. So, doll, what about you lately?

1. which one it was. Linus: Oh, so you started all the motors and closed all the doors
2. a living thing. It has a heart. So when we crack it, we must not torment it. We must
3. You are exaggerating. Fair. So-so. Sloppy. Hm, superb! My dear baron, you have
4. are exaggerating. Fair. So- so. Sloppy. Hm, superb! My dear baron, you have not
5. Ah, you young people. You are so old-fashioned! Have you not heard? We are building
6. in soufflés, and liked me so much he decided to stay on for the fish! Servant
7. Number 4. Cook: Who said so? Servant: Chollie Knickerbocker. Don't you people
8. Taste it. David: What's so constructive about marrying Elizabeth Tyson? Linus
9. it? Linus: You make it sound so vulgar, David, as if the son of the hot dog dynasty
10. Me?! David: Well, what's so funny? Do you want to die an old maid? Linus
11. of use to the world. So a new industry moves into an undeveloped area
12. Planning on a summer wedding so we can get in on this year's sugar crop. David: Yeah
13. everything I feel. I've learned so many things, Father. Not just how to make
14. thy neighbor." Sabrina: Oh, so do I! Come on, David. David: David? Is his name
15. garage, please. David: I feel so stupid I could kill myself. Sabrina: You'll be all
16. Sabrina: Oh, Margaret! It's so good to be home! Margaret: Look at you! You're such
17. (Oh, I guess you wouldn't think so much of it after Paris.) Sabrina: I'll love it! David
18. right. And he's holding her so close I don't see how the poor girl can breathe! And
19. Oh, David! This is such fun. So much more fun than just watching from that tree
20. from that tree. David: I'm so glad you came back home, Sabrina. I'll never let you
21. his daughter! David: I have so much respect for his daughter I invited her to the
22. Linus: Yes, I do. But I'm not so sure you're going to like them, Father. I think you're
23. Just one of those things. So, shall I serve it up there, or will you come down
24. why not? You were in pain so I had them open up the plant. David: What a brother
25. Father and Mother? David: So what about them? Elisabeth will be so broken up
26. about them? Elisabeth will be so broken up she'll go out and buy three new hats
27. to set in, do we? So long, Elisabeth. So long, Scarface. Linus: Oh, good
28. in, do we? So long, Elisabeth. So long, Scarface. Linus: Oh, good afternoon, Father
29. That's all right. Sabrina: It's so strange to think of you being touched by a woman. I
30. Sabrina: Funny, I used to be so afraid of him. Fairchild: Aren't you hungry
31. you've driven Linus for so many years. What do you know about him? Fairchild
32. Thank you, sir. It's all so distressing. First Mr. David, now you. I wish
33. have stayed in Paris. Linus: So do I. Fairchild: May I ask, sir, what exactly are
34. as I can. Fairchild: I hope so, sir. She's just a displaced person, I'm afraid. She
35. the outset ... The chairman is so dizzy! Linus: Meeting adjourned. Have a frozen
36. money back. Oh, Linus, I'm so glad you're going. Or am I? Miss McCardle: It's 7
37. really nice? That's not so easy, Sabrina. Linus: How do you say in French
38. nonsense. Sabrina: I suppose so. Linus: Suppose you sing that song again, slowly
39. have a good time? Sabrina: So-so. David: Where'd you go? Linus: We saw "The
40. a good time? Sabrina: So- so. David: Where'd you go? Linus: We saw "The
41. dancer, isn't he? Sabrina: So-so. David; I bet he slept through half the show and
42 isn't he? Sabrina: So- so. David; I bet he slept through half the show and
43. up beautifully. Dr. Callaway's so proud of the job he wants to show it to his class at
44. Linus: You sure are! David: So if you two have any long-range plans ... Linus: Oh
45. Sabrina: Oh, I don't think so. Linus: Well then, we'll just have dinner in town and
46. us, are you? Because I'm not. So there'll be a big stink in the family. So who cares
47. be a big stink in the family. So who cares? Sabrina: David. I don't think I'm going
48. It's just good luck the kids are so fond of each other. Linus: I always make it a point
49. in hand? Linus: Oh I think so. It's resolving itself into a straight export deal
50. of all this? Sabrina: I suppose so. I'm a graduate cook, you know. I have a diploma
51. Sabrina: I wanted to be so sure I couldn't go out with you tonight. And here I
52. none of those. Sabrina: I'm so ashamed, Linus. Linus: Well, you have no reason to
53. a busy man having to waste so much time just to get me on a boat. Linus: I'm
54. David: What makes you so sure Sabrina still wants me. Linus: Of course she
55. Father. Fairchild: I'd feel so much better if only you'd be angry with me for
56. Margaret: Look at you! You're such a lady! You've come home such a beautiful lady
57. a lady! You've come home such a beautiful lady! Sabrina: Oh, and Charles
58. the belle of the ball ... and such poise! As if she belonged there. Fairchild: I don't
59. a lot. ... Oh, David! This is such fun. So much more fun than just watching from
60. him, but I haven't seen him in such a state since he was kicked in the head by a polo
61. And how inconvenient for you. Such a busy man having to waste so much time just to

Ann Salzmann
Intensive English Institute
University of Illinois