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I have to say the building felt amazingly calm , the usual frantic energy of Getting It All Done before the end came just was n't there . And everyone seemed just a little ... nicer I think . The crowd was slow to get up to any kind of speed and even then it was a nice easy lope .
Answer the following question: Why would the narrator be disappointed with the crowd 's response ?
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The narrator felt there a tiredness in the crowd .
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Then we hooked up again at the beginning of this semester , and for reasons to be explained later , I started dating her ( as a rebound ... again , we 'll get to that later ) . Now we 're into the relationship for 6 and 1/2 months , and I really could care less if we ended or kept our relationship . Is that bad ?
Answer the following question: What is the reason this is called a rebound relationship ?
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It means that I am " using " this person to forget another .
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My answers were polite one or two syllable replies , hoping that he would get the hint . He did not . So he chatted on for about 5 mins before he finally caught on and the conversation died away . I reached Bukit Merah at 8 am so I had some choice of seating . The earlier birds had all occupied the back rows and the next available empty seat was about mid way of the auditorium .
Answer the following question: What can plausibly be the hint to which the author makes reference in the paragraph ?
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The author is alluding to the notion that they wanted to be left undisturbed by strangers while t travelling .