Last summer the river ran dry.

There is a question mark over how disruptive that was, in the great scheme of things, but it was enough for the police to arrest and handcuff him, later to de-arrest him on the understanding that he would be questioned in the future.

In a non-rhotic accent, the word 'sort' can be pronounced like the word 'sought'.

Jiaozuo, for instance, brought forth the proposal to inaugurate and promote educational modernization across the board, and in the counties with which it is affiliated—such as Mengzhou and Qinyang, the Three New Classrooms—in micro-mechanics, electronic teaching and phonetics—are rapidly moving ahead, keeping abreast of the Three Old Classrooms of the library, the…