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I recognised them from the boat.
I recognised them as company execs.
I recognised them as new arrivals by the look in their eyes.
Although I had never actually seen a tree of that kind before, I recognised them immediately.
But I recognised them instantly.
Each one had a hat on and a long black leather coat, and I recognised them immediately, this must be two people from the Gestapo," says Freddie Knoller.
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You catch someone's eye and maybe you ask yourself, "Do I know this person?" This is a recognition task – a facial recognition task to be precise – and the answer is either a simple "Yes, I recognise them", or a "No, I've not seen them before".
I still very occasionally get panic attacks (most recently height-related, on a ski lift) and though they are horrible, at least now I recognise them.
Admittedly, it is more of a struggle to name the man behind the sculptural low seats in zingy colours on which we station ourselves for tea (the late Pierre Paulin, Charlotte tells me later), but I recognise them, and – perhaps more importantly – I recognise them as being exemplary of good late-20th-century design.
A lot of my anger issues have subsided, and when I slip into old habits I recognise them straight away and stop myself from going too far down those old paths.
Do I recognise them, looking at the dash of hot oranges and reds in his most vibrant work, or the penumbral gloom, say, of Winter Evening, Primrose Hill Study of 1974-5 wits itshardsds of reds and greens and twin white street lamps staring back at you from the murk?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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