I followed a narrow path that climbed slowly along the cliff past fruit trees and small vegetable gardens before reaching a gate whose sign said in Greek and English, "Please close the door because our animals go away".
"It's Thomas O'Brien!" There was excitement in my voice about the return call from Mr. O'Brien, the hot interior designer, but I added, "Once in a while could you please close the door?" Our communal office bathroom was adjacent to our main working space, our 276-square-foot living room.
Thus, knowing English is, in small part, a matter of being disposed to utter "Please close the door!" when one is cold as a result of a draught from an open door, and of being disposed (other things being equal) to utter "OK" and go shut a door in response to someone else's utterance of that formula.
He has scarcely opened the door to the cubicle when he hears the Chilean shout from inside: "Please close the door, it's chilly in here!" "Please close the door, it's chilly in here!" says Rodrigo, and his performance is a success.
The intervention messages detail something that the subject needs to correct, "the back door has been left open for 10 minutes please close the back door, or an action that they should carry out, "it is morning and it is recommended that you have breakfast".
On one building, a sign beside a cow skull reads, "Critters love books too — please close door when done!" Lee, originally from Connecticut, trained as a geologist.
But let's close this door".
Please close doors & windows if you're near pic @GlutenFreeMrsD pic.twitter.com/rATOBW65lB Lots of smoke drifting over London from fire at Battersea Arts centre.
"Please, don't close this email now," he wrote.
"Please don't close this school," she says.
Close this door behind you!!! Namaste!!!
