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ParaphraseIf the sounds continue, the menthey vanish from sight.Paraphrase : Obviously the soldiers are being bombarded. If the sound of planes does not stop, that is, if the planes do not leave, the men will be seen digging in until they disappear into the foxholes.I have a vague recollection of sitting with other students in a room.Paraphrase : I seem to remember that I sat with other students in a roomit was the course for upper division students known as the Colloquium.Paraphrase : it was the course for students at a more advanced level.I was reading furiously about everything.Paraphrase : I was reading hungrily about everything.they were spared a long engagement.Paraphrase : they were lucky that they did not have to fight a long war ( The Gulf War started in January 1991 and ended in February the same year ).The patient in this hospital saw very little of the doctors.Paraphrase : The patient in this hospital seldom saw the doctors. They did not get a chance to see the doctor very often.Once he waggled the stump under my face with a sly smile.Paraphrase : Once he waved what remained of his trigger finger under my nose with a smile that showed he was hiding something from other people.This, he gave me to understand,excused from military service.Paraphrase : He made me believe that this ( the cutting off of his trigger finger ) was the reason why he was able to escape being drafted into the army.I watched as the current passed through and the body convulsed.Paraphrase : I watched as the flow of electricity ran through the body and the body shook violently.Speaking only for myself, I thinkin which I had been walking.Paraphrase : As far as Im concerned, I think the shock treatment was effective and it helped me regain my senses and become normal. One of the symptoms of my illness“Praise God, they resist, they resist!”Paraphrase : One of the symptoms of my illness had been halliucination ( hearing or seeing things that were not there ). But one day-that was after I had recovered-I again seemed to hear a voice say “ Praise God, they resisit, they resist！”I was still dreaming of my comrades who were heroically resisting the enemy attack.I believe with Shakespeare that, and grow rich.Paraphrase : I agree with what Shakespeare says, i.e. there are more important things in heaven and in the world than the things that are missing in the philosophy of rich and powerful, things that these people have never dreamed of.For some years I was subjected to the sudden onsets I have mentionedParaphrase: For a number of years I often had the sudden fits or attacks I have mentionedI would keep an eye peeled for an enemy position.Paraphrase : I would be on the alert, watching carefully for an enemy position.I had to be cleared by their doctor.Paraphrase : I had to go through examinations by their doctor to prove that I was capable of resuming my studies at the universityYou arent going to be so taken up with your music, are you ?Paraphrase : You are not going to be so busy with your music, are you ?I didnt have the fascibation with gossip that a reporter needs to haveParaphrase : I didnt have any interest in gossip. Therefore the job of a reporter did not suit me. The author obviously did not have much respect for reporter, who, in his opinion, are only good at gossip about politicians scandals and nations quarrels.What have we to complain of who have only known “soldiers heart” ?Paraphrase : Compared with those who died or were seriously maimed in the war, we, who only suffered “soldiers heart” really have no right to complain.It was hell on earth, but the menconsoled themselves with a thought.Paraphrase : Although the situation was extremely unpleasant and hard to bear, the men who were suffering it tried to make themselves feel better with the thought.The men and women I worked with in universitiesand filled with words.Paraphrase : Compared with the people with whom I fought side by side during the war, the people I worked with in universities were pale and unreal. They talked a lot, but their words were empty and meaningless because they had not experienced real life.They were hollow and filled with words.Paraphrase : They were only capable of insincere and shallow talks.with no stop in any kind of truthParaphrase : without achieving any truth.It may help them to know how people than they have faced it.Paraphrase : It may be beneficial to us if we know how those people faced the war bravely though they were not stronger physically or mentally than the people nowadays. As if any life were common !Paraphrase : It is ridiculous to think that any life is common.And they werent stunning physical specimensfor miles at a good pace.Paraphrase : And they were not astonishingly strong or attractive either, although they could carry heavy things for miles at a pretty fast speed.Even at the university there waswho felt about things as I did.Paraphrase : One would expect professors and students in universities to share my feelings. But I find that there are few people even at universities who feel about things as I do.What if the only thing I could door met with indifference ?Paraphrase : What if people shou