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Simple sentences
I'm at a loss for words.
You must make up for the loss.
Mary is at a loss about what to say to him.
She was at a loss what to do.
Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
Smith has spent years studying the effects of sleep and sleep loss on memory and learning.
If it were not for your advice, I would be at a loss.
On the one hand we suffered a heavy loss, but on the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.
I was at a loss for an answer.
We must make up for the loss.
When Mary was spoken to by a stranger, she was at a loss for words.
Ben was at a loss for what to say next.
I was at a loss for words.
I am at a loss for words.
The loss of money made it impossible for him to go abroad.
He was at a loss as to which faculty to choose.
Who will compensate for the loss?
The woman was at a loss whether to accept his proposal or not.
I will compensate you for your loss.
I must make up for the loss.
I worked hard to compensate for the loss.
I was quite at a loss for words.
Movie subtitles
Look here, Memory Loss!
I'm at a loss for words.
Severe concussion, blood loss.
Although with your mother and now your father, hat is a terrible loss.
I, I'm so sorry for your loss, Mr Goddens.
Mrs. Frizzle, I understand the death of your dog, must be a terrible loss.
I'm terribly sorry for your loss.
Seriously. well, her loss.
Fileas Fogg and Red Bison plot the loss of Farandola.
Sallust is saddened by the loss of his friend Glaucus, and seeks comfort in wine.
Life is but a long loss of those we love.
An unnatural loss of blood. which we've been powerless to check.
A baffling loss of blood that we've been unable to prevent.
Well, from what I hear of her, small loss to Egypt.
All we suffered in this exchange was the loss of one terminal.
A loss of three weeks pay.
To the office to report the loss.
And her tears? Her sobs? Her weight loss?
An unnatural loss of blood, which we've been powerless to check.
You're wasting your breath, and that's no great loss.
You don't know what it means to feel that sense of loss.
One less. no big loss.
For the loss of a right arm, 600 pieces of eight.
For the loss of a right leg, 500.
Oliver Clark. One share, plus 400 pieces of eight for the loss of his left leg.
Do I make a profit or loss?
There's a man who can take a loss with good grace.
Memory Loss!
Oh, buddy, I'm so sorry for your loss.
It's their loss.
As though her death were a personal loss.
But you're above pain and loss.
One person's gain is another person's loss.
And, frankly, we're expected to take a loss.
They accumulate millions by taking loss after loss.
The Jewish soldier suffered a loss of memory and remained in hospital for years, ignorant of the change in Tomainia.
Really, I'm completely at a loss to understand it.
Never at a loss for a comeback.
News and current affairs
The result is massive loss of habitat and destruction of species, yielding a tiny economic benefit at a huge social cost.
There are some who say that this would mean a loss of influence on the part of those countries which choose not to integrate more closely.
A quarter of the labor force and half of Spain's youth are unemployed, reflecting the country's loss of competitiveness in the wake of the real-estate bubble inflated by cheap euro credit in the pre-crisis period.
But, unfortunately, if this loss of trust persists, it could be costly for us all.
Regional VAT rates might be increased slightly if expenditure restraint is not sufficient to offset the loss of tariff revenues due to the customs union.
So the question arises: how are private bondholders to be convinced to get rid of their Greek bonds at a loss if there is a credible buyer of last resort?
Failure would mean succumbing to a mid-air stall, with tepid forward motion giving way to a sudden loss of altitude.
In all of these cases, regional stability of sorts emerged after an American military withdrawal, albeit at the cost of a significant loss of life.
The second application of Groucho's question was that citizens of most Communist countries soon learned that the loss of freedom that they suffered was not compensated by greater prosperity or a higher quality of life.
The problem is America's corrupted politics and loss of civic morality.
At that point, the sanctions coalition will most likely disintegrate amid a much broader loss of confidence in US leadership.
Because banks service their depositors on a first-come-first-served basis, those who wait risk being left empty-handed, because the bank may be forced to liquidate its long term-assets at a loss and run out of resources.
Many neuroscientists believe that the mental-health effects of TV viewing might run even deeper than addiction, consumerism, loss of social trust, and political propaganda.
The loss of political power in the regions (regional governors, for example, were evicted from the Duma's upper house) has incited serious discontent that is spilling over into the public sphere.
Loss of the ancient cedar, pine, fir, and oak forests on the slopes above is another matter.
This spring marked the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity - the ability of materials to carry electrical current with no loss.
Studies of happiness show that unemployment reduces happiness by as much as the loss of a family member.
Doctors rely on observation of memory loss and other thinking deficits (such as reasoning or language comprehension) - signs that plaques are already present in the brain.
Another post-election route to deficit reduction would be to lower marginal tax rates and balance that revenue loss with cuts in tax expenditures.
It was the huge loss of households' net worth that brought down the real economy (with an assist from the credit squeeze on smaller businesses).
They should be unified throughout the region. Regional VAT rates might be increased slightly if expenditure restraint is not sufficient to offset the loss of tariff revenues due to the customs union.
Indeed, a Bosnia-type scenario can no longer be excluded, while the prospect of the Syrian government's loss of control over its chemical weapons poses an immediate threat of military intervention by Turkey, Israel, or the US.