the impact of learning a new language

Speed-Learning a New Language May Help Brain Grow        Learning a new language over a short period of time appears to make the brain grow, new research suggests.The new study included young recruits at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy who went from having no knowledge of a new language to speaking it fluently within 13 months. The recruits studied at a furious pace: from morning to evening, weekdays and weekends. 

It's nice and all, but...

It was nice and all, but it didn't quite live up to the hype.

A new restaurant opened recently in your city. It's gotten very positive reviews and you've heard several people talk about it. You went there this weekend and didn't like it as much as you expected. You're telling a friend what you think of the restaurant.

about myself

to be repeated rapidly

A Kentukian named Knott could not knit, so Knott invented a knitter called the Knott Knitter, but the Knott Knitter would not knit knots. One day while Knott was not knitting on the Knott Knitter, Knott invented an attachment for the Knott Knitter called the Knott Knitter Knotter. When Knott attached the Knott Knitter Knotter to the Knott Knitter, no man could knit knots like Knott knit on the Knott Knitter.
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Nickelback - Photograph

Look at this photograph 
Everytime I do it makes me laugh 
How did our eyes get so red 
And what the hell is on Joey's head

An English proverb

The devil finds work for idle hands -  if someone has nothing to do they'll soon do bad things