Preface
Introduction
Part 1. Read Between the Lins for Conversational Implicatures
1.A Laconic Answer
2.Weird Coincidence
3."Are You Enjoying the Film?"
4.What On Earth Was He Talking about?
5.The Cows Are Crying
6.The Sign of Welcome
7.Who Tops Them All?
8.PoliticiansLie
9.Mr.and Mrs.Pologize
10.Real Beers
11.The Fastest Train in the World
12.Why Are You Crying?
13.A Catholic Service
14.When Are You Going to Pay Your Money?
15.The Art Collector
16.Youve Just Thrown the Wrong Bitch out of the Window
17.Fish in a Barrel
18.Unexpected Situation
19.Please Dont Talk While Im Interrupting
20.What Was the Campaign Politicians Stance?
21.A "Dear John"Letter
22.Does the Early Bird Get the Worm?
23.Charles Makes a Complete Apology
24.Dr.Swift and the Boy
25.The Old Woman and the Physician

Part 2：Read Between the Lines for General Implications
1.An Unforgettable Evening
2.Is This How You Left It?
3.How about Two Dollars?
4.Beomg Brave at tje Supermarket
5.Classmates of Teacher and Student?
6.But Officer
7.A Useful Lesson
8.Hoya，Hoya！
9.Reasonable or Not?
10."Dear John"Lunch
11.The "Apple"Pin
12.Thanksgiving
13.Why did the Detective Arrest Him?
14.Two Businessmen
15.Who Knocked Down the Walls of Jerich?
16.Two Businessmen
17.Who Knocked Down the Walls of Jericho?
18.Irrefutable Evidence
19.He Loves Her Dearly
20.Do You Know My Work?
21.He Showed Us the Door
22.Collect Call from Las Vegas
Part 3.Read Between the Lines for WritersViews or Purposes
Part 4.Read Between the Lines for Understood Conclusions
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