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We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!

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Entry #33376 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Voting points1st2nd3rd
377 x44 x21 x1
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sembilan nyawa karena selalu bisa selamat mendarat dengan cakarnya
Good term selection
A good wor​karound to​ deal with​ the 'up t​heir claws​' pseudo-i​diom. This​ expressio​n refers t​o the 'to ​have X up ​one's slee​ves' idiom​. Great!
Translexi
kecuali untuk menggarong ke dapur saat lapar, melintasi garis kendali.
Flows well
Translexi
masih bimbang sambil melihat perkembangan situasi
fird_77
Entry #33455 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Voting points1st2nd3rd
356 x45 x21 x1
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diam saja dan hanya menunggu perkembangan selanjutnya
Flows well
fird_77
Entry #32770 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Indonesia
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256 x401 x1
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Populasi kucing yang semakin meningkat dan tahan banting ini menyusahkan semua orang tapi menjadi hiburan lucu bagi banyak orang
Flows well
Nice.
fird_77
punya batasan ketatnya sendiri tentang wilayah
Flows well
fird_77
Entry #32641 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Indonesia
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4004 x1
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jenis suara
Good term selection
Nice word-​choice.
fird_77