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 I'm learning Chinese, so I'm doing it with the help of Matrix, too.
 
-Each HTML file is freely portable among machines because all images and sounds are embedded. Take those files anywhere you like.
+Each HTML file is freely portable among machines because all images and sounds were embedded. Take these files anywhere you like.
 
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