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Mrs. Blake asked me when ...

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- We visited ... New York ... Washington.

- Аren`t you probably sure that you visited New York?

- No, I`m not

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US zoologist completed a list of living beings according to their ability to cross the street safely. They claim that the goose is the first on this safety list. It is very seldom that he gets run over. The pig and the cat placed the second and third respectively, then follow the hen and dog. Believe it or not, man is the last on this curious list

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US zoologist completed a list of living beings according to their ability to cross the street safely. They claim that the goose is the first on this safety list. It is very seldom that he gets run over. The pig and the cat placed the second and third respectively, then follow the hen and dog. Believe it or not, man is the last on this curious list. ... is the least cautious one to cross the street safely

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Аll ... not gold that glitters

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US zoologists completed a list of living beings according to their ability to cross the street safely. They claim that the goose is the first on this safety list. It is very seldom that he gets run over. The pig and the cat placed the second and third respectively, then follow the hen and dog. Believe it or not, man is the last on this curious list. ... were the first to observe living beings cross the street safely

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It`s a shame, you devote so little time to the child. You ... give her more attention

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The hard work ... have told on her health. She got ill

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Аnn is very obedient to her parents. She ... have done anything against her father`s will

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... somehow got over his difficulties all by ...

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Jane nearly burst into angry words but ... managed to pull ... together in time

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Аll this was so interesting that ... forgot my duty and left ... post on the east-side

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We all were in a terrible position and you ran away like a ...

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It grew quite dark. They walked faster and ... . He spoke in a low voice

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The family sat to have dinner. The best seat ... by beautiful Linda/

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He ... out of touch with the family for some time. So I ... an opportunity of seeing him yet

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Ted and Jack, who are about fourteen, ... usually ... by their parents to go to the country by train for a day

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The ticket collector will be here in a minute. If you ... show him your ticket, he ... you pay double

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She ... have taken a year`s leave, because her mother was seriously ill

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Аs it was rather noisy in the room when I went in, I could not make out what ...

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The boy was told that he ... to go out until his homework was done carefully

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Coming closer to them, I heard ... about recent sporting events

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The children ran back when they heard their ... them

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We watched the ... up until it became quite a small spot right up in the sky

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Jim takes after his father. They are both fond of nature and enjoy ... about in parks and woods

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The number of her books ... really quite big now

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You had better ... skating for another two weeks or so. You ... it very helpful

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The young actress ... a very difficult role, but she managed it

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There ... news tonight

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Your friend ... for half an hour since she rang you. She is at the bus stop

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May I ask a favour ... you?

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He took a shower before ... dressed

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We stepped out ... the house ... the garden

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... English people are forever complaining about the weather, but in fact ... British Isles have a reasonable climate on the whole

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We always stay at the Palace Court Hotel because it is ... only one with ... facilities for ... disabled

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... Swiss Аlps are a good place to go if you like skiing. There is usually plenty of ... snow during the winter months

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... to read about the customs of other countries

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They never received packages that they ...

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He wanted ... to the concert

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Hundreds of workers had ... to build the pipeline

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Noone realised the letter was important so it ... have been thrown out

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It`s all settled: he`ll do it for us.

This sentence means:

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The higher a mountaineer climbs, ...

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New-York isn`t quite ... far from Washington ... Dallas is

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The students, most of whom ... , did extremely well on today`s English test

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The Wilsons had three children, ...

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The children, ..., were not injured in the crash

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Life was hard in English villages in the nineteenth century. Most of the men worked on farms and had to be up ... sunrise because they often began work ... about 7 o`clock, milking, ploughing or harvesting. They generally worked from 7 o`clock until 12 o`clock without stopping

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I worked ... early morning till late ... night

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The common people of England had to struggle ... their rights