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He wanted to go
______ his father forbade him.
He wanted to go
but his father forbade him. |
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He was old
______ weak
______ there was no one to look after him. |
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My mother
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______ gave me a birthday present,
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______ some money
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______ I could buy myself a new dress. |
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His father beat him,
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______ cried
______ uttered a sound
______ he was used to frequent beatings. |
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______ we found that we might be
late, we took a taxi
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______ we might reach the cinema on time. |
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That old man had expected free
treatment
______ he was poor
______ , he was shocked when he was given a bill for thirty
dollars. He was
______ upset
______ he really cried. |
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You'd better work hard
______ you'll fail,
______ do not study
______ hard
______ your health suffers. You should work
______ play according to a planned routine. |
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Mona,
______
______
______ her sister, is in the choir, They can sing
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______ in English
______ French
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______ in Chinese
______ Japanese. |
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You can
______ ride the motorcycle
______ drive the car.
______ you'd better take the motorcycle
______ part of the road is blocked. |
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He wanted to do odd jobs
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______
______ he might save some money
______ no one was willing to employ him
______ they thought that he was dishonest. |
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______ you were too lazy to bring
your own umbrella, I have a mind to let you walk home in the
rain.
______, this time you may share my umbrella
______ don't let there be a next time. |
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______ the escaped convict
______ his accomplice darted into a house to escape the police,
the effort was wasted. The police
______ their dogs surrounded the house;
______ , the men refused to come out. |
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The boy scouts did odd jobs
______ they may raise funds for Charity Week. The public was
responsive
______ helped them a lot;
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______ the scouts raised a lot of money. |
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______ my cousin
______ his friend cannot come early
______ they are busy doing their work,
______ they promise to come as soon as they can. |
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Our feast included food an drinks.
There was a large quantity of each,
______ we managed to finish them. |
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The teacher had punished them
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______
______ they might learn to do their work properly.
______ , they still produced the same careless work. |
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The girls practised hard,
______ they did not win the match;
______ we cheered them
______ they showed a fine spirit of sportsmanship. |
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She did her work carelessly,
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______ she had to stay behind
______ rewrite it. |
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My mother
______ my father visited my uncle
______ aunt in Wanderland. My parents traveled by air
______ they wanted to arrive early
______ instead they were a few hours late. |
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The prefect told that boy
______ his rowdy friends to
______ follow the rules
______ be sent to detention class. |
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The girl is young
______ pretty
______ she is blind;
______ she earns her own living by weaving baskets
______ sewing dresses.
______ her baskets
______ her dresses are sold in the shops. |
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He was old
and weak yet
there was no one to look after him. |
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My mother
not only gave me a birthday present,
but also some money
so that I could buy myself a
new dress. |
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His father beat him,
but he
neither cried nor
uttered a sound as/for/because
he was used to frequent beatings. |
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Since/As/Because we found that we might be late, we
took a taxi so that we might
reach the cinema on time. |
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That old man had expected free
treatment as/since/because
he was poor and, he was
shocked when he was given a bill for thirty dollars. He was
so upset
that he really cried. |
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You'd better work hard
or else you'll fail,
but do not study
so hard
that your health suffers.
You should work and play
according to a planned routine. |
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Mona, as
well as her sister, is in the choir, They can sing
not only in English
and French
but also in Chinese
and Japanese. |
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You can
either ride the motorcycle
or drive the car. However
you'd better take the motorcycle
as/for/since part of the road is blocked. |
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He wanted to do odd jobs
in order that he might save
some money but no one was
willing to employ him because/as/for
they thought that he was dishonest. |
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Since/As/Because you were too lazy to bring your own
umbrella, I have a mind to let you walk home in the rain.
Nevertheless, this time you
may share my umbrella but
don't let there be a next time. |
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Although/Though the escaped convict
and his accomplice darted
into a house to escape the police, the effort was wasted. The
police and their dogs
surrounded the house; however,
the men refused to come out. |
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The boy scouts did odd jobs
that they may raise funds
for Charity Week. The public was responsive
and helped them a lot;
as a result the scouts
raised a lot of money. |
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Both
my cousin and his friend
cannot come early as/for/because
they are busy doing their work, but
they promise to come as soon as they can. |
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Our feast included food an drinks.
There was a large quantity of each,
nevertheless we managed to finish them. |
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15. |
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The teacher had punished them
in order that they might
learn to do their work properly.
However, they still produced the same careless work. |
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The girls practised hard,
yet they did not win the
match; nevertheless we
cheered them as/for/because
they showed a fine spirit of sportsmanship. |
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She did her work carelessly,
as a result she had to stay
behind and rewrite it. |
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My mother
and my father visited my uncle
and aunt in Wanderland. My parents traveled by air
as/for/because they wanted
to arrive early but instead
they were a few hours late. |
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The prefect told that boy
and his rowdy friends to
either follow the rules
or be sent to detention
class. |
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The girl is young
and pretty
but she is blind;
so she earns her own living
by weaving baskets and
sewing dresses. Both her
baskets and her dresses are
sold in the shops. |
