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I arrived at the
airport
______ you did.
I arrived at the
airport before you did. |
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He makes friends
______ he goes. |
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I will not give you permission
______ you do
______ I say. |
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______ the fact that he is lame, he
can run
______ fast
______ I can. |
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I am not sure
______ my friend lives
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______ she took me to her home last week. |
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She cannot play the piano
______ well
______ I can
______ she began her lessons earlier. |
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You have changed a lot
______ I last saw you; in fact, more
______ I thought a person could ever change |
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The men were treated
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______ they were criminals
______ they had not committed any crime. |
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______ they saw the bull charging
at them, they ran
______ fast
______ they could; they hardly knew
______ they were heading. |
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______ the fact that I could not
type
______ well
______ she could, I managed to finish my work sooner
______ she did. |
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______ you need my help with
mathematics, just let me know, I may be able to help
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______ I may not excel in it. |
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Larry ran
______ fast
______ his legs could carry him; his face looked
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______ he had seen a ghost. |
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______ the fact that he always
looked ______ he leapt, he got into trouble with his parents. |
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"Pass up your books ______ you go
home," the teacher said. "remember that I will not mark them
______ you have completed the exercises." |
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______ she is rich, she lives
frugally saving a few cents ______ she can. ______ ______ a
little child asks her for a sweet, she will refuse him. |
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She always does ______ she is told,
______ ______ she goes against her own principles. |
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______ that bully is near, no one
dares to speak ______ he does they can speak only ______ he has
had his say. |
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You must always strike ______ the
iron is hot; ______ you strike too early or too late it is
______ you have not done anything at all. |
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______ ______ she is poor, she
helps anyone ______ she can with the little she has. In this
respect, she is kinder and more generous ______ some rich men
claim themselves to be. |
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No one knew ______ it had come from
______ it had been with them for a long time. |
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______ I was reading, I suddenly
heard a sound ______ loud ______ thunder. The room swayed,
______ ______ shaken by a giant hand. ______ I could hold on to
something, I was flung across the room. ______ the impact was
great, I was not seriously hurt. |
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He makes friends
wherever he goes. |
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I will not give you permission
unless you do
as I say. |
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Despite the fact that he is lame, he
can run
as fast
as I can. |
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I am not sure
where my friend lives
even though she took me to her home last week. |
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She cannot play the piano
as well
as I can
though/although she began her lessons earlier. |
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You have changed a lot
since I last saw you; in fact, more
than I thought a person could ever change |
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The men were treated
as if/as though they were
criminals though/although they had not committed any crime. |
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When they saw the bull charging
at them, they ran as fast
as they could; they hardly knew
where they were heading. |
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Despite the fact that I could not
type
as well
as she could, I managed to finish my work sooner
than she did. |
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If you need my help with
mathematics, just let me know, I may be able to help
even though I may not excel in it. |
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Larry ran
as fast
as his legs could carry him;
his face looked as though/as if he had seen a ghost. |
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Despite
the fact that he always looked before
he leapt, he got into trouble with his parents. |
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"Pass up your books
before you go home," the
teacher said. "remember that I will not mark them
unless you have completed
the exercises." |
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Although/Though she is rich, she lives frugally
saving a few cents whenever
she can. Even if a little
child asks her for a sweet, she will refuse him. |
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She always does
as she is told,
even if she goes against her
own principles. |
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Whenever
that bully is near, no one dares to speak
unless he does they can speak only
after he has had his say. |
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You must always strike
while the iron is hot;
if you strike too early or
too late it is as if/as though
you have not done anything at all. |
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Even
though she is poor, she helps anyone
whenever she can with the
little she has. In this respect, she is kinder and more generous
than some rich men claim
themselves to be. |
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No one knew
where it had come from
though/although it had been with them for a long
time. |
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While
I was reading, I suddenly heard a sound
as loud as
thunder. The room swayed, as if/as
though shaken by a giant hand.
Before I could hold on to something, I was flung
across the room. Though/Although
the impact was great, I was not seriously hurt. |
