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"Oh !" she cried
in fright on seeing him. "Why did you suddenly appear like this
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fright when she saw him and asked him why he had suddenly
appeared like that. |
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"I am sorry," she said to me, "but
my brother won't be back until late tonight." |
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The guard reported, "I heard some
shots and ran out into the compound to investigate." |
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"When will he be back ?" Stella
said. "I have something important to tell him." |
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"Did you go to the circus that's
performing here ?" Jeffrey asked me. "It was a wonderful show." |
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"Good morning !" she said when she
saw me. "How are you today ? I heard you had been quite ill." |
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"Come here at once !" he ordered
the frightened boy. "If you don't, I shall give you a beating." |
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"Don't do too much heavy work now,"
the doctor advised Mrs Brown. "Get as much rest as possible." |
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"Please come," he said. "I want to
show you my new fish. My father bought it yesterday." |
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"Are you going out now ? If you
are, see that you are back by ten," my mother said to me. |
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"Yes, please do so," I answered
her. "I will wait here until you return." |
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"Where can I buy striped shirts
like these ?" he asked me. "They seem to be in fashion now." |
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"Don't be afraid," she told the
little boy. "The dog won't hurt you; it only wants to make
friends with you." |
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"Please shut the door properly as
you go out, John," she said. "It keeps on banging away." |
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"He is probably sleeping now," the
maid said. "Shall I ask his sister to come down ?" |
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"This material looks very
attractive. I wonder if I can make a long gown with it," she
said to herself. |
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Answers |
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She apologized and said that her
brother wouldn't be back until late that night. |
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The guard reported that he had
heard some shots and had run out into the compound to
investigate. |
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Stella inquired when he would be
back and said that she had something important to tell him. |
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Jeffrey asked me whether I had gone
to the circus that was performing there and added that it had
been a wonderful show. |
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She greeted me and asked after my
health, adding that she had heard that I had been quite ill. |
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He ordered the frightened boy to go
to him at once and added that if he didn't, he would give him a
beating. |
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The doctor advised Mrs Brown not to
do too much heavy work but to get as much rest as possible. |
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He invited me politely as he wanted
to show me his new fish which his father had bought the day
before. |
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My mother asked me whether I was
going out then and told me to be back by ten if I were. |
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I told her to go ahead and added
that I would wait there until she returned. |
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He enquired where he could buy
striped shirts like those and added that they seemed to be in
fashion then. |
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She told the little boy not to be
afraid and assured him that the dog wouldn't hurt him as it only
wanted to make friends with him. |
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She asked John to shut the door
properly on his way out as it kept banging away. |
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The maid said that he was probably
sleeping then and enquired whether she should call his sister to
come down. |
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She remarked that the material
looked very attractive and wondered if she could make a long
gown with it. |
