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A sickle is a kind ______ knife
______ a short handle and a sharp, curved edge. |
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______ it, a man can cut a hectare
______ padi ______ five days. |
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To find the mean temperature ______
a place, the maximum and the minimum temperatures ______ each
day ______ the month are added ______ and divided _____ the
number _____ days ______ the month. |
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They suspected him ______ having
gone ______ the manager to report ______ them ______ coming late
to the office. |
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______ three-quarters ______ the
land ______ Rainbow Valley is covered ______ forests. |
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The question asks you to show the
differences ______ a spider and an insect. You must pass ______
your paper ______ an hour's time. |
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He was ______ his wits' end trying
to make a living ______ his wife and children. He also had to
pay the landlord three months' rent ______ the end ______ that
month, or he would have to shift ______. |
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She lives ______ her family ______
the other end of town. The bus passes ______ her house hourly. |
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You can't compare an engineer
______ a skilled workman. Both ______ them are trained ______
different kinds ______ jobs. |
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The prices ______ essential
foodstuffs have not gone ______ at all ______ recent years.
Instead, they have gone _____. |
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He listened ______ the radio ______
two hours before he switched it ______ and went ______ bed. |
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______ Arctic lands, travel is easy
______ sledge ______ winter and ______ small boat or canoe
______ summer. |
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He examined the pages _____ the
notebook and found that there were ink-marks ______ some ______
them. He held it ______ to the light to see the faint writing
more clearly. |
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The boy ran ______ the field when
he saw his mother getting ______ of the car. He waved ______
her, but she did not see him. |
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He dropped ______ to sleep while
traveling ______ a taxi ______ Newtown. |
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1. |
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A sickle is a kind
of knife
with a short handle and a
sharp, curved edge. |
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2. |
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With
it, a man can cut a hectare of
padi in five days. |
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3. |
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To find the mean temperature
of a place, the maximum and
the minimum temperatures of
each day in the month are
added up and divided
by the number
of days
in the month. |
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4. |
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They suspected him
of having gone
to the manager to report
about them
for coming late to the
office. |
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5. |
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About
three-quarters of the land
in Rainbow Valley is covered
with forests. |
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6. |
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The question asks you to show the
differences between a spider
and an insect. You must pass in
your paper in an hour's
time. |
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7. |
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He was at
his wits' end trying to make a living
for his wife and children. He also had to pay the
landlord three months' rent at
the end of that month, or he
would have to shift out. |
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8. |
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She lives
with her family at
the other end of town. The bus passes
by her house hourly. |
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You can't compare an engineer
with a skilled workman. Both
of them are trained
in different kinds
of jobs. |
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The prices
of essential foodstuffs have not gone
down at all
in recent years. Instead,
they have gone up. |
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He listened
to the radio for
two hours before he switched it off
and went to bed. |
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In
Arctic lands, travel is easy by
sledge in winter and
by small boat or canoe
in summer. |
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He examined the pages
of_____ the notebook and
found that there were ink-marks on
some of them. He held it
up to the light to see the
faint writing more clearly. |
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The boy ran
across the field when he saw his mother getting
out of the car. He waved
to her, but she did not see
him. |
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He dropped
off to sleep while
traveling in a taxi
to Newtown. |
