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"Boys ! Remember that
you are playing a game," the coach said. "Be sportsmanlike and
play fairly."
The coach reminded
the boys that they were playing a game and told them to be
sportsmanlike and to play fairly. |
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"Don't quarrel among yourselves,
children," the old man said. "Use your time in a more worthwhile
manner." |
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"I promised to reward you," he
said. "And I have kept my word." |
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"Won't you have another cup of tea
?" she asked me. "There's plenty of it left in the pot." |
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"Get out of my house !" he shouted
at the boy. "There is no place here for children like you !" |
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"Don't add water to acid," the
science master warned his pupils. "There might be an explosion." |
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"What did you say ?" the old man
asked, leaning forward. "I can't hear you at all," he added. |
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"Don't keep dinner for me tonight,"
she said. "I shall be eating at Race's house." |
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"All of you have disgraced the
regiment !" the Colonel shouted at his men. "Now you will have
to pay for it." |
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"Oh, dear ! what am I going to do
?" the girl wailed. "I have lost all my personal documents." |
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"No, no ! I won't obey you !" the
child cried. He shouted at his nurse, "I hate you 1 Go away and
leave me alone !" |
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"Look here, mister," the shopkeeper
said angrily, "either make your purchase now or walk out of my
shop." |
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"Stop beating that dog !" the lady
cried. "How can you be so cruel to a helpless animal ?" |
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He said, "Who are you to speak to
me like that ? Don't you know that I am your superior ?" |
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"Mother !" she called. "I am home.
Look what I have brought for you." |
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"Good afternoon. What can I do for
you ?" the clerk said. |
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"Oh, why can't all of you leave me
alone ?" she said. "Don't you understand that I want to make the
decision myself ?" |
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"Best of luck in your examination,
Lucy !" I said. "I'm sure that you're very well prepared for
it." |
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"I am planting a cherry tree," he
explained. He added, "But I can't hope to live to see it bearing
fruit." |
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"How far have you gone with your
work, David ?" the teacher asked. "You have to hand it in at the
end of this month." |
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"Thank you, Grandmother," Nelson
said. "I shall buy something useful with the money that you gave
me. Do you want me to buy anything for you ?" |
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Answers |
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The old man advised the children
not to quarrel among themselves and to use their time in a more
worthwhile manner. |
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He said that he had kept his word
to reward me. |
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She asked me whether I would like
another cup of tea since there was plenty of it left n the pot. |
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He ordered the boy to get out of
his house and said that there was no place there for children
like him. |
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The science master warned his
pupils not to add water to acid as here might be an explosion. |
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Leaning forward, the old man asked
me what I had said and added that he couldn't hear me at all. |
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She asked them not to keep dinner
for her that night as she would be eating at Grace's house. |
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The Colonel scolded his men for
having disgraced the regiment and said that they would then have
to pay for it. |
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The girl wondered aloud what she
was going to do as she had lost all her personal documents. |
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Refusing to obey his nurse, the
child told her that he hated her and ordered her to go away and
leave him alone. |
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Angrily the shopkeeper told the man
to either make his purchase then or walk out of his shop. |
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The lady ordered him to stop
beating the dog and asked him how he could be so cruel to a
helpless animal. |
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He asked me who I was to speak to
him like that, reminding me that he was my superior. |
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She called out to let her mother
know that she was home and asked her mother to see what she had
brought for her. |
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The clerk greeted me and asked what
he could do for me. |
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She asked them why they couldn't
leave her alone and added that she wanted to make the decision
herself. |
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I wished Lucy the best of luck in
her examination and added that I was sure that she was very well
prepared for it. |
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He explained that he was planting a
cherry tree but added that he couldn't hope to live to see it
bear fruit. |
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The teacher asked David how far he
had gone with his work and reminded him that he had to hand it
in at the end of the month. |
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Nelson thanked his grandmother and
said that he would buy something useful with the he money that
she had given him. He asked her if she wanted him to buy
anything for her. |
