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I quarreled ______ her ______
a trivial matter. |
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I quarreled
with her over
a trivial matter. |
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I do not like to
intrude ______ your privacy. |
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You should rely ______
your hard work. |
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The child is afraid ______
the dark. |
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Augustus Caesar
reigned ______ 31 B.C. ______ 14 A.D. |
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He insisted ______
standing ______ the door. |
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She doesn't agree ______
us ______ that decision. Nevertheless she has agreed to carry ______
our instructions. |
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Learning is knowledge
acquired ______ study and is frequently contrasted ______
knowledge gained ______ experience. |
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He is a man endowed ______
a strong capacity ______ business affairs. |
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He impressed ______
them that hard work and perseverance are indispensable ______
success ______ life. |
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Ambition constitutes
the desire ______ power combined ______ the thirst ______ fame.
The desire for wealth is a further spur ______ ambition. |
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He is indebted ______
his friend, not ______ a sum ______ money, but ______ being
rescued ______ him ______ danger. |
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He was found guilty ______
murder and was subsequently sentenced ______ death. |
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The hippopotamus
subsists chiefly ______ aquatic plants but there are times when
it looks ______ food ______ the land. |
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______ the eleventh
hour, she retired ______ the competition, leaving the field open ______
her rivals. |
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I was obliged ______
the stranger ______ his kindness ______ helping me when I was ______
a bad situation. |
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The clerk thought ______
a way to make himself richer ______ 30,000 dollars. However, he
failed ______ his plan. |
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"Walk ______ this
corridor until you come ______ a room ______ a sign reading
'TESTING ROOM' ______ it," the clerk told me. |
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She was born ______
humble parents ______ a small village ______ the border. |
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They argued ______ a
trivial matter and are not ______ speaking terms ______ each
other now. |
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The natives paid no
heed ______ the advice ______ their old chief. Instead they
prepared ______ war ______ the invaders without taking ______
consideration their own lack ______ arms and ammunition. |
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I do not like to
intrude upon your privacy. |
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You should rely
on your hard work. |
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The child is afraid
of the dark. |
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Augustus Caesar
reigned from 31 B.C.
to 14 A.D. |
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He insisted
on standing
at/near/behind the door. |
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She doesn't agree
with us
on that decision.
Nevertheless she has agreed to carry
out our instructions. |
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Learning is knowledge
acquired through study and
is frequently contrasted with
knowledge gained from/through
experience. |
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He is a man endowed
with a strong capacity
for business affairs. |
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He impressed
upon them that hard work and
perseverance are indispensable to
success in life. |
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Ambition constitutes
the desire for power
combined with the thirst
for fame. The desire for
wealth is a further spur to
ambition. |
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He is indebted
to his friend, not
for a sum
of money, but
for being rescued
by him
from danger. |
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He was found guilty
of murder and was
subsequently sentenced to
death. |
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The hippopotamus
subsists chiefly on aquatic
plants but there are times when it looks
for food from
the land. |
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At the eleventh hour, she
retired from the
competition, leaving the field open to
her rivals. |
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I was obliged
to the stranger
for his kindness
in helping me when I was
in a bad situation. |
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The clerk thought
of a way to make himself
richer by 30,000 dollars.
However, he failed in his
plan. |
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"Walk
along this corridor until
you come to a room with a
sign reading 'TESTING ROOM' on
it," the clerk told me. |
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She was born
of humble parents
in a small village
on the border. |
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They argued
over a trivial matter and
are not on speaking terms
with each other now. |
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The natives paid no
heed to the advice
of their old chief. Instead
they prepared for war
on the invaders without
taking into consideration
their own lack of arms and
ammunition. |
