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__________ in Rome than he was kidnapped.

Patrick was very late getting home last night, and unfortunately, the dog barking woke everyone up

After talking in Copenhagen yesterday, the secretary of state returning to Washington

Any group that conducting its meeting using parliamentary rules will encounter situations where prescribed procedures cannot be applied.

Approximately 80 percent of farm income In Utah are derived from livestock products.

If dinosaurs would have continued roaming the earth, man would have evolved quite differently.

When actively hunting, a dolphin sends out transmitting about five signals every second.

Many Civil War battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state .

Louis Braille designed a form of communication enabling people to convey and preserve their thoughts to incorporate a series of dots which were read by the finger tips.

Located in Canada, the Columbia Ice field covers area of 120 square miles and is 3,30 feet thick in some places.

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I am not so good at English, __________ I have to improve my skills every day

The world’s rain forests are being cut down at the rate on 3000 acres per hour.

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There has been a change to schedule and your flight now at............ 18.40.

There is a rumour that the army is about taking power, though this has been denied by government sources.

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Mark heard the news on the radio__________ he was driving home.

Some critics have called Theodore Dreiser’s book Sister Carrie a first modern novel because it broke so many traditions.

After working hard for so long, we decided to enjoy ourself to a nice long holiday

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One way of increasing your speed of comprehension is to learn all your vocabulary without the use of your own ______________.

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The flight had to be delayed__________ the bad weather.

Choose the best option to complete the sentences:  All she needed to _______ her happiness was a baby.

From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her writing career, publishing of her three most famous novels.