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In Britain, the most common leisure activities are home-based.

It’s not worth to spend money on things like cheap clothes.

Geography is a very interesting subject; _______ very few people study it thoroughly.

Because helicopters are capable of hovering in midair, they are particularly useful for rescue missions, military operates, and transportation

Some people waste food_______ others don't have enough.

She must retyping the report before she hands it in to the director of financing.

He has got several hundred bottles of wine which he keeps in the cellar below his house.

Sharks can detect minute electrical discharges coming from its preys.

The camp on the inhospitable, mosquito-infested banks of the River Sekonyer, was set up to track the primates and learn from their habitat, diet and behavior.

The refugees are very much upset because they have been deprived from their homeland and their families.

The team leader demanded from his team members a serious attitude towards work, good team spirit, and that they work hard.

I only noticed we were running lowly on petrol after we had passed the last filling station.

The Carbon atoms of the diamond are so strongly bonded that a diamond can only be scratched with other diamond.

All the staff in Tam’s film are expected to do some overtime, if the need rises.

He stole, not_______ he wanted the money, _______ because he liked stealing.

The machinery we sell is assembling in this country, but most of the parts come from abroad.

Internet is a very fast_______ convenient way for us to get information.

It was Vitus Bering, the Danish sea captain, who discovered Alaska on its voyage to Russia in 1741.

Viscosity is measurement describing the relative difficulty or easy with which liquids flow.

Rudolph Nureyev has become one of the greatest dance the ballet world has ever known .

No sooner had the secretary hang up than the phone rang again.