I dropped out of college after one term and went on traveling around the world instead.

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

The first postage stamp, issued on May 6th 1860 in England, is was the Penny Black, which featured a profile of Queen Victoria.

The first things a new international student must do include renting an apartment, registering for classes, and to get to know the city.

The public ceremonies of the Plains Indians are lesser elaborate than those of the Navajo in the Southwest

Do you think what people have smoked less and less?

She could not decide_______ to drive_______ to jump into water.

The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects appears in the mythologies of many cultures is a literacy device called anthropomorphism

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

I’m trying to save up for a trip to Canada, so I can’t afford buying much at the moment.

She'll only do the job_______ you pay her more.

He was so careless that he left the work half doing and went to the cinema.

The ancient Romans used vessels equipped with sails and banks of oars to transporting their armies.

Salt was once too scarce and precious that it was used as money .

The federal government recommends that all expectant women will not only refrain from smoking but also avoid places where other people smoke

Southern California, is known for its mild winters, has become the new home for many senior citizens escaping the hard Northern winters.

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed but not one has been as widely accepted as this one.

The waiter was not very nice, _____, the food was delicious.

The bite of the Black Widow spider can be very inflammatory to the affected nerves that hospitalization may be required 

Southern California, is known for its mild winters, has become the new home for many senior citizens escaping the hard Northern winters.