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1. — Where did you stay when you were in … USA? — At … Hilton.
2. — What … newspapers and … magazines do you prefer? — I read … lot of …
different newspapers and magazines, such as … Guardian, … Washington Post,
… Der Spiegel, … Pravda. — Can you speak … English and … German so well? —
Of course I can.
3. He isn’t … professional basketball player but he can play … basketball very
well.
4. On … deck … Aurora there were over five hundred passengers.
5. After … operation … her life was out of … danger.
6. After … her nervous breakdown she took … pleasure in … gardening that
brought her … calm and … serenity.
7. On … whole, … your son’s answer was quite satisfactory.
8. … Mandy wasin such … hurry thatshe forgot to put on … her coat and went
out.
9. In … twilight … castle stood out rather obscurely.
10. Fortunately, … teacher was in … good mood and didn’t tell anyone off.
11. On … one hand, you are right and I agree with you, but on … other hand,
I can’t just go and apologize to her for what I’ve done. I’m sorry.
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12. You are not going anywhere! It’s out of … question!
13. … moon in … sky was bright and … streets were moonlit.
14. I’ve got … hamster. … hamster is funny.
15. How much do … pears cost? — Five dollars … kilo.
16. Being tired I had … light supper and then had … early night.
17. She said in … loud voice “Shut up!”
18. … snake is … very venomous reptile.
19. Is it … girl that called you … names?
20. … last week Isaw … very interesting couple — … man and … woman. … man
was laughing hard, … woman was crying bitterly.
21. I met her at … supermarket by … chance.
22. … Drakes can afford to go on … holidays twice … year.
23. They fell in … love at … first sight.
24. We set out at … dawn and arrived at … destination only at … dusk.
25. In … solar system there are nine planets.
26. … my parents are … doctors, … your parents are … teachers. What’s … your
sister? — She is … student.
27. He studied really hard and as … result he entered … Moscow State
University without … difficulty.
28. To make … living you’ll have to toil from … morning till … night.
29. On … average … women work more than … men but earn much less.
30. After … dinner he decided to take … nap.
31. You’ve done it on … purpose! Now I know it for … sure.
32. After another failure he returned in … low spirits.
33. … boy, Jack by … name, rescued … kitten from two fierce bulldogsthat were
on … point of devouring it.
34. To be on … safe side, she took … umbrella.
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35. We could see nothing in … dark.
36. I prefer to travel by … train rather than by travel by … plane. It’s much
safer.
37. I took … my children to … zoo … other day.
38. Could you please give me … hand? I can’t do … this task on my own.
39. … lot of … species of … animals and … birds are in … danger of … extinction
nowadays.
40. He could stare at … this picture for … hours.
41. It’s … shame that you still don’t know when … your exams begin!
42. He knew that if he told her … truth she would break down, so he made up
… his mind to tell her … lie.
43. I asked … my neighbour to keep … eye on … my son while I’m at … work.
44. After … few mishaps in … her life she was at … loss and didn’t know what
to do and who to turn to for … help.
45. … students were made to read … Poe in … original.
46. I went to … library to take … book to read.
47. Do you know that … dolphins having … fins and … tail are not … fish?
48. When … police stopped … my friend he was driving at … speed of 60 miles … hour.
49. … my cousin has … music lessons once … week.
50. There was … book on … shelf. … book wasn’t interesting but … its cover
was colourful.