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1
Try on this jacket; it seems to be your size.
1a
This gadget won’t work; therefore, you shouldn’t buy it.
1b
It was radical; it was daring, but mostly it was cheap.
2
A red light means stop; a green light, go.
3
Darwin states a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.
3a
Eva said nothing could stop her from attending college - she meant it.
4
The pitcher effectively threw his fastball, his slider, his curve ball.
4a
Despite his handicaps, I have never seen Frank angry or cross or depressed.
5
Eager yet fearful, confident but somewhat suspicious, Joe eyed the barber who would give him his first haircut.
6
Newspapers, novels, magazines – these
sources help time pass quickly for travelers.
7
The basic fencing moves – the advance, the retreat, the lunge - demand careful balance by both fencers.
7a
A sudden explosion – artillery fire – signaled the deadly assault.
8
Whether one needs fantasy or whether one needs realism, the theater can become a mirror of life.
9
He praises the beauty of his love, a love unfortunately hopeless because it is not mutual.
9a
Government is of the people, by the people, and for the people.
10
Airport thieves have a common target: unwary travelers.
10a
Adjusting to a new job requires one quality above all others – a sense of humor.
11
A small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, can make millions think.
11a
Juliet's famous question - "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" - is often misunderstood.
12
Laughing at his foolish behavior, she fell backwards in her chair.
13
To begin with, some ideas are just plain difficult.
14
During the long winter months, Tom toiled as a trapper.
15
His kind of sarcasm I do not like.
15a
Down the field and through the tacklers ran the trophy winner.
16
The more I saw of his work, the more I knew I didn't want to purchase any.
16a
Genius, not stupidity, has limits.
17
What a man cannot imagine cannot be created.
18
The French defeated, the Germans advanced on Paris.
19
I think not.
19a
Why not?
20
Fine.
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