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lu Shewas,liow c-ver, tire d afte r her
expedition.
2b Politicianshaw, to he fair, liedless this
vear.
3b ill'to ld me, whenhismlnpan)'was going
tohetaken0\'('1'bvamultinationalthat
h e wasdrinkingto'o mu ch.
4 a Je nny, toldthestory ofherhusband's
ucctdcnt.was angry with him.
(TheotherS('llferlC('S(Irecorrea.)
B 1 110\\'('\'('1", Idecidedtospendthedayillthe
mountainrefuge,
.2wofounddeer ne arthe topoftile
mount ain,thehighestin Cata lonia.
.'3O nhearingaboutthedeer.Fabiana
decide dthatshe would climbthe
mount ain.
4 H ig hillthe sky, aneaglesoa red
effortlessly,enjo)ingthesuns hi ne.
D 1 ;"lybirthday,whichhad begunwith
sunshine, endedwith rain.
.2Cleopatra, lleu rv's dog, or ratherbitch.
was anuisancethe wholedav.
3 Xorwayheinga bit cold in[ unuary.lve
decidedto go toMorocco.
-l M a rton, whowasfrightenedofspide rs,
heggedu s,clying,toturnback.
5 \ Vhat 'sh ap pen edto th e ear)'Olluse dto
drivewhen)'0 11 werein Californ ia?
Gll c nrv'sbrotherthedoctor wasunalih -to
accompanyus (,)huth isbrotherth e
g u itaris tdidcome.
i Howe ver, o ldas she is..sheh as enteredthe
IA.lIldOlIMara th on again.
S l l e toldme , and 1knowyou'renot goingto
liketh is (, )afterallthed rin ksvou\'P
bou gh thi m andallthec llergyyou'vep ut
int oyourattemptto sell him aJaguar, that
h e 'sboughta Fi at.
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A I I as kedh e r whattimeher mother expected
h e rhome.
2 Icouldn 'tpers uadehim totell mewh enhe
had sta rte dto indulgein th ishabit.
.3 I to ld he r , to Simplify matt er s,th atI was
thebo ss.
4 The re wasn o way we could han ' guessed
whowasgoingtobeattheparty.
B lh Shepromised.tokeeph e r motherhap py,
to leave theh allbeforemidnigh t.
2h If on lyyou'dto ldI lel e n, she wo uldn 't
havebeen shockedwhenshe saw it.
Sn Sheas ke d me , to cut a longstory short. to
m e n dhe r car.
4hIcallremember.whethe rvon call or not.
5 a Itwas shewhochose,whi~hwasunusual
forher.

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Au. whenhestartedto playpo lo ,Ka te
stopped lovin g him.
2 b Whe th e rornotyou'regoing.Icertatuly
am.
3a Wherethereusedto he a factory.now
the rewerefieldsofwild Bowers.
B 1 Wasn 'titChurchillwhosaidthat powe r
corrup tsa m iabsolutepowercorrup ts
absolutely?


2 Many o f th e studen tsand the ir frien dsand
su p p o rters wereshot at hy th e police, wh o
I:1te1'claimedthatthey wereo nlyobeying
orders.
:3 Myyoungestsister.whowasababyd u ring
th e timeJspe n t inthe' Houseofth e
HisingSun', was stron glyad vised not todo
wh atIh addone ,
4 A largenumberoffairly successfultrials
had alre ad ybeencompletedwith
laboratory anim alsbefore anychange in
th e behaviourofth eprofe ssor whowas
responsible forth e project was noted.
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Toavoidghi ngthe imp re ssio n,h al f wayt h rou g h
thesenten ce,tha t both th e cat andthe dog go in
th ebox.
A 1Australi anlimthallers can kickthehall or
th row it.
2 T h e b ur gla rsat eallomfood,and th ebabv
neverwoke lip. •
3 Shethought;"IissVerne r was going tohe
fur iou sandshewaite dall mo rn in gto be
summonedto th e 5thHoor,b u tth ecall
nevercame.
4 Shesquashedagrapefru itin Cagney's face
a nd walke dout ofh is li fe ,
RI Befo rehe took o ff,Lin d be rg made himsel f
so mesandwiches.
2 Muchas 1 ad mirehi s pain tin gs,Iwou ld n't
trusth imwithmydaughter s.
3 Iboughtth is bicycle soI cou ld goto the
beachovrymonung.
4 Footballcrs dreamo f scoringgoals,and
p h ilosop hy studen tsdrea moffind ing the
mcamngof life.
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C IJAHLESClIAHLES\vOHTlI,Who Diedof
OldA ge(Itthe Ageof."le vel!.
The ageingp roc e ss affe ct sus allat differe nt
rate s. SOIllCpeopl eof53.like th e esteemed
aut ho r, loo ka m e re3.5, wit hsp a rklingb rown
eyesand ahandsom e gait.Othe rs,like the
author'sli'iell{l C olin, looklike littlemiddle -
age d men at 21 (,) wi t hm iddl e -ag edoutl oo ks,
set ways andp lann ed fu tures.Inwom en the
fa nn e r couditlouiscommon,b u twomen
rarelysuffer fromthelatter,beingfire dwith
theinsatia b le drive of ambitionfo r eitheran
independentanddi stin gu i sh edca re e r in a still
m ale-dominat ed world. or a ho me a nd seven
childrenby th e timeth ey are30.
Xcsuch luck fo rCha rle sC h a rleswo rth,who
washorn 011 the 14 th ofMa rch18 29in
Staffor d. At t he age of f our(,)Charle s hada
bea rdandwasse xuallymature.
In th e final th re e yearso f his life{,)h is skin
wrinkled andh edevelopedvar icos evein s,
sh ort ne ssofb re ath ,greyhair , seniledement ia
and incontinen ce , So me t imeinhisseventh
ye a r(,) he fain tedan d ne ver re gaine d
cons cio us ne ss.
The co ronerret ur nedaverd ictofn atural
ca use sd ue to oldage.
(N. B. TheCO/lllllf/Sin b racketsare possiblebut
no! very useful.)

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CSemicolons
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1 ..,tournament:sixwomeninclu d iu g myself;
Pete r Bate saudJo h n \Vade; thetwins:and.of
course,theteamcaptainwithh ispartnN.
2 Whileworkingatth e hospita lshewas
overworked,exploiteda ndconstantly
cr tttcizedat t hesann-timeasheing
underpaid,undervaluedandtaken for
granted.
.3 ...activities:musicandsi nging;circusskills,
includingj u gg ling ; vegetar iancooking;mime
and acro b atics. improvisation. and,aboveall, a
warmgroupe xperience.

DColons
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I Ith inkMaryis in love: sheh nsu'tbitten
anybodytoday.
2 I' msureI'll pass my exams:r illgoingout
withtheexaminer.
3 Silviais in te re sted in animals: she has
lumdn-d s ofwildlifevideos.
4 T hedresswaselegant.sensualami
provocative:to nightshe wou ld heirresistible.
5 1l cwaxbitte nhva cobra:h ediedatonce.
f I hada ter riblchangovert hismorning:I
staved inbedtill midday,
i Su~kIeulyIrcmemberc;!mygrandmothe-r's
advice:nevertru st amanwhoseeyebrows
me et inthemiddle.
8 She thinksshe'samodel: shespendsall h e r
timedrcssmg upand posingin fronto fthe
mirro r.
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1 lt oscwallnolongerhadthestrengthand
enNgyofh is yout handso his game be ca me
mor eecono mical:nothingwaswasted.
2 The string qua rtetI p laywtthcomprisestwo
'violins.aviolaand acello,hiltmyjazzquartet
has ratheranunusuallim--np.double bass.
violin, piano an dtenorsaxophone.
3 Butnow,aftera hath, a cha ngeofclothesand
a drink,the tho ugh t returnedtome :how was
F oxtongoingto reactwhenhe' foun dth atI
h adescaped?
4 I've justdecidedtoemigrateto Canada:it
soundslike theperfectsolution.
5 T h er ear e fourthingswewouldnee d toknow
mor eaboutbeforewe cou ldofferyou a job:
we wouldneedtoquestionyoufurther about
youreducation ,YOllrfamilybackground.your
cxpcncncct .)andyourp lansfor the future.

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