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1.The men in question - Harold Keene, Jim Peterson, and Gerald Greene - deserve awards.

2.Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France and Luxemburg.

3."Only one course was open to us surrender-said the ex-major-and we did."

4.Judge Carswell, later to be nominated for the Supreme Court, ad ruled against civil rights.

5.In last week´s New Yorker, one of my favourite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland´s article “How Not to Go Camping”.

6.Yes -Jim said- I´ll be home by ten.

7.There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.

8.Montaigne wrote the following: "A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself."

9.The following are the primary colours: red, blue, and yellow.

10.Arriving on the 8:10 plane were: Liz Brooks, my old roommate, her husband and Tim, their son.

11. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied: "All the members of my family are poor spellers. Why not me?"

12. He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said "No, I don´t know."

13.The automobile dealer handled three makes of cars: Volkswagens, Porches, and Mercedes Benz.

14.Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9:19 flight, he came instead on the 10:36 flight.

15. Whoever thought -said Helen - that Jack would be elected class president?

16.In baseball, a “show boat” is a man who shows off.

17.The minister quoted Isaiah 5:21 in last Sunday´s sermon.

18.There was a very interesting article entitled "The New Rage for Folk Singing” in last Sunday´s New York Times newspaper.

19."Whoever is elected secretary of the club (Ashley, Chandra or Aisha) must be prepared to do a great deal of work" - said Jumita, the previous secretary.

20.Darwin´s On the Origin of Species (1859) caused a great controversy when it appeared.

21.We had a great time in France; the kids really enjoyed it.

22.Some people work best in the mornings; others do better in the evenings.

23.What are you doing next weekend?

24.Mother had to go into hospital. She had heart problems.

25.Did you understand why I was upset?

26.It is a fine idea, let us hope that it is going to work.

27.We will be arriving on Monday morning. At least, I think so.

28.A textbook can be a wall between teacher and class.

29.The girls’ father sat in a corner.

30.In the words of Murphy´s Law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."