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We doubt the president's sincerity
What we doubt is the president's sincerity
One rarely finds someone with such integrity as Harod
Rarely does one find someone with such integrity as Harod
In_________ name was the account opened- yours or your wife's?
whose
Choose:
You can’t expect Dan to be friendly with us all the time at work. After all, he is our boss/ he has a joke with us sometimes
he is our boss
Естественно, ты сделаешь так, как считаешь нужным.
Naturally, you'll do what you think is best.
He should avoid antagonizing the press.
The thing...
The thing he should avoid is antagonizing the press
He little suspected what she was up to
Little did he suspect what she was up to
She arrived late, by_______ time the play had already started
which
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I don’t agree with you that Claire’s been manipulative. Besides, it's got nothing to do with you/ she’s acted perfectly honestly
she’s acted perfectly honestly
По-видимому, завтра будет очень жарко.
Apparently, it's going to be very hot tomorrow.
She used to work in Beirut
Beirut is where she used to work
Nobody has ever spoken to me like that!
Never before has anybody spoken to me like that
There are many valuable paintings in her collection, the most valuable of_____ is Picasso
which
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It’s a shame the company’s moving out of central London – I like the buzz of being in the city. Still, it means that commuting will be easier/lunch breaks won't be so much fun.
commuting will be easier
В конце концов, Британия — это остров
After all, Britain is an island.
We learned mainly about wars in our history lessons
What...
What we did in our history lessons was learn mainly about wars
She was rude and she was really unkind
Not only was she rude, but she was also really unkind
_______________to throw a party, I set about drawing up a guest list
Having decided
How did your match go?
___ we lost. 6-0 in fact
Predictably
Женщинам раньше запрещали становиться футболистками
Women used to be banned from becoming football players
The Georgians started the war.
It was the Georgians who started the war
As soon as one war ended they started another one
No sooner than one war ended then they started another one
The ideas _________ in this essay are not particularly original.
discussed
Will you be going to the concert?
_________the tickets cost 100 dollars, I don't think so
Given that
Би-би-си была завалена жалобами по поводу сексистских замечаний в интервью
The BBC was flooded with complaints about the sexist remarks in the interview.