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Looking towards the east, I saw a storm quickly approaching.

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Looking towards the east, I saw a storm quickly approaching.

• I saw a storm.
• Looking towards the east.
• A storm approaching.
• Looking saw approaching.

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To be successful, you must master the fundamental skills before learning more advanced ones.

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To be successful, you must master the fundamental skills before learning more advanced ones.

• You must master the skills.
• To be successful.
• Master learning advanced.
• Learning skills successful.

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My mellow and easygoing brother will go to the play if we can give him a ride.

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My mellow and easygoing brother will go to the play if we can give him a ride.

• My mellow and easygoing brother.
• We can give a ride.
• My brother will go.
• Ride we easygoing play.

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We based the ultimate decision regarding our vacation destination on where we could afford to go.

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We based the ultimate decision regarding our vacation destination on where we could afford to go.

• We based the ultimate
• Regarding our destination
• We based the decision
• Where we could afford.

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The large male elephant at the zoo had enormous white tusks.

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The large male elephant at the zoo had enormous white tusks.

• The elephant had tusks.
• Elephant at the zoo.
• Zoo had tusks.
• The zoo had elephant tusks.