Mara was feeling apprehensive about the camping trip. She had never slept in a tent before. What if there were bears or mountain lions?

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The con man bamboozled the customers by making false promises.

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Luis pondered the idea, remaining deep in thought for half a minute or so.

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Jaki is a wonderful piano player, but Emily is more VERSATILE; she sings, acts, paints and writes poetry, and also plays the piano.

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We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when Joe told her he dropped her vase; however, she took the news very calmly.

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Ms. Hallett did not have lunch or breakfast, so she was FAMISHED by dinnertime.

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I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

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Campbell finished her second piece of cake. She reached for another piece, but her mother stopped her. She said that Campbell had eaten sufficient pieces of cake for one day.

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The reporter insisted that the letter he used was authentic. He said that he had shown it to many experts before he used it in his story.

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We have rather lofty expectations for you, son. You will attend college. You will become rich and famous. You will be elected president of the United States before you turn forty.

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