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Please be patient!
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Some of the films I’ve seen recently <have been> <are> very violent.
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I have seen him go..
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Until the year 1800, loud speaker...
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But, Julia! To have the organist drink and drunk year after year.
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Going for someone (attack someone?)
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A young Belgian man recently died by suicide
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a phrase used to show
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For an eight consecutive month...
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It's been a really good holiday. / It was a really good holiday.
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Coffee Break
small, ragged boys
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Glorified ticket collectors
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I've <taught> <been teaching> English for 10 years. (Is the action finished in either of these?)
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There will never be a footballer/another footballer.....
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He studied painting from 1990.
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absent from work vs. absent from some meetings
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She does e-shopping/her shopping.
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"Hold a party" - Don't blame Americans for saying you're a hick
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Balling in town
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Does one need to remove their wisdom teeth before going to Antarctica?
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