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get you do.,vn
get hold

get yotlr orvn

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back across get the i,,ieir

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get it striright get rid of

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get trrviry rvith murcler

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If yor"ire not carefui, yorire going to be disnussed. ..?i.ql.l]Lfl..'j ?.i1... Doesn t this gloomy r^,'inter rveather clepress )'ou? """""" You're going to grot' old otle elay' You callt ignore it """"" " \\riilie treatecl you really bac111.. ;1311' are yoli going to takereJqq,+e? """
These trains start ve ry slor'r'lv but tirey sootl accelerate

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7 1'hepipes irave Lrurst, \'-t'e rrrust tr:)'to f!ry] a plttrr-rl:e;' 8 Let'.s unde-rgi4nd4eb-s$e(. I clont u'ant to go ollt rvitlt yor'ti 9 philip is the teac[er's firr.ouriie. She lets hin dQ rvhate:ler-fl.-:gan-t! " lS i feel a.,t'ful. I can't seem to shake off this colrl'
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lVhen the Yisiiors from lapirn arrived, the colnpany girve them the
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4 i'm fed-up rvith this job' I feel conpletell'" " """ "" otT' 5 iuliet letter rvas unexpected. It arrived cornpletely out of the .-collar"lvorkers receir,'ed a rise, but the rvorkers 6 Tire
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lve decided to celebr;rte by going out a1rc1 painting the tonn Tbn1. cndt be tri-isted yet with too tluch respoilsibilitl" he's still . irr the face, but he stili rvorit listel' You can talk until yciu're Tliey fell deeper ancl deeper^ ir-rto

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t tiosh, it's irrcle<1ibl1'hot today. ...{ 2 I'm really terribly sorrlr ilborit clirrnaging your c;lr. ........... 3 I fbel thirt proof-of Smith'.s guilt has norv been establisl-red. 4 Wcl1, that's the last itenr ive had to discuss. 5 Why clidn t you phone rne at ail? 5 Itt a good p1an, I suppose. 7 You ma,v be the office nranager I 'llhe search has goue olr nor\r for three rlal's. ........... 9 Dorit \vorry about the missing trroltev. 10 Hrven't you heard about Gordon and Eileen then? ...........
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But that cioesnt give 1's11 the rigl-rt to speak to ne lilte that. Cirances arc it's just an aihlinistrati\re error.
Beyond a shaclon'of eior"rbt, in tny opinion. For all you knon', I might be deadl I thought it rvas common knorvledge.

rvith a cold drink. As far as it goes, lhirt is. So I think that covers everi'thing.

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Ancl hope appears to be facling, iin afraid. A11 t can sa)/ is that it certiriniy rvon't happcir again.

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1 I startecl this qroi,ect, and I intend to see ..il.lt1l.!!:?.v:.. . . The c16r-:ol is ver\t old. 2 If You trsk ne, this restaurant has seen . of him for a while. 3 We1l, so much ibr }ach. I thinh tve've se en . over this matier, do u'e? 4 I don't think u'e really see 5 Come on, laugh! Can't you see ,...................... 6 When Brenda told me I had been dismissecl, I sarv ............ . to lending you the tltoney trfter all. 7 I dor-r't thir-rk I ciilt sce . of each other latelli 8 N{;rrk anrl Ellen }rar.e been sccirtg g At last! I{ob has seelt ....................... and come round to my r,,.ay of thinking. 10 (lhostsl f)on't be silly! \bu'r'e seeing ..................'.'..
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You dicliit shorv much tact, dicl yotl?

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