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"were" Practice Lesson
"were" Practice Dutch lesson
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A chirp was heard, and all the animals of the eggs came alive and stuck their heads out of the egg shells.
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All our efforts were in vain.
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All the windows were brightly lit, and it smelled wonderfully of goose roast; because it was New Years Eve.
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All those efforts came to nothing.
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and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement
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And so they were as good as home.
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and up there, there was no cold, nor hunger, nor fear, they would be with God
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Around the cornfields and the pastures were vast forests, and in the middle of the forests deep lakes.
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for they believed themselves to be half the world, and the better half too.
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Her little hands were almost completely frozen from cold.
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How did you know Tom and Mary were the ones who stole your saxophone?
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How were the drawers attached?
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I didn’t know that Tom and John were brothers?
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In August 2013, two associations were still in the running for the operation of the centre.
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Inside there was a terrible noise; because there were two families disputing each other’s possession of an eel head, and finally the cat still got it.
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It lay there for two whole days; then two wild geese or, rather said, gannets came to him; it was not that long ago that they hatched from the egg, and that is why they were so overconfident.
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It were very large slippers, which only her mother had worn so far, that’s how big they were.
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Lights were shining from every window, and there was a savoury smell of roast goose.
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My efforts were not in vain.
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So now the little girl was walking barefoot, her feet were now red and blue from the cold.
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