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Lesson 20
The students have access to the library only in the afternoon.
Last year we had several floods, we had an excess of rain.
Long ago Eskimos learned how to adapt to the cold to live in the Arctic Region.
The club adopted a new set of rules concerning its membership.
His adverse criticism didn’t upset me, but encouraged me.
My parents are averse to our picnic plan; they don’t approve of it.
The government decisions whether to continue the project will affect the future of our national economy.
I have warned him to drive slowly several times, but it doesn’t have any effect at all.
The new secretary is sincere and quite without affectation.
His gentleness and kind ways increased his colleagues’ affection for him.
The preacher likes to make an allusion to Homer while preaching.
The white walls create the illusion that the room is very large.
My birthday party is the biggest annual event of my family.
The judge annulled the contract because one of the signers was too young.
The couple appraised the house carefully before offering to buy it.
The club members were immediately apprised of his change of plans.
We should try to settle the matter by argument, not by fighting.
The king augmented his pore by taking over rights that had belonged to the nobles.
The man assured himself that the bridge was safe before crossing it.
He insured his car against accident, theft, and fire.
Don’t forget to check your work to insure its accuracy.
The doctor tied up the patient’s broken ankle with a bandage.
They seem to love bondage more than liberty.
Pack the books in a small carton to carry it easily.
Political cartoons often represent the U.S. as a tall man with chin whiskers, called Uncle Sam.
The novel was banned by the censor as likely to stir up suspicion of the government among the readers.
Every dictator censors the newspapers in his country.
The principal of the school censured the students for their rude behavior.
Many people were killed in the collision between the bus and the car.
The leaders of the collusion against the government were caught and punished.
I have only one confidant to whom I can tell my secrets.
The doctor felt confident that his patient would recover from pneumonia.
I am Swedish.
Is there a Swedish consul in Omaha? The council of ministers advised the king to dismiss the general.
The young man refused to listen to the old man’s counsel.
The murder suspect refused to answer the questions on the advice of his counsel.
The Hopkinses run the biggest dairy farm in the state of Arizona.
It is very rewarding to keep a diary of daily happenings.
Upon his decease all his properties passed to his wife.
Measles and chicken pox are two diseases of childhood.
It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person.
The road makes a sharp descent just around the corner.
The three justices dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision.
Dissent among the senior members was the main cause of the disintegration of the club.