—How was your recent visit to Qingdao?

—It was great. We visited some friends, and spent the ________ days at the seaside.

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Tony is going camping with ________ boys.

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—Is this raincoat yours?

—No, mine ________ there behind the door.

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I don't really work here; I ________ until the new secretary arrives.

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He ________ some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.

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John plays football ________, if not better than, David.

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John shut everybody out of the kitchen ________ he could prepare his grand surprise for the party.

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The men will have to wait all day ________ the doctor works faster.

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His mother had thought it would be good for his character to ________ from home and earn some money on his own.

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Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle.

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