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"Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect."

"A small group."

"After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt."

"Please direct your attention to the following words."

"They completed the first series perfectly."

"They regarded the new idea rather narrowly."

"The teacher showed us a colorful polyhedron with triangles and squares for faces. "

"The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people."

"The math problem required us to understand the dimensional relationships of the cube. "

"Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads."

"The children encircle their teacher at story time. "

"The complicated instructions on the new software difficult me from completing the project on time. "