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"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

"Maria is achieving excellent grades in her math class this semester. "

"Do you need a gift for that special someone?"

"The student's performance on the test surpassed all expectations. "

"Airplanes did not always exist as a form of transportation."

"Everyone in the class needs to bring their textbook to the first lecture. "

"the result of a course of action;  the result of a mathematical operation"

"The perfect tense, used to describe actions completed before another time, is a useful grammatical tool. "

""She helped me with my homework, and I helped others with theirs." "

"My sister is always driving me crazy."

"The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain"

"He quickly found Ali his better in the ring."