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"The thickness of the book made it difficult to carry. "

"My mother's instance that I finish my homework before dinner was quite strong. "

"He listened carefully to his mother's concerns, feeling sorrowful about her disappointment. "

"For lunch, I made sandwiches with ham and cheese. "

"This manuscript is the original."

"The teacher's lesson plan was together, covering all the key concepts logically. "

"a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns"

"The carpenter built a new wooden bookshelf for my bedroom. "

"The child's constant questioning was a perfect example of recursion; each answer only led to another, similar question. "

"We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter."

"In geometry class, we learned about several important theorems, such as the Pythagorean theorem, which helps us find the sides of right triangles. "

"He never expected to be discovered."