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"The children climbed the tree and sat on its sturdy branches. "

"The old barn's roof was sagging, so the carpenter installed a pendent to help support the main rafter and prevent it from collapsing. "

"My daughter's success in school is anything I'm proud of. "

""Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and to plant virtue." — St. Catherine of Siena"

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

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

"Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work."

"My sometimes neighbor, a retired teacher, still visits the school occasionally. "

"The extreme of the workday was the three-hour meeting. "

""Long ago, kings could behead criminals as punishment." "

"a touching story"

"He spoke with a downward glance."