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"Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills."

"The bank offers lower interest rates to borrowers with good credit. "

"I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch."

"The tailor used special fabric clippers to cut the excess material. "

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

"The bank required a promissory note as proof of Sarah's commitment to repay the loan. "

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

"The store owner was a victim of extortion, forced to pay money to the gang to avoid damage to his shop. "

"We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off."

"The price of the new phone was exorbitant, far more than I could afford. "

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

"The desperate needed food and shelter. "