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  1.  [Some of the photographs] you took on vacation were very good.
  2. Oh, you're here? I didn't hear you  [come] in. How long have you been here?
  3. Mary suggested  [having] a snack. But I wasn't hungry because I  [had already eaten] .
  4. Don't eat if you're not hungry. There's no point  [eating] if you're not hungry.
  5. Let him  [do] what he wants. You can't make him  [do] what you want.
  6.  [As a result of] our department's very high performance, everybody will be offered a large bonus this year.
  7. Nobody could explain the  [disappearance] of the contract from the safe.
  8. The handle of the suitcase came off when I tried  [to lift] it.
  9. We're going to  [have] the apartment redecorated in the spring.
  10. The teacher is not very good at getting his ideas  [across to] the class, so they never learn anything.
  11. Last year we went to  [the] Philippines for our summer holiday. It was fantastic!
  12. I closed my eyes and imagined  [lying] on a deserted white sand beach. And I thought to myself, I wish I  [were] there.
  13. I can put  [up with] the rain, but I do not like the cold.
  14. The employee denied  [being paid] for the extra work last month.
  15.  [Despite] being ill, Ken still wanted to come to the party.
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The World’s Heaviest Living Woman

Donna Simpson, 42, from New Jersey, weighs more  [than] 42 stone and aims to reach 1,000 pounds, or 71st. The mother of two children,  [aged] 3 and 14, models on a website where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating greasy foods or walking to the car. She has appeared in television interviews and said she welcomes media coverage. A Guinness World Records spokesman said Miss Simpson has submitted a claim  [for] the title of world's heaviest woman to give birth, a claim that is  [being] reviewed.

Among the heaviest women ever recorded was one who reportedly weighed 128st and  [another]who reportedly weighed 85st at the time of their deaths.

Miss Simpson said she has received a book offer and wants her  [own] reality show, partly to give plus-size women more confidence. She wears size XXXXXL clothing,  [which] she buys mostly online, and calls herself  [a] member of the "fat acceptance community."

"The bigger your butt is, the bigger belly you have, the sexier you are," she said.

Miss Simpson has found a man who says he appreciates her size, and they plan to marry in Hawaii this year. Her fiancée, 49-year-old Philippe Gouamba and the father of her three-year-old daughter, said he not  [only] finds her attractive, but is also one of her biggest supporters in her quest to expand her girth. "You look at her curves and see her full belly and generous hips," Mr Gouamba said. "It's very sexy."

Miss Simpson said she gets emails from women who think they will never fall in love or have children because  [of] their weight. "I just say that's not true," Simpson said. "I would love to be a voice, so  [that] people can see a woman of size having a regular family."

Miss Simpson spends as much  [as] £516 a week on groceries, suffers  [from] Type 2 diabetes and struggles with basic tasks  [such] as cooking and taking a shower. But she dismisses critics who warn that her weight can lead  [to]heart problems, aggravate her diabetes and cause pressure on her joints.

"I'm very healthy. I go to the doctor every three months," she said.