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2. Sentence pair 2
a. “I am calling to report an error,” said Mr. Sneed. “Not a
error, but an error nevertheless. I ordered a
of pencils, but I counted them twice, and one is
missing. There are only 143 in the box.”
b. “I don’t know what that was that the dining hall served for
lunch,” said Steve, “but it was so I couldn’t eat it.”
Slang meaning:
Standard meaning 1:
Standard meaning 2:
3. Sentence pair 3
a. Kim’s parents were horrified by her tattoo, but Kim
thought it was .
b. At this time of year, days are warm but nights are .
Slang meaning:
Standard meaning:
4. Sentence pair 4
a. One of these days the campus police are going to
me for parking in the faculty lot.
b. On the piano a folder of sheet music lay next to a
of Mozart.
Slang meaning:
