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"text": "She told them to be quiet."
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{
"text": "You want me to do it, but I don't have to."
},
{
"text": "To finish quickly, we must work fast."
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{
"text": "To continue like this would be foolish."
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{
"text": "I don't know how to get there."
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{
"text": "He got the keys to open the door."
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{
"text": "It's too small to see."
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"text": "You are all to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do you understand?"
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"text": "They came to the conclusion that I'm better than nothing."
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"text": "He fell on the play, but quickly got to his feet."
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"text": "He was crushed to death underneath the truck."
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"text": "Methods have been used to overcome these problems to some degree."
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{
"text": "The class is from 1:35 to 3:25."
},
{
"text": "It's just another week to the end of classes."
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"text": "Right now it's ten minutes to four."
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"text": "They stood back to back to see who was taller."
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"text": "He attached the printer to the computer."
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{
"text": "She was married to a Canadian man."
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"text": "She was assistant to the general manager."
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"text": "We don't owe anything to anyone."
},
{
"text": "To whom does it belong?"
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{
"text": "It's a benefit to the whole school."
},
{
"text": "What's the answer to this problem?"
},
{
"text": "I can't remember the password to this account?"
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"text": "Girls outnumber boys two to one."
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{
"text": "Older cars get fewer kilometers to a liter of gasoline."
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{
"text": "Right now you can get one Canadian dollar to $1.05 US."
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"text": "It feels good to me."
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"text": "To their surprise, she got up and left."
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"text": "He likes to exercise to music."
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"text": "It's important for you to understand."
},
{
"text": "She told them to be quiet."
},
{
"text": "You want me to do it, but I don't have to."
},
{
"text": "To finish quickly, we must work fast."
},
{
"text": "To continue like this would be foolish."
},
{
"text": "I don't know how to get there."
},
{
"text": "He got the keys to open the door."
},
{
"text": "It's too small to see."
},
{
"text": "You are all to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do you understand?"
},
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"text": "He arrived only to find that everyone had gone home."
}
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"text": "The train returned to the station."
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"text": "They went to school together and played in the same soccer team."
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"text": "A squad car took him to hospital where he died."
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"text": "The goods were sold to customers at the downtown store."
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{
"text": "It switched from red to black."
},
{
"text": "They came to the conclusion that I'm better than nothing."
},
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"text": "He fell on the play, but quickly got to his feet."
},
{
"text": "He was crushed to death underneath the truck."
}
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"text": "Methods have been used to overcome these problems to some degree."
},
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"text": "The class is from 1:35 to 3:25."
},
{
"text": "It's just another week to the end of classes."
},
{
"text": "Right now it's ten minutes to four."
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"To shows the end or limit of something."
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"text": "They stood back to back to see who was taller."
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},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "He attached the printer to the computer."
},
{
"text": "She was married to a Canadian man."
},
{
"text": "She was assistant to the general manager."
}
],
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"To shows how two things are connected."
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "We don't owe anything to anyone."
},
{
"text": "To whom does it belong?"
},
{
"text": "It's a benefit to the whole school."
},
{
"text": "What's the answer to this problem?"
},
{
"text": "I can't remember the password to this account?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shows a belonging or relationship."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Girls outnumber boys two to one."
},
{
"text": "Older cars get fewer kilometers to a liter of gasoline."
},
{
"text": "Right now you can get one Canadian dollar to $1.05 US."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shows a comparison between two things."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "It feels good to me."
},
{
"text": "To their surprise, she got up and left."
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He likes to exercise to music."
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