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 <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="244" height="246" id="1817" style="width: 108px; height: 102px;" alt="office team meeting bureau équipe réunion" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>As </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>we all have other work to do, let's stop now and carry on tomorrow.</span></strong></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'></span><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/35_02b2983305accbccc180d10e0b4814ba.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="333" height="251" id="35" style="width: 117px; height: 90px;" alt="London, Londres, traffic " src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/35_02b2983305accbccc180d10e0b4814ba.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>Since </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>I live in a city, I'm used to a lot of traffic and noise.</span></strong></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'></span><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/427_721fbd5328df09f3ae3c0f08b511870d.png" rel="image_show"><img width="134" height="177" id="427" style="width: 89px; height: 102px;" alt="man, knocking on door, flowers" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/427_721fbd5328df09f3ae3c0f08b511870d.png"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>He was nervous </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>yet</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'> excited.</span></strong></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1451_997fe1c27756e3023911eb56fbae4703.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="399" height="266" id="1451" style="width: 113px; height: 90px;" alt="eating out, restaurant, elegant, fancy, dining, eat diner" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1451_997fe1c27756e3023911eb56fbae4703.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I'm afraid there's no more pork. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Neither </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>do we have fish on the menu today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/718_047a66590dd17fd915154eedf2247ecc.png" rel="image_show"><img width="170" height="114" id="718" style="width: 115px; height: 86px;" alt="discours mariage speech wedding" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/718_047a66590dd17fd915154eedf2247ecc.png"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>Arnaud made a speech at the wedding and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>so </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>did his father.</span></strong></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><img width="244" height="246" id="1817" style="width: 108px; height: 102px;" alt="office team meeting bureau équipe réunion" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg">&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>The meeting went on for four hours, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>thanks to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>Julia and all her questions!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'> </span></strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><p><br></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/255_13b1faa16d7971689d5bfe4bdcb84303.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="325" height="212" id="255" style="width: 114px; height: 96px;" alt="city at night traffic lights sunset" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/255_13b1faa16d7971689d5bfe4bdcb84303.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Once </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>I'd found somewhere to live in the city, I was able to start looking for a job.</span></b></p><p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong> </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/394_fbf77ab960961e4b730696cb03838bd4.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="320" height="479" id="394" style="width: 112px; height: 143px;" alt="bored, woman, computer, laptop, alone" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/394_fbf77ab960961e4b730696cb03838bd4.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>My boss wants me to do all these routine tasks </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>when</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'> I could be doing something much more useful.</span></strong></font></p></span></span><p><br></p></span><p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><br></span></strong></p></html> <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="244" height="246" id="1817" style="width: 108px; height: 102px;" alt="office team meeting bureau équipe réunion" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>As </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>we all have other work to do, let's stop now and carry on tomorrow.</span></strong></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'></span><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/35_02b2983305accbccc180d10e0b4814ba.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="333" height="251" id="35" style="width: 117px; height: 90px;" alt="London, Londres, traffic " src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/35_02b2983305accbccc180d10e0b4814ba.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>Since </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>I live in a city, I'm used to a lot of traffic and noise.</span></strong></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'></span><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/427_721fbd5328df09f3ae3c0f08b511870d.png" rel="image_show"><img width="134" height="177" id="427" style="width: 89px; height: 102px;" alt="man, knocking on door, flowers" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/427_721fbd5328df09f3ae3c0f08b511870d.png"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>He was nervous </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>yet</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'> excited.</span></strong></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1451_997fe1c27756e3023911eb56fbae4703.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="399" height="266" id="1451" style="width: 113px; height: 90px;" alt="eating out, restaurant, elegant, fancy, dining, eat diner" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1451_997fe1c27756e3023911eb56fbae4703.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>I'm afraid there's no more pork. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Neither </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>do we have fish on the menu today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/718_047a66590dd17fd915154eedf2247ecc.png" rel="image_show"><img width="170" height="114" id="718" style="width: 115px; height: 86px;" alt="discours mariage speech wedding" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/718_047a66590dd17fd915154eedf2247ecc.png"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>Arnaud made a speech at the wedding and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>so </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>did his father.</span></strong></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><img width="244" height="246" id="1817" style="width: 108px; height: 102px;" alt="office team meeting bureau équipe réunion" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg">&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>The meeting went on for four hours, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>thanks to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>Julia and all her questions!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'> </span></strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><p><br></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/255_13b1faa16d7971689d5bfe4bdcb84303.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="325" height="212" id="255" style="width: 114px; height: 96px;" alt="city at night traffic lights sunset" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/255_13b1faa16d7971689d5bfe4bdcb84303.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>Once </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;'>I'd found somewhere to live in the city, I was able to start looking for a job.</span></b></p><p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong> </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/394_fbf77ab960961e4b730696cb03838bd4.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="320" height="479" id="394" style="width: 112px; height: 143px;" alt="bored, woman, computer, laptop, alone" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/394_fbf77ab960961e4b730696cb03838bd4.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>My boss wants me to do all these routine tasks </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'>when</span><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'> I could be doing something much more useful.</span></strong></font></p></span></span><p><br></p></span><p><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; ;'><br></span></strong></p></html>
-=====Thanks to, owing to, due to===== 
-<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Owing to </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">due to</span> are more formal and less conversational than 'because of'.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Thanks to </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is used to talk about the reason for a positive result:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I've learned a lot in this job, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">thanks to </span>my colleagues.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I'm better at speaking English now, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">thanks to</span> spending so much time in London.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is often used with 'it' + 'be':</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">thanks to </span>you and your support that I got this job. <span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Or in a sarcastic way to blame someone or something:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We missed the train <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">thanks to </span>your driving!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Thanks to </span>the weather, we had to postpone the barbecue again!</span></b></p> <p><br>&nbsp;</p></html> 
-====='Once' or 'when'?===== 
-<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Sometimes, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">once </span>is used in the same way as <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when</span>:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I'll help you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">once</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>I've finished.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Once</span>/<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when</span> the contract was signed, we had to employ three more specialists.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>But it is not interchangeable with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when</span> - we only use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">once </span>when there is a suggestion of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as soon as </span>or 'from a certain moment'.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I was happy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when</span> I was young. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;<img height="112" id="39" style="width: 23px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I was happy once I was young. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;<img height="149" id="40" style="width: 20px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><br></p></html> 
-=====When===== 
-<html><P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc">When </SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">has some other, more specific uses: <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></B></P> <P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: fuchsia">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <TABLE Table style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 168.45pt" vAlign=top width=225> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white">Use</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 293.65pt" vAlign=top width=392> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white">Examples</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 168.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=225> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">To mean 'just at that moment' - there is a suggestion of suddenness</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 293.65pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=392> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">I was just getting ready to leave the office <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">when</SPAN> the phone rang.</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 168.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=225> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">To mean 'considering that'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 293.65pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=392> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">There's no point writing a letter <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">when</SPAN> it's so much quicker to email.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; "> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 168.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=225> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">To mean 'whereas'</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 293.65pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=392> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">I've got to work late tonight to finish this <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">when</SPAN> I had plenty of time to do it last week.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">&nbsp;</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">&nbsp;</SPAN></P><BR></html> 
-=====Word order===== 
-<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The conjunctions <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">and</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">or</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because</span> and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">so </span>are usually placed in the middle of a sentence but can also be used to begin a sentence, especially in informal writing:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>It's very quiet in the office at the moment <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because</span> so many people are on holiday.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Because</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> so many people are on holiday, it's very quiet in the office at the moment.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">and</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">or </span>and<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> so</span>,<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span>there is a sense of a pause before emphasising something:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We need to find new premises. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">And</span> we need to employ two new managers!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It's a serious problem. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">But</span>, don't worry - I think I have a solution.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We could invite everyone to the meeting. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Or</span> maybe we should limit it to team leaders.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It's getting nearer to the deadline. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">So</span>, let's work hard to get it finished.</span></b></p> <p><br>&nbsp;</p></html> 
-=====Examples===== 
-<html><p><img height="151" id="1817" style="width: 116px; height: 95px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1817_b648d256bacfb805794cf370ca92b3f8.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>The meeting went on for four hours, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">thanks to </span>Julia and all her questions!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> </span></strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><img height="98" id="255" style="width: 112px; height: 87px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/255_13b1faa16d7971689d5bfe4bdcb84303.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Once </span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">I'd found somewhere to live in the city, I was able to start looking for a job.</font></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="224" id="394" style="width: 101px; height: 143px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/394_fbf77ab960961e4b730696cb03838bd4.jpg">&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font color="#000000">My boss wants me to do all these routine tasks </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when</span><font color="#000000"> I could be doing something much more useful.</font></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><br></p></html> 
-=====Connectors===== 
-<html><img height="91" id="349" style="width: 135px; height: 82px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/349_73c64d4e1e38c9ac259848c4fa20cadb.png">&nbsp;&nbsp; <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The situation is very serious. The client is putting us under pressure to finish sooner than agreed. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Furthermore</span>, the project is already over budget.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>These connectors form a link between ideas <u>in two sentences</u>:<u> <!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></u></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></u></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We did extremely well last year. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">However</span>, there is still a lot of work to be done. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'>They are different from conjunctions which link two parts of <u>one sentence</u>:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We did extremely well last year <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but </span>there's still a lot of work to be done. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They are usually placed at the beginning of a sentence followed by a comma but they can also go in the middle or at the end of the second sentence.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We did extremely well last year. There is, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">however</span>, still a lot of work to be done.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We did extremely well last year. There is still a lot of work to be done, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">however</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In t<span style="color: black;">his way, the connector is like a </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">non-defining relative clause </span>- if we remove it, the sentence still has a clear meaning. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For these reasons, the following structures are incorrect:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='background: yellow; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We did extremely well last year however there is still a lot of work to be done.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img height="150" id="40" style="width: 21px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We did extremely well last year, however there is still a lot of work to be done.&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><img height="150" id="40" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"></a></span></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br></p></html> 
-=====Uses===== 
-<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In conversation and written texts, they help us understand a sequence of ideas.<span style="color: fuchsia;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Here are some common examples. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the expressions which are grouped together are not all synonymous and interchangeable. For exact meanings of these and the following examples, refer to a good dictionary.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Connector</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use</span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Therefore</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'so' or 'for that reason'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Both companies are on holiday in August. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Therefore</span>, I suggest postponing the meeting until September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>However</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'but' or 'despite this'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We've lost two big clients recently. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">However</span>, I'm sure that we can replace them.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(255, 192, 0); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Nevertheless</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Nonetheless</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Even so </span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'despite something previously mentioned'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There have been some delays. We intend, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">nevertheless</span>, to meet the deadline.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I know it's difficult to find the right person for this job. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Even so</span>, I think we should keep trying.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Furthermore</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>What is more</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Moreover</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To add similar information, maybe something that is more important<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Our profits have increased by 15% this year. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Moreover</span>, our plans for expanding into Asia are going well.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Conversely</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>On the other hand</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In contrast</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To introduce an opposite idea<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Most Americans are uncomfortable with long periods of silence. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Conversely</span>, the Japanese like to think before replying.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Consequently </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'as a result'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is difficult for young people to get a mortgage nowadays. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Consequently</span>, they are living at home with their parents for longer.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td width="130" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 97.55pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Meanwhile</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To mean 'until a certain time' or 'while something else is happening'</span></b></p></td><td width="297" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 222.8pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We will have to wait for the results of the initial investigation. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Meanwhile</span>, we need to plan the next stage.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(255, 192, 0); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Charles is developing new contacts in Asia. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Meanwhile</span>, the rest of the team is focusing on Eastern Europe. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(255, 192, 0); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Here are some more examples:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="218" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 163.4pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Equally </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>For example </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>For instance </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>As a result </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Likewise<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>In the same way</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="199" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 149.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>Similarly</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If not</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If so</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Otherwise</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>That is (to say)</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Alternatively</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td><td width="199" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 149.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>In this case</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>In particular</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>In other words</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>In addition</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>As a result</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The word 'however' is also an adverb with a completely different meaning - 'by whatever means' or 'it doesn't matter to what degree'. <!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>this word doesn't use the same construction as the conjunction and so it can be found at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence without commas. For example:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>However you present your argument, I don't think they'll agree with you.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>I want to be the manager of this department however long it takes.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>He just can't play the piano however hard he tries.</span></b></p></span><p><br></p></html> 
-=====Formal and informal===== 
-<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Many of these words and expressions are used mostly in writing or in very formal speaking. There is usually an equivalent word or expression that can be used in conversation. For example:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Our sales figures have increased sharply in the Middle East. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">However</span>, we are failing to meet our targets in Europe. [formal]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We're doing really well in the Middle East at the moment <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">but</span> we're not meeting our targets in Europe. [conversational]</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b>&nbsp;</p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Formal</span></b></p></td><td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Conversational</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="308" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>therefore</span></b></p></td><td width="308" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>so</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="308" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>furthermore/moreover</span></b></p></td><td width="308" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>as well/also/too</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="308" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>conversely</span></b></p></td><td width="308" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>on the other hand</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 17pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td width="308" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>similarly</span></b></p></td><td width="308" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; height: 17pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>in the same way</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><br></html> 
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-<html><p><img height="110" id="520" style="width: 118px; height: 81px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/520_257173502f120c4fe9d3080c5bfb4f5a.png">&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Lille is a lovely city with plenty to do. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">What's more</span>, it's within easy reach of London by Eurostar. </strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span> <p><img height="122" id="2117" style="width: 117px; height: 97px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2117_e24395b7300e8ffdb174be120fe4fe58.jpg">&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>These beers are extremely pleasing to the palate. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">In other words</span>, they're delicious!</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span> <p><img height="112" id="1794" style="width: 127px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1794_579325aabbdd0b3e4e726c6bba291482.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>I love everything about my new office. The colour scheme, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">in particular</span>, is great.</strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span><img height="89" id="2408" style="width: 128px; height: 78px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2408_1a34cc9b6a1c466c58e0b4e7887f0953.jpg">&nbsp; <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are lots of things you can do to improve your English. Watching films, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for example</span>, is a good way of increasing your vocabulary.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p><p><img height="200" id="212" style="width: 96px; height: 102px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/212_93e92e446ddde57eddcb1afb1fbdfee8.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>I hope I'm better by Monday. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">If not</span>, I'll miss the presentation.</strong></span><br></p></html> 
  
  
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