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The mouse sat quietly in the corner.

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She was as quiet as a mouse.

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His room was a mess.

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His room was a pigsty.

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I am extremely bored.

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I’m dying of boredom.

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We saw the clowns at the circus.

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Living with my brothers and sisters is like living in the middle of a circus.

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The sun was shining all day.

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That day, the sun smiled upon us.

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