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/ɑn/ /ɔn/There were several interesting posters on the wall.
He had a lot of blood on his arm.
The key is hanging on a hook in the hall.
Evelyn leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
What kind of paper was the letter typed on?
Can you see what's written on the blackboard?
Come on, put your socks on, you'll be late for school.
She had on a simple silk dress with a pattern of roses.
She was wearing a ring on the third finger of her left hand.
You look funny with glasses on.
I have to write a report on the Civil War for history class.
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Students should be offered accurate information on subjects like sex and contraception.
They talked on through the night.
Read on to find out the rest of the story.
I stayed on after everyone else had left.
He kept on saying "Where are the kids?" over and over again.
We can't go on putting more and more taxpayers' money into these programs without getting some results.
They walked on beside the river to a picnic spot they knew.
When I didn't know the answer, the teacher kindly moved on to the next student.
She's on antibiotics for a mild eye infection.
Some of the young people were obviously high on drugs.
The new rules will apply to all the members from now on.
From that moment on, I knew that I wanted to be a doctor.
The opera seemed to go on and on for hours.
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders
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