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My brother Mark loves butter. He asked me to cut some
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bread and put on some butter. I told him he eats too
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much butter, but he said he just wanted one slice, and
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anyway he's started running in the park after class, so
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there's nothing to worry about.
aa, a or æ? (car, up or cat?)
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Last Saturday, Mark and Anne went to a café to have
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lunch. They sat at a table and waited, but no-one came
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to take their orders. Anne got hungry. Mark got angry.
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"That waiter's passed us three times and hasn't looked
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at us once!" After half an hour, they went back home.
aa or ᴈː? (car or bird?)
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I had to work hard on Thursday. The first part was OK,
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but then I put some dirty dishes in the dishwasher and
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turned it on and it didn't work. So we had to work
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fast to clean everything by hand. Then I hurt my arm
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and had to go home. I heard later that some customers
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got angry about the service, but there just weren't enough
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staff at the café.