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B2

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the rich, in bed, by car, the Alps, Lake Geneva, the 1990s.

CaseArticleExamples
adjective = group of peoplethethe rich, the elderly, the unemployed, the French
institutions used for their purposenonego to school, be in hospital (UK), go to church, go to prison, in bed
means of transport with bynoneby car, by train, on foot
mountain ranges, rivers, seas, oceansthethe Alps, the Thames, the Atlantic
single mountains, lakes, most countries and citiesnoneMount Everest, Lake Geneva, France, London
plural countries or «republics»thethe Netherlands, the USA, the UK, the Czech Republic
decades, centuriesthethe 1990s, the 19th century
musical instrumentstheplay the piano
sports, meals, daysnoneplay tennis, have breakfast, on Monday

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  1. Complete: ___ Seine flows through Paris.
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