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Can I say,
(a) A group of mice stayed in a nest / a hole. The mice gathered for a meeting./They gathered in a hole. The mice thought many ways to escape from the cat.
(b) The mice thought about the ways to escape when the cat caught them. They thought for a long time. Suddenly, a mouse came up with a good idea.
(c)(i) They discussed (about) the ways to escape from the cat.
(ii) They discussed continuously for two hours.
(iii) They discussed and thought about the ways to escape from the cat.
(a) A group of mice stayed in a nest / a hole. The mice gathered for a meeting./They gathered in a hole. The mice thought many ways to escape from the cat.
(b) The mice thought about the ways to escape when the cat caught them. They thought for a long time. Suddenly, a mouse came up with a good idea.
(c)(i) They discussed (about) the ways to escape from the cat.
(ii) They discussed continuously for two hours.
(iii) They discussed and thought about the ways to escape from the cat.
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Can I say, (a) A group of mice stayed in a nest / a hole . /They gathered in a hole. The mice thought many ways to escape from the cat.
- Can I say, (a) A group of mice stayed in a nest / a hole .
- /They gathered in a hole.
- The mice thought many ways to escape from the cat.
- (b) The mice thought about the ways to escape when the cat caught them.
- They thought for a long time.
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Can I say,
(a) A group of mice stayed in a nest / a hole. The mice gathered for a meeting./They gathered in a hole. The mice thought many ways to escape from the cat.
(b) The mice thought about the ways to escape when the cat caught them. They thought for a long time. Suddenly, a mouse came up with a good idea.
(c)(i) They disc
(a) A group of mice stayed in a nest / a hole. The mice gathered for a meeting./They gathered in a hole. The mice thought many ways to escape from the cat.
(b) The mice thought about the ways to escape when the cat caught them. They thought for a long time. Suddenly, a mouse came up with a good idea.
(c)(i) They disc
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(a) A group of mice lived in a hole. The mice gathered for a meeting. The mice thought of many ways to escape from the cat.
(b) The mice thought about ways to escape when the cat tried to catch them. They thought for a long time. Suddenly, a mouse came up with a good idea.
(c)(i) They discussed the ways to escape from the cat.
(ii) Th
(b) The mice thought about ways to escape when the cat tried to catch them. They thought for a long time. Suddenly, a mouse came up with a good idea.
(c)(i) They discussed the ways to escape from the cat.
(ii) Th
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Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables.
The Harvard Classics. 1909-14.
Belling the Cat
LONG ago, the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat. Some said this, and some said that; but at last a young mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make, which he thought would meet the case. "You will all ag
The Harvard Classics. 1909-14.
Belling the Cat
LONG ago, the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat. Some said this, and some said that; but at last a young mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make, which he thought would meet the case. "You will all ag
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