Immigrants To Home

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I don't drink coffee, and my roommate isn't either.
The flight was overbooked, I had to fly on another airline.
Many people use computers for email the internet and word processing.
Even my father works two jobs, he always has time to play soccer or baseball o weekend with his family.
I saw a bad accident and my sister too.
Oscar always pays his bills on time but his brother wasn't.
Because my mother is afraid of heights, I took her up to the observation deck at the top of the building.
Janey doesn't like to get up early and either Joe.
My mother and my father. They immigrated to this country 30years ago.
Even though Mayra is very intelligent, her parents want to put her in an advanced program at

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