decide -  - .
instead -  -  .
Spade -  - , , .
excellent -  - .
stage -  - .
scenery -  - .
marvellous -  - .
interval -  - .
refreshment-room -   - .
champagne -  - .

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 ONE OF MY EVENINGS
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Yesterday evening
  
   
I decided to go
   
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to the cinema,
  
     
but then a friend of mine
    
   (= ...to ...) 
came to see me
   
   
and brought me
  
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a ticket for the opera.
   
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So, I changed my mind
    
  
and went
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   . 
to the theater instead.
   
  
We saw
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The Queen of Spades
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and I enjoyed it
   
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very much.
 
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The singing was excellent,
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and the singer who sang
   
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the leading part
 
   
was a first-rate singer
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  ()   
and had a beautiful
  
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strong voice.
 
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The orchestra was conducted
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  (= ) 
by a very famous
  
  
conductor and
 
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the music was wonderful.
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Since we sat in a box
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  , 
not far from the stage,
   
()     
we could see everything
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very well and
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I found that
  
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the scenery was marvellous.
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During the interval
 
  
I met
 
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an old friend of mine
   
   
and we went
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to the refreshment-room
  
(t)  
to have
 
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a glass of champagne.
  
    (  ) 
There we had
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a very interesting talk
   
   
about opera and
  
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about current events.
  
  
After the theater
 
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we went for a walk.
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The weather was fine
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   . 
and it was very warm.
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I like
 
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this type of weather
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very much 
 
   
I came home
  
  
by midnight
 
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and happy.
 
