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Priscilla was nervous about the test but not the quiz because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: quiz was much easier.

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the doctor prescribed drugs for the Pericarditis infection Paul was suffering from that  but the 
Here's how I want to continue it: infection was too strong.

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Lindsey wanted to ask Sarah out on a date, but 
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Lindsey was too unpopular to make an approach toward them.