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Peter cleaned the oven with vinegar instead of alcohol, but the 
Here's how I want to continue it: vinegar was too strong.

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I disliked the bread a lot more than the muffin, because the 
Here's how I want to continue it: bread was old and stale.

Problem: Continue the following story.

Mary thought the low pressure system would bring rain soon, so she told Christine not to water her plants. 
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Christine listened and the plants died from dehydration.