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Patricia had to deal with the unpleasantness of menstruation before Megan, because 
Here's how I want to continue it: Patricia was older.

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We didn't get much sleep not because of the alarm but because of the siren since the 
Here's how I want to continue it: alarm was quiet.

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It was easier for us to pick the apples than the oranges because the 
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apples were lower down in the trees.