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The foreign teacher spoke slowly in case we misunderstood him. 这位外籍教师说得很慢以免我们听不懂。 (HeIO
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(10)情态动词完成式暗示虚拟语气： *'ex>4^
I should have called to make an airline reservation, but I didn’t. <*74t%AJ%
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