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That is rather unexpected.
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Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.
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More people get into trouble for things they say rather than for what they do.
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I'd rather be a bird than a fish.
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You'd better stay at home rather than go out on such a day.
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I would rather you had a day off.
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The shoes you are wearing look rather expensive.
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I would rather die than live in dishonor.
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Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today.
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You should be friendly rather than stubborn.
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I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country.
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I would rather stay at home than go out.
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I'd rather stay home than go out.
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I would rather stay home than go out.
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I would rather go to the mountains than to the beach.
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We were all rather exhausted.
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I would rather sit reading in the library than go home.
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I would rather stay at home.
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I'd rather stay at home.
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I would rather go out than stay at home.
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I'd rather go by train. I have a license, but no real driving experience, so I'm not very sure of myself behind the wheel.
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Which would you rather do, go to the cinema or stay at home?
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I would rather stay at home than go to the movies.
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I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
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I would rather stay at home than go out in the rain.
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I'd rather stay home than go alone.
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The doctor thought the patient's pulse was rather rapid.
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Far be it from me to criticize, but your dress is rather loud.
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I'd rather go swimming.
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I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.
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I would rather let him have his own way.
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It seemed rather bad.
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I would rather go to the movie alone than have Bob come with me.
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I'm a vegetarian, so I'd rather not have meat, if that's okay.
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Our house is quite satisfactory except that it is rather a long way to the bus stop.
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I'd rather walk than wait for a bus.
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I'd rather walk than take a bus.
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Nancy is kind rather than gentle.
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I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.
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I would rather go out.
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I would rather not go.
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I'd rather live in a wooden house.
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He is rather optimistic.
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I would rather divorce him.
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I'd rather not take any medicine if I can avoid it.
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Rather than doing any good, the rain did a great deal of harm to the crop.
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I'd rather you didn't smoke so much.
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Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, sir, why don't you just give them up?
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I would rather walk than go by taxi.
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It is getting rather late. I think I must be going now.
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I'd rather stay here.
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It is a hall rather than a room.
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The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness.
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The color is purple rather than pink.
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And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
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The policeman was rather abrupt with me.
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That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.
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I'd rather go for a walk than see the movie.
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The two sisters are so much alike that we find it rather difficult to tell one from the other.
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I'd rather stay here than go there.
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Such things often happen by accident rather than by design.
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Late autumn in Scotland is rather cold.
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I'd rather you didn't, if you don't mind.
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I'd rather not.
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I'd rather stay home than go out in this weather.
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I would rather stay at home than go out on such a cold day.
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I would rather die than have such a terrible experience.
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I'd rather throw it away than give it to him.
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These items are rather hard to obtain.
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This story is rather monotonous.
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Our knowledge on the problem is rather limited.
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At the last office I went to I ran out of work after a couple of hours, which made the rest of the day rather boring.
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I would rather stay at home than go out in this hot weather.
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I'd rather die than yield to this sort of demand.
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Discipline is rather mild at this school.
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Rather than putting off this meeting, why don't we just call it off?
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This racket is rather too heavy for me.
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Such a lifestyle appears rather uninteresting to Americans.
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This milk tastes rather sour.
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I would rather throw the money away than give it to him.
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We had better go home rather than wait here.
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Between ourselves, I think he is rather stupid.
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Between ourselves, he is rather stupid.
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Between you and me, he is rather stupid.
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Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter.
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I've got some rather serious news.
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Which would you rather have, tea or coffee?
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He would sooner rather die than work for that man.
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I'm rather hesitant about asking him a favor.
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It will be rather difficult for him.
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It was rather easy for them.
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That woman is proud rather than vain.
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Your remarks were rather out of place.
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I'd rather you stayed at home.
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It's rather cold for April.
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I would rather work for any company than waste another year.
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Don't you think it's rather warm for December?
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"I'd rather get the sack than not join the labour union," said the disgruntled worker.
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The contract was rather loose.
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The result was rather disappointing.
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The current imbalance between supply and demand is considered to reflect structural changes on the demand side, rather than being a cyclical phenomenon.
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