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late medieval English furniture of simple construction.

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Many hold classes in their living rooms, asking students to help re-arrange and then later put back furniture.
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The carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day.
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They were carpenters making chairs, beds and other rudimentary pieces of furniture for the locals.
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The charisma and brand of the artist itself becomes a kind of furniture.
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Residents had placed makeshift roadblocks, including wooden beams and furniture, on roads leading to the protest.
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Then, with one accord, they all rose and began to steer their way around the furniture toward the hall, Goliath following.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
She opened the door of a square room with large roses on the white wall-paper, and fine old mahogany furniture.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The plain furniture was stiffly arranged, and there was no litter of clothing or small feminine belongings.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
"I'd have been in a pretty fix if he had finished my house, and I had tried to move my furniture into it," he muttered.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
It has been stated that many articles of furniture, &c., made by him are still in use.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell