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• Ianua a serva aperitur, et hospes in atrium ducitur.: The door is opened by the female servant, and the guest is led into the atrium.
• Donum a vicina traditur, et ab uxore libenter accipitur.: The gift is handed over by the neighbor, and it is gladly received by the wife.
• Nocte eadem porta a militibus custoditur.: On that same night the gate is guarded by the soldiers.
• Haec verba a puero non intelleguntur, sed a puella intelleguntur.: These words are not understood by the boy, but they are understood by the girl.
• Poeta in theatro carmen breve cantans a turba libenter auditur.: A poet, singing a short poem in the theater, is gladly heard by the crowd.
• Avia in horto cantans a puella libenter auditur.: Grandmother, singing in the garden, is gladly heard by the girl.
• Discipula quaedam rogat cur haec lingua tam antiqua adhuc a multis legatur.: A certain female student asks why this language, though so ancient, is still read by many.
• Haec imago antiqua a multis pulcherrima appellatur, et forma coronae adhuc clara est.: This ancient image is called most beautiful by many, and the shape of the crown is still clear.
• Magistra in bibliotheca loquens a discipulis auditur.: The teacher, speaking in the library, is heard by the students.
• Orator in contione loquens a multis civibus auditur.: The orator, speaking in the assembly, is heard by many citizens.
• Puer, rogatus a matre, veritatem tandem dicit.: The boy, asked by his mother, finally tells the truth.
• Pater vult a philosopho Graeco audiri, itaque quaestionem clare proponit.: Father wants to be heard by the Greek philosopher, and so he puts forward his question clearly.
• Philosophus respondet se malle a Romanis quam a peregrinis de litteris interrogari.: The philosopher replies that he prefers to be questioned about literature by Romans rather than by foreigners.
• Multi iuvenes volunt a rhetore Romano laudari, si bene responderint.: Many young people want to be praised by the Roman rhetorician if they answer well.
• In foro puella non vult a turba premi, sed a matre duci.: In the forum the girl does not want to be pressed by the crowd, but to be led by her mother.
• Mater dicit se a bibliopola iterum vocari, quia ille aliud volumen Graecum monstrare velit.: Mother says that she is being called again by the bookseller, because he wants to show another Greek book.
• Magistra postea quaerit cur unus liber a bibliopola carius vendi videretur quam alter.: Afterward the teacher asks why one book seemed to be sold by the bookseller at a higher price than the other.
• Frater autem confitetur se a philosopho interrogari noluisse, quia parum Graece sciret.: Brother, however, admits that he did not want to be questioned by the philosopher, because he knew too little Greek.
• Praeco clara voce loquitur, ut a multis civibus audiri possit.: The herald speaks in a clear voice, so that he can be heard by many citizens.
• Lucia dicit se a magistra interrogari non timere.: Lucia says that she is not afraid to be questioned by the teacher.
• Discipula a magistra laudari vult, quia diligenter laborat.: The student wants to be praised by the teacher, because she works diligently.
• Epistulam a matre scriptam puella iterum legit.: The girl reads again the letter written by her mother.
• Peregrina a matre benigne accipitur et in atrium ducitur.: The foreign woman is kindly received by mother and led into the atrium.
• Discipula librum a magistro datum libenter legit.: The female student gladly reads the book given by the teacher.
• Magistra vult haec verba a Lucia clarius recitari, ut omnes intellegant quid in silva visum sit.: The teacher wants these words to be recited more clearly by Lucia, so that everyone may understand what was seen in the forest.

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