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NO. 27 Similarly, the hieroglyphic writing of the Egyptians remained a mystery until ……….. ….when several key hieroglyphic phrases were decoded using the Greek inscriptions. I think the hieroglyphic writing had not been decoded until the key hieroglyphic phrases were decoded. NO. 34. I think the sentence can be paraphrased to “many are uninhabitable due to there small size ……” so that due to or because of can replace with by virtue of. NO.48. I am not sure too. Anyway, I copy some of these phrases from my dictionary. At any rate: 1. used to say that a particular fact is true in spite of what has happened in the past or what may happen in the future; 2. used to show that you are more accurate about sth That you have said; 3. used to show that what you have said is not as important as what you are going to say. Regardless: adv. paying not attention, even if the situation is bad or there are difficulties; Fortunately: adv. By good luck. |