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Re-word the line from the story:

Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.

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Miss beam was everything I had thought her to be — in the middle years of her life and authoritative.

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Chapter 5.1: A Different Kind of School - Working with Language [Page 63]

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Chapter 5.1 A Different Kind of School
Working with Language | Q 2.2 | Page 63

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