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par in English:

1. by by


I came by car.
Jealousy in a relationship is often brought about by a lack of trust.
By the 1750s, all the tribes of the Great Plains had horses.
By 1897, thousands of people were out of work.
If you go by Shinkansen, you'll be there in no time.
Earlier, as I was walking down the sidewalk, a car drove by and splashed water on me. Look at this! My skirt and shoes are all muddy.
If by any chance he comes here, I'll let you know at once.
By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
Blind people read by touching, using a system of raised dots called Braille.
Are scientists close to cloning a human being? "Not by a long shot."
Someone told me that Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
By evening, a few clouds had formed.
His autobiography was released today and was sold out by noon.
These straw mats, called "tatami" in Japanese, are no longer made by hand.
Spacious apartments in Tokyo are hard to come by.

English word "par"(by) occurs in sets:

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2. through through


His application went through.
I will give you a call as soon as the decision comes through.
In swimming pools, water is continuously pumped through a filter.
After getting through customs, I was free to go wherever I wanted.
Through his own efforts and a bit of luck, he won first prize in the contest.
We've been through a rough patch, but I hope it will have made us stronger.
Please move out of the way so this lady can go through.
Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.
The project to build a new sports center has fallen through for lack of adequate funds.
This factory uses an integrated manufacturing system standardized from parts on through to finished products.
Whenever I needed money as a college student, my parents always came through.
It may seem like a lot of trouble to go through, but in the end, you'll be happy you did it.
Once we start reading a book, we should read it all the way through.
Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.
Gerhard Schroeder is the first German chancellor not to have lived through World War II.

English word "par"(through) occurs in sets:

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