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Front Bus Opposite Stop Post Office Library Directly

Idx 1196
Keyword front
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The bus stop is outside the post office, in front of the library.
Correct Sentence The bus stop is outside the post office, opposite the library.
Cloze Error Sentence The bus stop is outside the post office, [[in front of]] the library.
Cloze Sentence The bus stop is outside the post office, [[opposite]] the library.
Cloze Answer opposite
Choices opposite | in front of
Explanation

in front of = in a position directly before: 'There was a bus in front of the car and a truck behind it.' 'All I could see was the enormous hat of the woman sitting in front of me.'

opposite = on the other side of the street, room, etc facing: 'The police station is directly opposite the town hall.' 'He looked out of his bedroom window at the house opposite.'

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