1) I've always felt some loathing for his messy habits. 2) There's certain elision in pronunciation of this word. We write it one way, but we pronounce it differently. 3)Something unexpected might have come up - otherwise he would have called me yet. 4)The end of the year was coming up and I realized that soon it would be late for launching a new project. 5) There's no time for slacking off, since we took you on to see if we're a good match. 6) He took over my class twice - first when I was ill and then when I left the country. 7) I've always been inclined to deal with humanities, but exact sciences have never been my strong point. 8) Their kids are very smart.I recently played chess with Tom's thirteen years old daughter, and she completely outplayed me. She outwitted me even when I was going to win. 9) Your decision was really rash. You might have lost all your money.