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How to use the words SHORT and LONG.

SHORT means NOT LONG and LONG means NOT SHORT! Can you use one of them in each of the following sentences so that they make sense?

1. It is a ...... way from Hong Kong to London.

2. It is only a ...... distance between Admiralty and Central on the MTR.

3. Queen Elizabeth has been on the throne of England for a ........ time.

4. You have changed a lot! I haven't seen you for a ........ time.

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