 | 1. | Sara was often distracted by the birds flying outside her classroom window. |
| | The birds made her not pay attention to her teacher.
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| 2. | Patrick distracted the guard dog by giving it a big piece of meat. |
| | The dog stopped focussing on Patrick, and started smelling the meat.
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| 3. | Marilyn was distracted by her talkative coworkers and couldn't work. |
| | Marilyn couldn't concentrate on her work because of the noise.
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