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I stood with my back against the wall.

My temper was up.

I worked by night.

There is a dog on a chain.

When the sun came out, I jumped out the door.

He won by a nose.

I took down the poster.

I went down the road toward the church.

When the wind died down, ... .

Her prediction came off.

I am searching about for the lost bike.

I pulled off the glove on my right hand.

I work from nine to five.

I work from Monday to Friday.

I gazed at her.

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I was sleepy; I had to stay awake. -->

Use a semicolon. This approach works when you do not want a word coming between the two parts of the sentence.

When I was a kid, I learned to [addle in kayaks. Kayak were used in very cold and rough water, but today kayaks are used on calm water, too.

Use a comma plus and, but, or, or another coordinating conjunction. This is the most common means of correcting a fused sentence.

- I was sleepy, but I had to stay awake.

Unexpectedly meeting your roommate and your college professor while standing on the corner is a coincidence.

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The word coincidence, to be used correctly, must refer to a chance, simultaneous occurrence of two or more things

What prepositions does impatient take?

It takes for, of, with, or at. We are impatient for something we desire, impatient of preaching without practice, impatient with a person and at the person's actions.

Is the phrase "bank on," as in "I always bank on my roommate to see me through French," regarded as good English?

It is not. The phrase bank on meaning depend on, count on, is colloquial. In standard English we use rely on or have confidence in.

NOTE: A sister colloquial expression is take stock in, as in "I wouldn't take stock in anything he tells me." The sense is to put faith in or rely on.