Answer to Dictation 1
It is the most expensive piece of headwear ever sold.
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Answer to Dictation 2
The auction sale broke the previous record for a hat which was $2 million.
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Answer to Dictation 3
A historian said Napoleon liked hats and owned around 120 of them.
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Answer to Dictation 4
The hat has the red white and blue colours of the French flag on it.
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Thousands of artists have created paintings of Napoleon wearing it.
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Napoleon is one of France's most famous historical figures.
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Answer to Dictation 7
He was a general who played a key part in the French Revolution.
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He was sent to live on a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Answer to Dictation 9
The auction of his hat coincides with the release of a new Hollywood movie.
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Answer to Dictation 10
His rise to power and his relationship with the empress Josephine.
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