In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
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Question: Sentence 1:He learnt Hindustani classical music on sarod from the Senia gharana master Ustad Keramatullah Khan . Sentence 2:However , he chose a different instrument for expressing the music he learnt .

Answer: however


Question: Sentence 1:She tries to help Maya to face the fear . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Faizar 's parents breaks off the engagement with Zarmeena as Faizar 's father knows Attiya as a high class prostitute .

Answer: meanwhile


Question: Sentence 1:Towards the end of the Warring States period , the Qin state became disproportionately powerful compared with the other six states . Sentence 2:As a result , the policies of the six states became overwhelmingly oriented towards dealing with the Qin threat , with two opposing schools of thought .

Answer:
as a result