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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.

Sentence 1:People in inland areas of the Gulf country were hit by bushfires in November and December 2001 and were anticipating the arrival of Bernie , hoping that it will bring rain to extinguish the fires . Sentence 2:However , Bernie delivered very little rain to the area .
Output:
however