................. to the year before, Happy Bakings’ sales more than tripled due to its award- winning brownies.

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The federal government abandoned a plan to build a pipeline through Alton City due to overwhelming public ______

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The current edition of the employee handbook  ____________  detailed guidelines for employee performance reviews.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  The matter is now in ……. of my lawyer.

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Brian asked Judy............ to dinner and a movie.

Mr. Henny ................. presented the argument that the pricing policy of the retailer would be the financial ruin of the company.

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The woman........... when the police told her that her son had died.

............... the occasional rainfall in winter, the weather in Madrid is generally sunny.

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It was very difficult to.............. what he was saying about the noise of the traffic.

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----- of the new employees were able to attend the orientation.

Every culture has its own (1)_____ list of behavior that is acceptable. Every society (2)_____ has its taboos, or types of behavior that are considered a violation of (3)_____ manners. If you travel to (4)_____ country, on business or vacation, it is really (5)____ to learn some of that country’s customs so that you (6)_____ insult the local people there. The word “taboo” comes from the Tongan language and is used in (7)_____ English to describe verbal and non-verbal behavior that is forbidden or to be (8) _____. In spite of people’s common thought, taboos are not universal and they tend to be (9)_____ to a certain culture or country, and usually form around a community’s values and beliefs. (10)_____, what is considered acceptable behavior in one country may be a serious taboo in another.
(7)......................

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Colorlast makes a line of outdoor paints that are ___________   formulated to withstand years of exposure to sun and precipitation.

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We were disappointed when the receptionist tells that the hotel was fully booked that week.

The …………. predict that things will be much worse than they are nowadays.

Please ................ the noise in the conference room while the whole building is undergoing renovations.

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Have you brought my umbrella? – Oh, no! I ............again. That is stupid of me.

There is a strong movement supporting the abolition of the death_____ .

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Mr. Pullman has asked for  _______________  time to turn in his report because he requires some additional information.

_____! You deserved to win.

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Youssouf Electronic’ annual charity fund- raising event _________   next Saturday at Montrose Park.

Ms. Jims was asked to be the keynote speaker at the grand opening ............. for the new children's hospital on Saturday.