A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different  ways of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs.  ________, there have been some developments recently.

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We are very ................. that you work very hard.

In 2006, the news agency Reuters withdrew from sale 920 pictures taken by a photographer because two images taken in Lebanon were .................. to have been digitally manipulated.

For a short while, I managed to catch_______ of the President entering the place.

They're planning to ____ down their operation in Greece and concentrate on Eastern Europe.

 I am looking forward to ................ you at your sister's wedding.

British Leyland is aiming to push _ its share of UK car sales to 25% over the next two years.

Rolling wheat  _______ cover much of the Prairie Provinces—Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

Mary hardly ever cooks,  ............. ?

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
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 Stress,     is a psychological problem, may lead to physical illness.

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After Peter had returned from the Sahara desert, he was confined to bed by a ________ disease.

At his mother's funeral, he was so_____with emotion that he couldn't finish his speech.

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General living costs in cities like Milan and Rome are   __________ higher than those in rural areas, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The building owner purchased the property __________   three months ago, she has already spent a great deal of money on renovation.

When we arrived at the restaurant, the others __________ . 

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My parents saw me ............. at the railway station.

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If any major defects in the home’s physical structure are reported, sellers should have them repaired _________   marketing them to prospective buyers.

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Crescent is now producing packaging with a high speed machine capable of producing 20 million units a year, and so starting to realize the

------- potential of the firm’s innovation.

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They waited such a long time that baby Caroline started to cry.

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The Tiffany Corporation celebrated the ------ of the brand's first store in Auckland, New Zealand, last week.