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After working at the same company for thirty years, my grandfather was looking forward to his ____.

Certificates provide proof of your .....................

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 When there is a slowdown in business investment, companies spend less on new equipment and software  ______  profits remain strong.

It is not .................. to be drunk in the street.

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All employees are required to _____________   the annual training session that is taking place next Friday.

Jane is going to go abroad next month and she's having a ............. party on Sunday.

Cutting in lines at the grocery store, for example, or being habitually late for meetings is considered ............. behavior.

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Although we expect Global Airline will------ be merging with Air Euro, no official confirmation has been released.

They .............. tired now because they ......... in the garden since 8 o’clock.

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....................... English     ........... all over the world?

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Customers at Blaze Restaurant may use the valet parking service or park the vehicles ______________.

Helen usually ____ her childhood with great pleasure. 

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Submissions of translated writings must include the original text  ____________  your translation.

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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He is the man ................... I met yesterday.

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Any payments that are  __________  at the end of the month will incur a late fee.

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Arnby Cable  __________  €25.00 to all Internet subscribers after the weeklong service interruption.

A survey was ...............  to study the effects of mass media on young adults.

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Despite having some problems with the sound system during the performance, the concert was an ------------ experience for everyone.

Cities in poorer countries often lack basic ______. Without it, they are unable tofunction properly as cities.

The book would have been perfect ................... ending.