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The company's expansion into South America will___________the creation of more than 100 jobs.

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Ask Mum for permission to go out now. She looks like she’s in a good mood.

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I'm afraid you will ....... wait a long time.

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Lisa was wearing a pure white dress, with a gold belt round her__________. 

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_______this quarter’s sales are as high as projected, Hoshiro Designs,Inc., anticipates emerging as the leading graphic design companmhy in Japan.

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The little girl_____________breaking the window. She said she was playing with friends at that time.

Really good friends ___ the good times and the bad times, help you when you have got problems and never turn their backs on you.

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The survey indicated that people responded even …….to the taste of the new Factor X Energy Bar than expected.

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Some researchers believe that multi-tasking _____ affects workers’  concentration and productivity.

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The teacher told his students _________ laughing.

The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
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Ann ......... lives in London. She moved to Leeds two years ago.

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Our science teacher always reminds us to be succinct when writing down data so that only the important information is recorded.

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Friendship is a ............. affair, giving and taking.

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When he served as President of Delvan Manufacturing, Pierre Dunn ________  several policies that transformed the company. 

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____________the last decade, Louellen Hospital has been recognized for exemplary patient care and progressive technology.

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She wanted to remove the color from the curtains, so she____________ them. 

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Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN _________  its sixth member soon after assuming her full independence in January 1984.

My company has spent a lot of money building a new, ……… factory which will nearly double production.

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I wish I ............ so much money when I was in town yesterday.

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He didn’t stay at home. ………., he went out with his friends.