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James can’t make sense of the book _______ he reads it three times

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The speaker fails to get his message _____ to his audience

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I went to the airport ____ to meet her, but she didn't arrive

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As he made no ________ to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me

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Americans believe that the 50 states make ____________ a union that is greater than the sum of its parts

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Police have told me that searching for my missing cat will be like _______

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My mom tried to get me ....... in the morning as I was way too late for school bus

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I've taken _____________ a new project at work in addition to my normal responsibilities

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Guy Fawkes was executed for treason after he took part in a plot to ..... the British Parliament building.

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Most people will receive ____ benefits when sharing the housework in their family

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The fire ruined the forest completely; all habitats were totally in the flames

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Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man (39) _____ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (40)_____building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (41)_____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building(42)_____engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (43)_____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

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The new style of window dressing took inspiration from the theatre and the decorative arts which involved flamboyant design and drew huge crowds

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It is gravity ................. objects toward the earth. 

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The terrorists who hijacked the plane last night are still holding ten ….

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He's _________, so he can't hear your voice

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You will be brought before the disciplinary panel to ......... your behaviour

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At the beginning of the fiscal year, interest rates climbed ------- 3.2 percent, up half a point from the previous year

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The unemployed ____________ to live on the unemployment benefits

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My landlord's given me a week to clear ___________ of my flat

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Unfortunately, the president has taken the ________________ that the national parks around the country are not worth protecting and maintaining