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------- months of work to sell the Apton Building, the realtor finally succeeded last week

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She takes the …….. for running the household

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I lay down on ________ ground and looked up at ________ sky

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Immediately after the decrease in  production was announced, everyone  began discussing how --- would impact  work schedules

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The _________________ for today is cloudy and dry at first with showers later.

Bob has a bad lung cancer and his doctor has advised him to ____ smoking.

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She may claim ____ a PhD but nobody’s ever actually seen the certificate.

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The local university has recently introduced to students several ways to go green, ____has had huge impact on the community

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About 40% of patients ______ come to the Dearfield Emergency Room have only minor injuries

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It started bucketing ____________ just as I began cycling home

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The rent has gone up over the years, but in ____________ amounts

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Ms. Amari has scanned the grant applications, and they will be submitted  ------- the deadline

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Liao Uniform Services has been a leading     ------- of medical apparel for more than 30 years

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_____ hands is a popular gesture at business meetings

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Their service was terrible, but the scrumptious dishes _______ our disappointment

The dog let out a ____ of pain when his tail was trodden on.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "______ there is always conflict between parents and children, they still should talk and share things with each other."

We are fed up ______ your perpetual moaning.

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I need a new job. I ________________ the same job for too long.

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word.