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My sister is two years __________ than me.

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I have been trying to ____________ smoking, but I simply can’t do it

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I’m sorry Bob. I haven’t got the time to do my own work, _______alone help you with yours.

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Maria doesn’t know why she’s telling Crystal how to use the piano. It seems to her like teaching your grandmother to suck________

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We all have to follow the rules-none of us is __________ the law

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Could you possibly _______ me at the next committee meeting?

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They now live in California, but _________ they came from Mexico.

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The meeting’s not due to start for another five minutes but we’re all here, so let’s ________________ business

My mother is the only one that I can absolutely confide _______.

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There was a lot of opposition from the parents of the __________ children because they used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all

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Don’t _______ up yet, you will soon be able to play the trumpet well

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She’d save money if she bought that old jeans, _____?

The word OPPOSITE in meaning to "appropriate"

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She was drinking ____________ glass of orange juice

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The whole village was wiped out in the bombing raids.

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That’s an amazing deal you’re getting. Don’t wait. __________while the iron is hot, or else it’ll be gone.

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"What a lovely house you have!" - "_____"

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The _______ boards in the staircase would always wake us up whenever somebody climbed up at night.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

They are (A) planning (B) on attending the convention next month, (C) and (D) so I am.

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We were ready to start work on the project when the mayor __________ the rug out from under us and cut the funding.

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Mr. Lam is a cycle driver in Ho Chi Minh City, who usually has a ________ workingday.