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------- opening a bakery, Mr. Laxalt had worked in the food industry for fifteen years

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It will be a long time before we can begin to make _________ of this tragedy

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When I was a little girl, I..................swimming with my friends

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Mr. Pike ............ us English

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“____”, Jim offered.

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A whistle is the ________________ for the children to line up ready to go into the classroom

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Because most of his colleagues were away on a company picnic, Mr. Ro had to complete the client research report by ----- over the weekend

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Don’t beat about the ____________. Tell me exactly what you think is wrong with my work

It is the underserved ____ that damaged his life and his family. 

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The woman said she ____ in that company for over 20 years

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________ through a telescope, Venus appears to go through changes in size and shape

The leader of the explorers had the great _______ in his native guide. 

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When he came back on stage, the delighted audience were quick to show their _________________

The young birds manage to fly several kilometres at their first ______.

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A new school________. They hope to finish building it next month

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All right, you’ll try to fix the television! But I ________________ you know what you’re doing

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All the storage rooms are scheduled to undergo renovations and ........... closed for several days next week

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A large number of telephone ------- received this morning caused a backlog of deliveries

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The cutting or replacement of trees downtown _____ arguments recently.

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Shaloub Hospital wants to hire several more ------- qualified laboratory workers.

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

My younger brothers are obedient most of the time, but they are quite mischievous sometimes.