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Parents help their children ________ more social and emotional skills than friends do

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The sales clerk was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior.

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Alex was a distinguished entertainer, a __________ of fresh air in an industry full of people all trying to copy each other

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He’s been working late with her every night this week -I ______________ a rat!

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His sister is not only a (n) ______________ singer but also a distinguished painter

All parents are _______ to at least try to behave in ways that will give their own children an important protection

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It may be raining but I’m ____ enjoying myself.

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By next month, I _______  my first novel.

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She sometimes ______ her peers in the back.

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The moment ____________ I learned the results of the art competition was one of the worst times in my life

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Ann was not _______________ to think that the test was too difficult.

The word CLOSEST in meaning to: secret

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Jenny was offered a scholarship to study in Japan and she __________ the opportunity with both hands

Time_________over. We_________fifty applications in all.

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A US man with a large online following in Vietnam has caused widespread anger, and faces possible criminal charges, over a Facebook post thought to have insulted a military hero.

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The coffee at this cafe is ______ than the coffee at the one down the street

Constant __ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here. 

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They really cut _______ when they cooked instant noodles with salmon; they are not ripe.

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Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for physicists it bordered on the miracle.

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 E-cash cards are the main means of all transactions in a cashless society.

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I find it quite________to talk in front of a group of people