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Smart cities can improve the efficiency of city services by redundancies, ____ finding ways to save money and streamlining workers' responsibilities

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Lots of people have given ___________ smoking, so I'm confident that you can too

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Opposition parties are threatening to ..... the government

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The United States and China have (16)_______ a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let US regulators monitor its operations. The fine comes (17)_______ Donald Trump stepped in to save the company after US regulators barred it from doing business in the US, an effective death blow for the company. In addition to the fine, a compliance team chosen by the US will be embedded at ZTE and the Chinese company must change its board and executive team. “ZTE is essentially on (18)_______,” said Amanda DeBusk, chair of the international trade and government regulation practice at Dechert LLP and a former commerce official. “It’s unprecedented to have US agents as monitors ... It’s (19)_______ a good precedent for this situation. ZTE is a repeat offender.” The news did little to appease critics. Senator Mark Warner, vice-chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence, said: “It is the unanimous conclusion of our nation’s intelligence community that ZTE poses a significant threat to our national security. These concerns aren’t new; back in 2012, the House permanent select committee on intelligence released a report (20)_______ the serious counterintelligence concerns associated with ZTE equipment

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Two students are talking with each other about the job interview:
A: “I didn't think the interview went well.” – B: “____”

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She’s running slowly through the park. She’s______

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A major political party is ________ the campaign for tighter gun controls in the wake of last month’s shooting

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Mobile phones have largely taken ___________ home phones for most people in recent years

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He dropped ________________ the race after two laps

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The police went ........ him but he got away

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You didn’t play badminton last week, _________?

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We'll get Robert ____ it

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Animal ____ are being destroyed by human activities

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I don’t know ______________ about the world’s geography

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I ________  him of the meeting to the other day. I wonder why he didn’t turn up

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_______ will they discover any hidden talents they might have

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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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How can a person offend people just because they cross their legs? In Thailand, it is rude for a person to show other people the bottom of their feet. This is considered unclean, and Thais can (33) _____ serious offense at it. Another thing people do in the West is to touch people on the head especially children. It is very normal to see an old woman walking up to a young boy and (34) _____ his hair tenderly while saying what a handsome young man he is. In Thailand, touching a person’s head is strictly taboo because that is the (35) _____ part of the body, and it is where the (36) _____ is thought to reside in a person. Although very close family members might touch a child on the head, even this is considered rude after a child grows up. In the Middle East and some parts of Asia, the left hand is used to wash oneself after using a toilet. (37) _____, the left hand can never offered to another person or used to eat with. Food must always be passed with the right hand, and it is considered polite to always use the right hand for social interactions

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He takes ___________ his mother's side of the family

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She was sitting in front of the mirror _______________ her hair.

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He can’t buy that bicycle because he has______ money