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Thanks to globalization, countries around the world are getting ____ to one another.

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Her father’s a well-known author, but she’s an excellent writer in her own _____________

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The bigger the flat, the__________the rent is.

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Under the threat of a strike, the management _________ and agreed to reinstate annual pay increases for all employees

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Most people rely ____ on the mass media as their main source of information

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

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We moved around the country a lot when I was growing up, so I was always the new kid on the ___________ in school

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We’re really close friends but we just can not see eye to eye on politics.

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Throughout her tenure at LPID Systems, Ms. Patterson has ------- at defining complex concepts in simple terms

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Someone must have interfered __________ the server last night because it's not working right today

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The boss isn't here at the moment, but I'd be happy to sign for the package ___________ behalf of her

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Little House on the Prairie, a successful television program, was adapted from a series of books by a woman whose life was similar to that of the character called by name Laura.

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They _________ their house since they arrived last Monday.

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The Lanaiya 7 laptop ------- its debut at the annual Delbar Tech Summit

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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The flowering pebble is a plant that looks like a stone and grows in arid areas.

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I don't know why he gets so upset about something so _________________.

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The company ____________ fire after a newspaper reported allegations of the CEO's misappropriation of funds

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Our camera and tripod are the most -------photography equipment on the market

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Since (A) poaching is becoming more (B) seriously, the government has imposed (C) stricter laws to prevent (D) it.

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A new _________________ of the security forces has just been appointed.