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The office manager is……for supporting staff members and ensuring that their work is done efficiently

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While endeavoring to find a new route to India, Columbus discovered America.

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The performance _______ at 7 o’clock and _________ for three hours. We all __________ it

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Before _______________ ,I had brushed my teeth

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The ------ of 21 tools ordered will be delivered to the Abby Street warehouse this afternoon

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The building relies on clever design rather than on _____________ for its impressive effect

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Keeping the Deal, Jan Butler’s latest volume on management style, is her most commercially    ------- book to date

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Our country has large areas of _______beauty

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If you always buy flowers and put them in a vase, your hobby is ______

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She is continually ____________ her authority by getting other people to do things for her

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We had to spend the whole month searching for better solutions, and.......customers were impressed by our efforts

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I'm about to drop a _____________ on my parents by telling them that I'm going to quit law school and pursue a career in art

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My father used to ____ a lot of challenges before establishing his own insurance company

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I'm giving you a mild sedative to help you calm down—it should wear _______ in about an hour

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If I………the same problems you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you have

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I won't have access ________ my work email while I'm away on vacation

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Sergio Leone is a director __________ films _Once Upon a Time in the West_ and _Once Upon a Time in America_ are regarded as masterpieces

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______ moving to a northern climate, be sure to properly winterize your automobile

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Because the expense of traditional fuels and the concern that they may mn out, many countries have been investigating alternative sources of power.

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Should anyone need to ------ with Ms. De Sola, be sure to do so prior to today's meeting

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The airport shuttle ------ every hour from the hotel's front entrance