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The painting is so beautiful that it took my breath___________

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At school, we were _________________ to wear uniforms, which I hated.

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Nga sings__________than this singer.

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------- the Nye Research Center, performing assigned duties for 30 minutes while standing increases productivity

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The old school__________before the first semester

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“When will Mary be able to leave hospital?” –“Don’t be so impatient. We cannot release her before we _________ the last test.

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Faced with a ____________ drain, the aerospace industry is thinking of creative ways to attract and keep talent

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You should read .......... sentence carefully

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We would like to thank the Elog Foundation for their generous ______ to our charity fundraiser

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When explorers first set foot in foreign lands, the cultures they encountered must have been very ___________ to them

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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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He puts some time ________________ each evening to read to his children

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After landing several new contracts, Mr. Davidson has shown -------- to be an exceptional salesman

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They have carried out exhausting research into the effects of smartphones on schoolchildren’s behaviour and their academic performance.

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We are asking people to _________ goods from companies that use child labour

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It's the sort of work that ________________ a high level of concentration

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Ever since the drivers' strike started, citywide buses have been ______ running thirty minutes to one hour late

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In the _____________ of the boss's disapproval, we decided to go forward with the project anyway

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The victim of the racial discrimination settled for the apology from the company.

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To the best of my _______, that professor’s name was Huron Dash

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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