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The venue ------- by the public relations manager for the company banquet is much too small to accommodate all of the staff

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A football player was suspended for four matches after arguing with the ______

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We've tried to _______________ the most likely problems, but it's impossible to be prepared for every eventuality

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After the physics lesson, the children know that water ____ at 100 degrees C

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Because of transportation --------- due to winter weather, some conference participants may arrive late.

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The agency regulates and controls the sale of all ____________ exceeding 16% alcohol.

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He still ____________ the dream of playing professional soccer.

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The person to________I was speaking didn't know English

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Monday’s workshop will help restaurant owners ------- their ability to effectively recruit, train, and retain staff

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The war ___________ people's attention away from the economic situation

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You ought to _____ more of an effort at school.

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I met ____ that I decided to book the room right away.

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For questions about your hotel reservation, please telephone ------- booking department at 555-0109.

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Axofare's new computer program enables users to ------- organize and retrieve data

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------- the printer cartridge was installed correctly, it leaked some ink

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We ____ a cable TV put in this week

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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For a ------ time, Marco Bank is offering first time customers a $100 bonus when they open an account

By the time my brother _____to the airport, he _____ some new books for his study at the university.

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Marc was informed that his job was ___________ and that when the summer was over he would need to look elsewhere

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It was thought that only proteins could _________________ reactions in cells