The seemingly simple act of exchanging business cards is more complex in Japan _______ the business card represents not only one's identity but also his status in life.

There are many superstitions in Britain, but one of the most widely held is that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder even if it means ______the pavement into a busy street!

______attempts were made to search those buried beneath the rubble of the collapsed building.

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Market research results for Thermabrite’s new handheld thermometer prototype were_______encouraging.

Feminism, collective term for systems of belief and theories that pay special (1) ________ to women's rights and women's position in culture and society. The term tends to be used for the women's rights movement, which began in the late 18th century and continues to campaign for complete political, social, and economic equality between women and men. This article (2)________specifically with the development of the ideas behind that movement and their  (3)____________and impact. 
Feminists are united by the idea that women's position in society is unequal to (4) ________of men, and that society is structured in such a way as to benefit men to the political, social, and economic (5) __________of women. However, feminists have used different theories to explain these (6) ____________ and have advocated different ways of redressing inequalities, and there are marked geographic and historical variations in the nature of feminism. 
Historically, feminist thought and activity can be divided into two waves. The first wave, which began in about 1800 and (7) _______until the 1930s, was largely concerned with gaining equal rights between women and men. The second wave, which began in the late 1960s, has continued to fight for (8) ______ but has also developed a (9)_______ of theories and approaches that stress the difference between women and men and that draw attention to the (10)_____ needs of women.
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Our team of specialists works with clients to develop____________marketing strategies.

 John................. a book when I saw him. 

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We bought this house because it is close____________the school.

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I’ve been feeling ill all week, so I'm going to see my doctor for a ...............

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:   Lien’s mother complimented her ____ the lovely new dress.

When I last saw him, he ..................in London

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Our science teacher always reminds us to be succinct when writing down data so that only the important information is recorded.

Colleagues normally use the family names, and title - for example 'Doctor' or 'Professor', so you shouldn't use first names ______ a person asks you to.

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The little girl can't stand ....... made fun of by her classmates.

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In the twentieth century, drug markedly improved health throughout the world

However, some graduates actually like the idea of pursuing a career in teaching English long-term, and there are numerous courses at various _______ of teaching, from the fast-track TEFL to a diploma or masters

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says 'please' and 'thank you' in the right places is (1) ______ miracle of science , but recognizing the words that make up norm al, continuous human speech is another (2)________
Not until now have computer been programmed to (3) _____to a range of spoken commands. Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user, and only then would be able to respond (4) _____to their master's or mistress's voice. Now rapid progress is being made (5) ______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (6) ______ a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to (7) ______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.
On the (8) _______of this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another. Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9) ______ data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a computer been able to match a human's ability to make sense of a three-dimensional scene (10) ______ identifying all objects in it.
(10)......................

This new center is an interesting ...................

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When I woke up this morning, it ......  

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He just sat there______________at me and I felt very uncomfortable.

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Participants in the Mumbai business Seminars must pay a small fee to cover the cost of materials and……………