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For a man ____________ imminent danger of losing his job, he appeared quite unruffled

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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Every time we are to visit Granny my brother and I wish she __________ silly remarks about our clothes. Well, most of the times she does

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I had to pay through the nose to get my car repaired at a service station in the middle of the desert.

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She has read ________interesting book.

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Ann: How well you are playing, Peter!      
Peter: ____________

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I don’t think I’ll be going out much next month as the tires, __________ are quite expensive, need replacing on my car

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Can I borrow your dictionary for a moment? Mine ________________

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A lot of pesticide residue can_________ unwashed produce

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You’re so wasteful! I wish you __________ so much potato off with the skin. Haven’t you heard the saying “waste not, want not”?

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Thanks to the technological advancements, user-run programs have proliferated over the past years

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Mr. Kemp of ther product development team was entrusted with the task of developing the product prototype ------- must be completed within two months

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When scheduling a meeting, please be ------- of colleagues in other time zones

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 If she passes the exam, her parents will be walking on air.

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The yearly growth of the gross national product is often used as an indicator of a nation’s economy.

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Come in and make yourself at _______! I'm just finishing up a few things in the kitchen

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I think it’s impossible to abolish school examinations. They are necessary to evaluate students’ progress.

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S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr Mayo's outstanding humanitarianism.

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Gina: “We are buying Jim a birthday present.”

Cecilia: “_______”

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Instead of competing ___________ the loud music out here, let's go inside and talk

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Contact Ms. Meyer if you would like a hard copy of the budget analysis ------- during the president's presentation