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There has never been, nor ____, anything quite so special as the love between the mother and a son

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I have to ________  it to William; he put in the hard work and got results

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The characters in the novel are ________ and have no connection with any living person

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My grandparents are quite old now and sometimes they have to _______ up and down steps

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Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man (39) _____ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (40)_____building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (41)_____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building(42)_____engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (43)_____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

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I don’t think he will win the competition,______?

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I have to go hand __________ my term paper now

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"To __________someone" means "to put someone into prison"

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Electricity and gas supplies have been seriously………by the floods.

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I ....... of Maths because it was too difficult

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His wife must have been a saint to put ________________ him for all those years

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His motorbike doesn’t cost so much _______yours does

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Would you please pick _______ that book from off the floor?

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I'm trying to cut down on fatty foods because I am overweight

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It was customary then for children to stand __________ when the teacher came into the classroom

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Because aluminum is lighter and cheaper ............., it is frequently used for high-tension power transmission.

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They’ve been going ________ for so long now that all their friends expect them to marry soon

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The award ceremony ......... for another hour

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Seeking a new life and hoping a significant (28) _____ in their standard of living, foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (29) _____ sour for many. Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was often one of low wages and, in many case, unemployment. Some did not adapt (30) _____ to life in a country of cold weather and discrimination. The (31) _____ of West Indian immigrants moved into the inner cities, areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and poor housing. There were cases of open hostility towards the newcomers; riots (32) _____ out in Notting Hill, West London in 1958, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants. Yet despite the numerous difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage to adjust to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering. Their contribution had the effect of not only speeding up the pace of economic change in the postwar period, but also transforming Western Europe into a multiracial society

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There was an almost discerning sigh of relief when my father found out that the plant fibre had incredible strength and resilience

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How many people are there in .................... family?