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1. Until he took off his glasses __________. 2I,^YWR
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9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. TaKLzd2
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10. In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____________ countries. o<BOYrS
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20. Land belongs to the city; there is ____________ thing as private ownership of land.
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25. There used to be a petrol station near the park, ____________? VRI0W`
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26. It is an offence to show ____________ against people of different races. X WUWY
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27. A great amount of work has gone into ____________ the Cathedral to its previous splendour. Ont%eC\
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. pimtiQqC
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32. The job of a student accommodation officer____________ a great many visits to landladies. n/ Sw P
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37. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ____________slightly in the afternoon. Hn5|B 3vN
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38. His ____________ brain has worked away on the idea of a universal cure. inh=WUEW
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