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1. Until he took off his glasses __________. _sZ&=-FR
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5. ____________ to develop his talent, Adam could become an excellent artist. 0I :5}$+J?
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6. Don’t ever drive past a hitchhiker, ____________? =cb!2%? }
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7. As a senior professor she should have known better ____________ to get involved in such a scandal. ~3%\8, 0
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8. His power was seriously ____________ by a succession of crises, and when he died, a bitter power struggle ____________. &cT OrG
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9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. (3Xs
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10. In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____________ countries. >?)_, KL
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11. ____________dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive. ZREy I(_
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19. It is imperative that the government ____________ more investment into the shipbuilding industry. -)b u&
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23. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ____________ the spoilt ones. [t5 D
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26. It is an offence to show ____________ against people of different races. $[(FCS
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27. A great amount of work has gone into ____________ the Cathedral to its previous splendour. (i^<er q
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28. The thieves fled with the local police close on their ____________. ery{>|k
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. I%ZSh]On
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