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Can you ______ me a favour and get some sugar when you go shopping? |
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I remember ______ on the beach with my little sister when I was only six. |
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We enjoyed our holiday ______ the bad weather. |
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I’m not used ______ in public. |
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I’d rather ______ to the cinema than stay at home tonight. |
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Robert ______ a lot of money in his new job. |
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I like adventure sports ______ my sister prefers less dangerous activities. |
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I have to spend the summer revising for my retake exams in September. ______ I had worked harder! |
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I prefer driving ______ the bus to work. |
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There's no point ______ so early, we could wait another hour. |
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The meeting for tomorrow morning has been ______ until the afternoon. |
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Would you mind ______ the door for me? |
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After leaving the doctor, I went to the chemist's with the ______ |
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George ______ dressed smartly. When he got ot the party, everybody was wearing jeans. |
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I asked Tom where Alice was but he didn't know and just ______ his shoulders. |
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The match ______ to start at 3.00 p.m. |
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I'd rather my parents ______ me go to piano lessons when I was little. |
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I ______ that's the best film I've seen this year. |
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The film star was reported ______ a million euros for her last film. |
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According to the ______ , it's supposed to rain tomorrow. |
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If you ______ to see Roger, give him my regards. |
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| 22. |
______ travelled more before I got married and settled down. |
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| 23. |
The British and Japanese are rather ______ in their respect for tradition and good manners. |
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We had to wait ages before our coach turned ______ . |
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| 25. |
______ to David's advice, you wouldn't have got into this trouble. |
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Our new teacher is so strict that none of the students ever ______ to interrupt him. |
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Hardly ______ when the doorbell rang. |
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______ home from the pub last night, Larry was stopped by the police. |
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| 29. |
We really must get down to the ______ of the problem. |
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| 30. |
Chinese is ______ as important as English. |
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My friends and I all agreed ______ the time and place to meet before the show. |
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| 32. |
The plot of the film was ______ impossible. |
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Many writers nowadays like "heady" activities like crosswords, word puzzles and word games, ______ I personally find very boring. |
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After interviewing over forty candidates, the managers ______ down the number of possible applicants to a short-list of just three. |
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It's high time the government ______ something about the traffic problem in our cities. |
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| 36. |
I hope you won't mind ______ you. |
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