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Grey whales have long been ( ) in the north Atlantic and hunting was an important cause for that.

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People who refuse to ( ) with the law will be punished.

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( ) should any money be given to a small child.

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These excursions will give you an even deeper ( ) into our language and culture.

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There is no electricity again. Has the ( ) blown then?

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Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of ( ) standards.

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The mother didn’t know who ( ) for the broken glass.

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Is it possible to stop drug ( ) in the country within a very short time?

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If a person talks about his weak points, his listener is expected to say something in the way of ( ).

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I’m sure your suggestion will ( ) the problem.

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I left for the office earlier than usual this morning ( ) traffic jam.

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Some areas, ( ) their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.

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The car accident was ( ) to the driver’s violation of the traffic regulations.

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Mr. Smith attends to the ( ) of important business himself.

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The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of ( ) quality he’d tell them so.

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Psychologists suggest that children who are shy are more ( ) to develop depression and anxiety later in life.

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Initially, the scientists and engineers seemed ( ) by the variety of responses people can make to a poem.

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Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very ( ).

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The parents of Lindsay, 13, an ( ) tennis player who spends eight hours a day on the court, admit that a regular school is not an option for their daughter.

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Our research confirmed the ( ) that when children have many different caregivers important aspects of their development are liable to be overlooked.

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There are five ( ) mistakes in this picture. Can you find them and win a prize?

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The magician picked several persons ( ) from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

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He ( ) his job in order to engage in full-time writing.

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The west is traditionally the land of the pioneers and the cowboys, where ( ) could be easily made in cattle or land.

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Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ( ) it.

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Every camera we sell comes with a two-year ( ).

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The microscope can ( ) the object 100 times in diameter.

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Some people either ( ) avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

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There is no easy solution to Japan’s labour ( ).

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On turning the corner, we saw the road ( ) steeply.

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The girl was ( ) a shop assistant; she is now a manager in a large department store.

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The schoolmaster ( ) the girl’s bravery in his opening speech.

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The economic crises in that country have threatened the ( ) of the government.

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The lady dressed in the latest Paris fashion is ( ) in her appearance but rude in her speech.

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You need to rewrite this sentence because it is ( ), the readers will have difficulty in understanding it.

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His tastes and habits ( ) with those of his wife.

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I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I ( ) a rest.

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The construction of a 5-million-ton iron and steel works is now under ( )

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We ( ) Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work.

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She once again went through her composition carefully to ( ) all spelling mistakes from it.

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The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many ( ) references.

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The doctor was asked to go back to the hospital because of ( ) case.

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The mayor was asked to ( ) his speech in order to allow his audience to raise questions.

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She is a very ( ) student. She’s always talking about travelling to outer space.

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David is the ( ) holder of the world 5,000-meter world record, but there is no guarantee that he will win in the Olympic Games.

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Young people’s social environment has a ( ) effect on their academic progress.

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A series of border incidents would ( ) lead the two countries to war.

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The prisoner has been ( ) of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.

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Although not an economist himself, Dr. Smith has long been a severe critic of the government’s ( ) policies.

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While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded ( ) the nurse Florence Nightingale.

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The problems requiring immediate solution will be given ( ) at the meeting.

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Of all the soldiers they had the ( ) of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, the toughest.

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Animals can become unusually ( ) when they are upset by a sudden environmental change.

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The bus that ( ) outside the inn would soon take the visitors downtown.

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The ceremony will ( ) as soon as the minister arrives.

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I guess Jones didn’t have a chance to win the election. Almost all of the people in the city voted for his ( ).

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With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very ( ) for the nineteenth-century factory workers.

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Some people criticize family doctors for ( ) too many medicines for minor illnesses.

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Since the couple could not ( ) their differences, they decided to get a divorce.

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Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on ( ).

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All the parts of this washing machine are ( ), so that it is very convenient to replace them.

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The heavily populated area was a breeding place for ( ) diseases.

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It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be ( ) before the objective has been achieved.

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I was ( ) by their kindness and moved to tears.

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The people living in these apartments have free ( ) to that swimming pool.

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The most ( ) technological success in the twentieth century is probably the computer revolution.

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Whether their football team will win is a matter of ( ) to me.

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At the party we found that shy girl ( ) her mother all the time.

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Although most dreams apparently happen ( ), dream activity may be provoked by external influences.

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He is holding a ( ) position in the company and expects to be promoted soon.

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To be an inventor, one needs profound knowledge as well as a very ( ) imagination.

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During the conference the speaker’ tried to ( ) his feelings concerning the urgency of a favorable decision.

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In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, ( ) schooling begins at age 5 and ends at age 16.

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Scientists first ( ) the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.

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On weekends my grandma usually ( ) a glass of wine.

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Nowadays, for many old people, institutional care is the most _( )___ and beneficial form of care.

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Among all the changes due to the ___( )_ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.

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Miss White became very ( )___ when it was suggested that she had made a mistake.

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Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into __( )__ ones.

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The ( )___ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.

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The young candidate remains confident and _( )__ untroubled by our present problems.

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It is said that fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations _( )___.

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The police were informed that the escaped criminal might be in the _( )___.

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Whether people live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ___( )_ in every family's budget.

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Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from _( )__ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.

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There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the _( )___ from fall to winter.

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I think we need to see an investment ( )____ before we make an expensive mistake.

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The __( )__ on this apartment expires in a year's time.

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The retired Russians find it hard to live on their state ___( )_.

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There is supposed to be a safety __( )_ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.

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After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally _( )__.

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Nobody can function properly if they are _____( ) of adequate sleep.

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For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ( )____ by a dictator.

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Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been __( )_ towards producing workers.

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The prospect of increased prices has already __( )__ worries.

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The suspect ____( ) that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the crime.

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Although these colonists __( )__ to some extent with the native Americans, the Indians' influence on American culture and language was not extensive.

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E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that ___( )__ well to human needs.

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The wings of the bird still ___( )_ after it had been shot down.

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The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ___( )_ relations between the two countries.