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3．If the team was in financial trouble, would the owners sell stock to fans to keep them ______？ TjQvAkT
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4．Apart from its low cost, the appeal of iron as a building material lay in its strength, its ______ to fire, and its potential to span vast areas. UW9?p} F
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5．Sophisticated equipment, white coats and medical ______ serve to make most lay people feel ignorant and less important.
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7．One candidate is so ______ that even his own supporters cannot say what he stands for. O~5 9FuL
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8．Don't tell Mary your plans or she'll tell everybody. She is always ______ her mouth off. 5v?;PX
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9．According to the latest population ______ the number of people in the world will go up an alarming 100 percent. }|5 V RJA
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14．In Tokyo trading today the US dollar fell and Japanese ______ dropped to their lowest level in three months. e]T`ot#/
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15．______, after long pondering, I arrived at the following conjecture. cZ(elZ0 ~
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16．He is setting out for the country and sends you a thousand thanks and ______. _[Vf547vS
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17．If you understand why the question is being asked, you will feel less inclined to regard the interviewer as unduly ______ his nose into your private business. Qb! PRCHQ
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18．Pam loves children but she doesn't like them when they're noisy. It gets on her ______. 52. >+GC
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19．His presidential address in New York ______ on the importance of communication between science and industry. PG8 ^.)]M
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