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7. As a senior professor she should have known better ____________ to get involved in such a scandal. qP0_#l&
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9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. NK@G0p~O
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13. If only I ____________ play the guitar as well as you!
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23. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ____________ the spoilt ones. akBR"y:~:H
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. F2oY_mA
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For a wrong word, underline it and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. <5C3c&sds
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