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31. Employers have a legal obligation to pay _______ to their workers for injuries.
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34. To maintain physical well-being, a person should eat _______ food and get sufficient exercise. NUu;tjt:
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37. The cause of his death has been a mystery and _______ unknown so far. `uhL61cMp
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38. It is known that some ways of using resources _______ can destroy the environment as well as the people living in it. V7n >,k5
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