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A lingering B chronic C lengthy D abiding ehNzDr\s
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6. The school agree to ___ their decision until they had spoken to his parents. ^EELaG
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9. The idea that a good night sleep will cure everything is a complete _____ Q=mI9
A defect B fallacy C fraud D abuse P{OAV+cG
10 Before a bill can become law it has to have the full ____ of both Houses of Parliament. =Prb'8 W
A justification B warrant C endorsement D verification 1MlUG5
11 The image is ____ by a series of lenses within the telescope
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12 Strangely enough the most obvious explanation did not ___ Juckie until the next day Zxr!:t7
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13 The government wants a 3% inflation rate,but is this a ___ objective? M_v?9L
A reflective B flexible C feeble D feasible >Y7a4~ufko
14 She has still ___ by what happened in Bancelona,although she had left 20years earlier z]B]QB
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15 The hands on my alarm clock are____.So I can tell time in the dark -fhN"B)
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