Parden! I ________ something else just now.

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________ he spoke we recognized his voice.

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Those shoes won't ________ for mountain-climbing.

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Mum is getting better, so ________ is no need to send for a doctor.

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You ________ to the meeting yesterday. What was the reason for your absence?

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________ he saw now was not the same as he had left 50 years before.

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Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first ________.

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If you talk to these senior students, you will find that they have much greater knowledge than commonly ________.

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She ought to stop working; she has a headache because she ________ too long.

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The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally ________ because of the bad weather.

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