The thing that ________ is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try it or not.

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All the leading newspapers ________ the trade talks between China and the United States.

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The newest satellite can ________ a thousand telephone conversations and a colour TV program at the same time.

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－Mummy, can I put the peaches in the cupboard?

－No, dear. They don't ________ well. Put them in the fridge instead.

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－Why haven't you bought any butter?

－I had ________ to but I forgot about it.

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Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does ________ his boss.

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It is through learning that the individual ________ many habitual ways of reacting to situations.

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By 1909 Picasso had ________ himself as a painter of talent in Paris.

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Although the working mother is very busy, she still ________ a lot of time to her children.

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His mother had thought it would be good for his character to ________ from home and earn some money on his own.

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