－Is your car OK?

－Oh, no, it couldn't be ________. It won't move at all.

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－You can't be too careful at the bank.

－You are right. A small mistake often ________ a lot.

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Some ________ factories are getting less important in the country.

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Informing Alex of his having been fired was quite an unpleasant ________ for Mr Brown.

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Don't interrupt, Tom. Just let him ________ , will you?

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Crop failures in desert areas have been a ________ of life for thousands of years.

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－Is his way of solving the problem satisfying?

－I'm afraid it is far from ________.

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My shoes are worn out. I have to get a new ________.

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A man is being questioned in relation to the ________ murder last night.

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It's ten years since the scientist ________ on his life's work of discovering the valuable chemical.

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