－I hate to hear words as his.

－I don't think he ________ harm to you, though.

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－Martin didn't succeed in passing the exam.

－Really? But he had tried his best ________.

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There were a half-length ________ of Luxun standing at the entrance to the museum.

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

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The percentage of women who would stay at home full-time, ________ they could afford it, dropped from 39 percent in 1981 to 31 percent in this survey.

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The actual ________ by which oil is extracted (提炼) is well worth watching.

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John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to ________ all his trousers to his measure.

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What a pity! He ________ an excellent chance of attending such an important lecture.

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My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; ________, he could neither eat nor sleep.

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The excited children were anxious to ________ after they were shown how to play the game.

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