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You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to my advice in the first place. 

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It is essential that he __________. His illness seems worse. 

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My parents lent me the money. ________, I couldn’t have afforded the trip. 

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It is stated that we are now in the first stages of a battle for the ______ of life on the earth. 

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You should concentrate ___________ what the interviewer is saying and make a real effort to answer all the questions. 

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______ she could not say anything. 

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________ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an illusion.

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If that was done on a national scale, we would wipe out this infectious disease.