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They couldn’t climb up the mountain because of the storm.

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Could you please stop ________ so much noise?

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As a newspaper reporter, she always wanted to get information at first hand.

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Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.

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I can’t go out this morning. I’m up to ____ in reports.

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Thanks to the invention of labor-saving ________, domestic chores are no longer a burden.

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If you ________ in my position, what would you do?

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She played ______ piano confidently, but her timing was not good.