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If an item of clothing is the right size for you, it _.

When you want to return something to a shop, what do you need?

This shirt is .......... . It happened when I fell off my bike.

I don’t think .......... clothes are worth the money.

I like their house better, ........ seems much smaller.

Steve is a good friend of .....

I don’t want a replacement, I want a ....

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WHAT A WASTE Everyone likes a bargain and supermarkets use them to attract customers. Everyone’s happy. However, some people think that a lot of food offers, those which encourage people to buy more of a product rather than those which are simple price reductions, should be stopped. This is because of the huge amount of food that is wasted every year. They say that offers encourage or even force people to buy things that they don’t really need. There are times when you can only buy a giant packet of something. In the UK, about 15 million tons of food is thrown away each year. Why does this happen? One reason is that a lot of bargains are close to their sell-by-date. Customers rush to buy something that is offered at half price. Often the products are part of a ‘Buy one, get one free’ offer. Then, once they get home, the consumers don’t have time to eat everything before the food has to be discarded. They haven’t lost money but they haven’t saved anything either. Another criticism of such offers is that they encourage overeating. When people get two for the price of one, they may be tempted to have a bigger meal than usual. Quite often the offers are for ready-made meals, high in salt and fat. If the alternative is throwing the food away because of the sell by date, it is even more tempting to eat more than is healthy. Not everyone agrees with these criticisms, however. In their opinion, people buying bargains don’t cause waste. If the supermarkets didn’t reduce the price, the food would remain unsold. It would still have to be thrown away, but by the supermarkets rather than the customers. In addition, many people make good use of bargains. They freeze things that can be frozen. They may even get together with friends and take turns to cook when they have bought a large amount of food at a low price. People who waste food bought as part of a bargain offer may waste food anyway. Why should others suffer because of this? So, who is correct? Should two for the price of one bargains be banned or not? The debate continues.

Some people want all supermarket special offers to be stopped.