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To make sure your car is safe, you should check and ____________ the brakes on a regular basis.

He found it hard to _______________ to living in a tropical country.

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You must _______________ the voltage or the system will blow up.

He decided to _______________ his appearance by having plastic surgery.

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Our bills will be less if we ______________ from gas to electricity.

They had to _______________ flights at Heathrow Airport.

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You can’t ____________ the terms of the contract once it has been signed.

He wants to ____________ his appearance.

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You can’t ____________ the terms of the contract once it has been signed.

Prices of flats ___________ from a few thousand to millions of pounds.

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We need to _______________ our pounds for dollars.

You can usually _______________ goods which are faulty if you show the receipt.

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We have had to _____________ our sales force to cope with the extra demand.

Water will ____________ when it is frozen.

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The price of oil will ____________ next year.

Most bosses refuse to _____________ salaries when they are asked.

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The management decided to ___________ the company and sell the offices.

_____________ the sugar in boiling water.

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More and more people are moving to cities to ____________ the population there.

The wasp sting caused his leg to ___________ up.

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The market for typewriters will probably___________ completely in the next few years.

The police are baffled by the increasing number of people who ____________ each year.

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The old contract ran out and we had to ____________ it.

Many people argue that it’s futile to __________ old hostility

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They have received funds to ____________ the old buildings.

The house is in good structural condition, but we need to ____________ the central heating system.

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The boss offered to _______________ him from salesman to manager.

Our main aim is to _______________ tourism in the country.

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They wanted to _______________ me from manager to salesperson.

If we _______________ you, you will lose a large part of your salary.

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If you wash it too much, the colour will _______________ .

We watched the islands _______________ away into the distance.

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The company decided to _______________ the permanent staff with freelancers.

You must _______________ the books on the shelf when you have finished with them.

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The doctors were unable to _______________ her illness.

_______________ the meat in salt water for between three and five days.

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Governments are trying to _______________pollution.

The best way to save money is to ____________the number of staff.

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