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True eccentrics never ________ set out to ________ attention to themselves．

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The sorry－looking, blackened figure that ________, at once admitted that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got ________ in the chimney．

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The shop assistants must have found it ________ to resist the ________ to say “it serves him right”．

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Frank could hardly ________ his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real ________．

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Like a scientist ________ on making a discovery, he must ________ the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded．

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The telephone rings and this marks the ________ to an unforeseen series of ________．

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Though the crew were at first under the ________ that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the ________ proved them wrong．

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Even seemingly ________ remains can ________ interesting light on the history of early man．

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Future ________ will be in a ________ position when they come to record the history of our own times．

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He ________(捐了)a lot of clothes to the people of the flooded area．