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Tired of ceaseless pressure of the _____________ (compete) business world, Andrew decided to leave it and take over a small _________ (news) shop in the country. 2. Usually Luke is very ___________ (please) and _____________(reason), but there are times when he gets very bad-tempered and almost violent. He is a James Bond __________ (person). 3. Laura sounds _____________ (impress) when she talks about adventures and (achieve), but its all fantasy. 4. Barbaras manner was _______________ (deceive) casual, but in fact she was a serious and (decide) person. 5. Robert was a brilliant _______________ (journal) who had a good nose for news. 6. If you take a ______________ (decide), you must stick to it. 7. The government had an______________ (intend) of taking very serious measures against this_______________ (interfere) in the countrys affairs. They do not rule out the______________ (possible) of military action. 8. You must make your _______________ (suggest) to the director. He will be pleased to hear it. 9. David ______________(temporal) acted as a headmaster until someone was appointed ______________ (permanent). 10. Nobody believed in Seans _____________ (innocent). He had been accused of the ________ (thief) of a____________ (value) jewellery. 11. Mother thought that he might have eaten something ____________ (poison) or caught some kind of ____________ (infect) disease. The doctor was sure it was nothing serious and he hadnt caught an___________ (cure) disease. He suggested that he should have some ____________ (treat). 12. The teacher told Alex that he was ____________ (polite) because he interrupted her. 13. He is said to have stolen Marthas gold necklace. He is considered to be _____________ (honest). 14. Helen has left her job on an________________ (advertise) company after the _____________ (agree) with her boss. 15. Jerry is very _______________ (fashion), he always wears the latest styles and never wears casual clothes, even on an__________ (formal) occasions. 16. Bryan began his career as a last-minute ___________ (place) for a speaker who failed to turn up. Later he learned to ____________ (straight) his tie and read the speech which had been prepared by his ____________ (person) speech-writer. 17. To my great ________________ (embarrass) I cant use a computer. 18. Should the ______________ (popular) carry on declining, there will need to be more ______________ (immigrate) into _____________ (west) Europe. 19. Today some old customs have survived. In a _____________ (tradition) Japanese _____________ (house) if a guest admires a particular object in the house the host will give it to the guest _______________ (straight). 20. Andy wasnt lucky enough to get much financial ____________ (assist). He complained that authorities never showed him great _____________ (generous).Thats why sometimes he experienced terrible ____________ (lonely). 21. Playing with one string is a great ___________ (invent) of a famous Italian _____________ (violin) Niccolo Paganini. 22. Mobile phones are very _______ (use) gadgets, but many people find them___________ (annoy) and complain about receiving ________________ (necessary) text messages which sometimes require great _____________ (patient) on the part of the reader because they written so _________ (bad). 23. The magazine was ________________ (response) to reveal the secret ______________ (inform) about the celebrity. Many facts about her private life were ____________ (accurate). 24. Sport has _______________ (doubt) made huge ____________ (finance) gains from business _______________ (sponsor). 25. Someone a new _____________ (invent) or the ________________ (introduce) of a new piece of technology fails to make the ________________ (impress) on our lives that people thought it would.