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1 I wouldn't normally ______ of disturbing you so late but this is an emergency.
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2 I'm sorry. You're not making yourself very clear. I don't see what you are ______ at.
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3 You and Jeremy can argue all you want but I am not going to be ______ into the argument.
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4 I have a reserve stock hidden away that I can ______ on in an emergency.
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5 I have met this sort of problem several times before so I was able to ______ on my experience.
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6 We considered taking them to court but ______ back when we discovered how time-consuming it would be.
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7 It's not a new idea at all. it's just an old idea ______ up as a new one.
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8 Well we seem to have agreed on the main points. Let's leave it to our lawyers to ______ up the detailed contract.
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9 Dorothy is always ______ up crazy schemes which are totally unrealistic.
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10 It was a really boring meeting. Rachel ______ on for hours about her problems.
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11 We were really late. The train was already ______ out of the station when we arrived.
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12 I ran onto the platform just as the train was beginning to ______ out.
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13 He lit up his cigar, ______ deeply on it and then spoke.
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14 Nobody wanted to make the after-dinner speech so I've been ______ into doing it.
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15 On Fridays we ______ down. You can come in in jeans if you want.
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16 The final questions went on and on and ______ out the meeting for another hour.
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17 He's such an unpleasant person. I'm sure that if we investigate we can ______ up something from his past that will embarass him.
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18 You need to ______ into your staff that they must wear their safety goggles at all times.
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19 There's too much liquid in here. What we need to do is to ______ off some into another container.
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20 The English exercise was so boring that I shut my eyes and began to ______ off.
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