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The company employed lawyers to find _______ in environmental protection laws.
loopholes
An agreement is looking ________ difficult according to the newspapers. (decisive)
decidedly
The _______ of the country's economic problems is its foreign debt.
crux
Women have ______ major inroads _____ this profession over the last 20 years.
made/into
Don't beat around the ______ - get to the point!
bush
It was a shrewd _____ to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.
move
We recognized each other as kindred _______ as soon as we met.
spirits
The company was on the _______ of going bankrupt when they received an unexpected windfall.
verge
Management often turn a _______ eye to bullying in the workplace.
blind
He made little effort to ________ to terms with his critics.
come
Like it or _______ it, romantic fiction is read regularly by thousands.
lump
We've all had to put our plans on the back _________ for a while.
burner
I don't want to ask the question, but it is the big elephant in the ________.
room
The _______ straw was when the company fired most of the managers.
last
On the _____ of it, it seems like a bargain, but I bet there are hidden costs.
face
She seems all right but I think she's just putting on a ______ face.
brave
I'd like to raise people's salaries but my hands are _______.
tied
If I know Mark he'll have one or two tricks up his ________.
sleeve
She offered to take a pay cut to keep her job, but she was just ________ at straws.
clutching
I just think he ought to get a ______ on himself - he's behaving like a child.
grip
The resignation of the chairman came like a ____ from the blue.
bolt
He _______ everything out about the baby, though we'd agreed to keep it a secret for a while.
blurted
Some of the language in the original play has been ______ down for the television version.
toned
_________ up your feelings will only make it worse.
Bottling
________ back my anger, I tried to speak calmly.
Choking
A proposal to require high school students to take at least one AP course was ____ down by concerned parents.
shot
They were very unhappily married but ______ _____ appearances for the sake of their children.
kept up
They ______ his doubts and objections aside.
swept
She spent the entire evening ________ off unwanted admirers.
fending
It took me a while to ________ the truth out of him.
tease
I have just enough time to ______ up an omelette.
whip
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