All these features add to our view of the owl as being MYSTERY.
MYSTERIOUS
As all school children know, there are 60 seconds in a minute. But every so often, our planet EARNS/GAINS/WINS/OBTAINS a second.
GAINS
The rules are EXACTLY/RATHER/THEREBY/SOMEWHAT straightforward: bring a book and lose yourself in it the way you did as a child.
RATHER
I often used to go walking through the forest with my parents when I was younger. // WOULD// My parents . . . take walks through the forest when I was younger.
and I would often
Last night, I foolishly left my apartment without a key and couldn't get back in. //LOCK// Last night, I was foolish enough . . . my apartment.
to lock myself out of
For centuries, people existed in isolated COMMUNE far from one another.
COMMUNITIES
I was always convinced our business would be a success.//MIND// There was never . . . that our business would be a success.
a/any doubt in my mind
Tom and Alexis said "We're getting married in May." //ANNOUNCED// Tom and Alexis . . . in May.
announced (that) they were getting married
As it's also a good guide to people's innermost THINK, learning how to "read" these would be a valuable life skill.
THOUGHTS
As a young man he started an engineering APPRENTICE.
APPRENTICESHIP
But this chance discovery of useful materials _____ undergoing a change.
IS
Vulcanised rubber, celluloid and plastic - these materials were, _____ a certain degree/extent, invented by accident.
TO
HISTORY, there have been long periods when one might barely detect a single change in pronunciation.
HISTORICALLY
Many birds have special SIGNIFY for humans but none is perhaps more respected than the owl.
SIGNIFICANCE
How often do we struggle to figure _____ a problem and then, after a night's sleep, we wake up knowing exactly what to do?
OUT
Being completely honest about your opinions isn't always advisable./IDEA// It isn't . . . completely honest about your opinions.
always a good idea to be
I'm proud of the fact that we built our home recording studio without any help.// BY // The fact we built our home recording studio . . . feel proud.
by ourselves makes me
It's 7pm and I'm sitting in a café I've never been in before. It's CRAMMED/CRUSHED/MASSED/PILED with people, but nobody's talking.
CRAMMED
He described this time as like a prison sentence with harsh, TOLERATE conditions.
INTOLERABLE
Some countries are in favor of abolishing leap seconds while others ARGUE/DISAGREE/DISPUTE/QUESTION that the technical challenges are manageable.
ARGUE
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