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
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'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
But this chance discovery of useful materials _____ undergoing a change.
IS
Many birds have special SIGNIFY for humans but none is perhaps more respected than the owl.
SIGNIFICANCE
The rules are EXACTLY/RATHER/THEREBY/SOMEWHAT straightforward: bring a book and lose yourself in it the way you did as a child.
RATHER
Vulcanised rubber, celluloid and plastic - these materials were, _____ a certain degree/extent, invented by accident.
TO
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
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 all school children know, there are 60 seconds in a minute. But every so often, our planet EARNS/GAINS/WINS/OBTAINS a second.
GAINS
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
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
Tom and Alexis said "We're getting married in May." //ANNOUNCED// Tom and Alexis . . . in May.
announced (that) they were getting married
All these features add to our view of the owl as being MYSTERY.
MYSTERIOUS
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
He described this time as like a prison sentence with harsh, TOLERATE conditions.
INTOLERABLE
As a young man he started an engineering APPRENTICE.
APPRENTICESHIP
Some countries are in favor of abolishing leap seconds while others ARGUE/DISAGREE/DISPUTE/QUESTION that the technical challenges are manageable.
ARGUE
HISTORY, there have been long periods when one might barely detect a single change in pronunciation.
HISTORICALLY
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