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2. We`ve seen the biggest water and electricity __ since the start of the war. Now it all costs a fortune.
5. As soon as they had heard the news about the imminent war, they __ the country.
9. His scruffy looks and chav-like talks put his girlfriend off and __ her.
12. My hotel really lacks pleasant __ such as healthy drinking water.
13. Our company gets a generous __ because we don`t just buy one cow monthly, we buy the whole herd of them, which saves up money.
14. The Ivanons had had that ancient laptop for centuries, but one they they __ it and bought a new one.
16. Due to the government __ when building a school, it received poor financial support. As a result, the roof collapsed and turned everyone into a giant mince sandwich.
17. The man was __ with the camera to improve its functionalities.

1. Because my niece was really fat and her mum couldn`t tell her that, I just gave her a salad with __ ingridients for her birthday. No one thanked me.
3. The jacket was my size, but it __ soon after having been washed, not I can`t fit in.
4. It was definitely a dumb business __ to pass off fake Chinese watches as luxirious and expensive.
6. The monthly __ report said the company had earned a dozen billions, although the real profit turned out to be scarcely a few millions due to the inadequate taxing.
7. Low budget and poor financial support were __ the whole process.
8. Thanks to the __ donations, we could finally afford to get our child the treatment he needed at the best clinic in the world.
10. The public __ rose when the news about cheating at the elections popped up. People were enraged.
11. The goveerment is trying to fill __ shortages with immigrants who were willing to work for a can of beer.
15. I could tell my daughter was being __ when she wasn`t looking me in the eyes while saying that she was going to go on a sleepover with her friend Sarah.