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1. In order to ___ the flow, the company decided to cease the marketing campaign to stop the haemorrhaging of profits.
4. With the ___ and flow of popular support, the PAP's days were soon numbered.
8. To ___ the lessons learnt from the overseas trip, the team must sit down to discuss the issue at hand.
10. He ___ into the piles of homework with gusto, staying up from dusk to dawn, and was soon prepared for
13. To ___ himself in Chinese language and culture, the western backpacker decided to stay with a Chinese family.
14. The lawyers worked day and night to ___ out the required reports about the defendant.
15. He was caught unprepared for the examinations, and was ___ off his feet by each successive wave of homework that the teachers gave.
16. With each successive failure, he felt ___ by his anxiety, swamped with worry.
17. A sense of fear ___ the class when the teacher announced that some students had been retained for the following year.
21. You can't cover up the facts by ___ on some positive news.
23. Beneath the ___ surface of the classroom, tensions ran high as the class had divided itself into two opposing factions.
24. The ___ relationship was filled with passion and hatred, and after a two-year affair, it slowly winded down.
26. Since photography was his favourite topic, he spent hours ___ about his favourite cameras and lenses.
27. He felt his worries ___ and dissipate into thin air.
31. After the disappointment of their shocking loss, Liverpool's future looks ___.
32. Beneath the ___ surface of their quarrels, both husband and wife were truly devoted to each other.
33. Upon hearing the dire news, his heart ___ at the thought of being sent home.
34. After the company was left in dire straits with the loss of staff, it spent several months ___ water, trying to relinquish projects in order to find sufficient manpower.
35. The stench of the sour milk made her stomach ___, and soon, she was doing all she could to stop herself from gagging.
36. Since the staff already knew of the dire straits that the company was in, the news of further retrenchments hardly made a ___ to them
37. The ___ of the tight skinny jeans tells us that fashion is cyclical.
38. He soon found himself ___ in homework as End-of-Year examinations approached

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2. The teacher's announcement of a test that would be held the following day was greeted by a ___ reaction from the class.
3. He ___ the waves of his newfound popularity, choosing to give several interviews to the press.
5. ___ by a series of setbacks, the student had decided to take matters into her own hands.
6. We ___ in the atmosphere and the festivities at the food fair.
7. The market was ___ with the fakes and counterfeits after the Police stopped the crackdowns at the black market.
8. To avoid ___ his message, the speaker railed relentlessly against the ills of the Internet.
9. When will you be willing to take the first ___?
11. Rejuvenated by the long period of rest, he ___ into his work with gusto.
12. He spent several ___ years, after his parents' divorce, failing examinations in school and coming home to a broken family.
18. The announcement sent ___ of shock among the students, as each discussed what the principal really meant.
19. Her dark eyes were awash with ___ emotions that she masked with an indifferent expression.
20. Trying to navigate the treacherous ___ of school work and CCA, she did her best to keep herself from going under.
22. When the police informed him that the culprit had been caught, he lapped up the news like a grateful kitten.
25. The ___ quarrels between the couple soon caught the eye of the neighbours, who observed the shouting and screaming matches that took place next door.
28. A ___ in juvenile delinquency rates proves that many schools are not succeeding in keeping students occupied.
29. ___ of fear swept over him, as he came face to face with his worst enemy.
30. ___ of fear overcame him, which he soon succumbed to.
33. Her ___ gaze made me think twice about approaching her.