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Exercise 1

            blab  cab            dab  crab          drab

to complain __________

a shellfish ____________

dull or colorless ____________

                  a small amount, pat ____________

reveal a secret ____________          taxi ____________

                  swab, daub ____________

                  lab jab nab gab grab

chitchat, chatter __________          to catch a crook __________

            workroom __________       a punch __________

                  to take hold ____________

                  slab stab tab scab

crust of a wound __________           a label __________

                  to pierce with a knife _________

a thick irregular piece (as of butter or concrete) __________

to take a chance __________ a bill, chit, or check __________

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