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Add the missing words:
1) The children's health suffered …..the lack …..exercises.
2) This artist's pictures are much sought …..
3) He inflicted a lot of pain …..his family ….. a result …..his thoughtlessness.
4) They will soon finish …..the work when they find the solution …..this problem.
5) That decision brought …..the fall of the government.
6) He drank a cold beer to cool …..after the game.
7) The little boy was overjoyed …..his presents.
8) John was doing a spot …..work in the garden when I passed …..yesterday.
9) He walked up and …..the room for ten minutes, deep in thought, when he heard …..the
accident.
10) He's aiming …..becoming a millionaire before he's forty years old.
11) I know I've been a bad student, but from now …..i promise to work harder.
12) I haven't caught a fish all day. I'm ….. ….. luck lately.

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