Use of English (1)

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I'm sorry I said that, Mary. It wasn't my ... to hurt you.

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Take no ... of him - he's only teasing you!

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She had a three-roomed flat in a new residential area on the ... of Copenhagen.

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He went to live on the coast for the ... of his health.

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When you buy shares, your investment is always at ... since share prices can go down as well as go up.

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You're off to Bangkok, you say? What a ...! So am I.

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I wonder if you could give me a ... with the washing-up?

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Most of the ... members aboard the new luxury liner were from Pakistan.

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My parents were always making ... in public. As a child I found it very embarrassing.

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The Queen has no real power. She's just a ... .

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The child was throwing stones at the pigeons but his mother didn't take any ... of him.

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Take an umbrella with you ... it rains.