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For many, Robert’s world is __________ commonplace; they cannot understand why he only cares about the __________.

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At the most __________ hours, my young nephew’s __________ pace subsides and he is willing to sleep.

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Because Frank wrote the book in the __________ style he uses in his academic writing, the casual audience it was aimed at believed that it was unnecessarily __________.

Many young computer programmers are so accustomed to rigid logic that they often are __________ when they must develop a merely __________ technique to solve a problem.

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I’m not usually a(n) __________ person, but I was fuming after I got lost driving to my friend’s house because of the __________ directions he gave me.

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Although one can learn to read the most __________ written works in another language, many forms of __________ discourse can still be difficult to read.

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The young author discovered that true fame was ________ and ________; not only did he struggle to get the manuscript published, but also once it was made public, the media quickly lost all interest in the book.

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Since Thomas was raised in a very unstable household, he was not particularly __________ with regard to authority, for in his youth he often had to question the motives of his __________ parents.

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Surprisingly, after John had won the large lottery jackpot, he remained as __________ as before even though he needed to accumulate no more money even to live a significantly __________ lifestyle.

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The __________ captain had designed a __________ scheme that increased his profits threefold: he traded the cargo he was paid to transport to roving bands of pirates, and then reported that he had been attacked and had his cargo stolen.