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A tray of plates came crashing down, causing a _____________ in the quiet restaurant.

A man walked into the bar, placed his straw hat on the chair next to him, flapped his tattered pants with a long, tapered finger, and cooly observed the dining hall. He removed from his billfold seven hundreds, placed them on the counter and asked for a telephone, saying he just needed to make a quick _______________.

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The ________ were in the backyard.

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____________ have to go to school for many years to get their degrees.

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His dirty __________ were on the floor by the front door.

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___________ have to wear traditional uniforms.

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The ___________ had to wash his shirt after spilling coffee all over it.

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Your brother, I am sorry to say, did not pass his driver's ___________.

Noon came and went, and stlll, by Jean-Paul's estimates, they were only about half-way done their climb. Their __________ was slower than they'd hoped.