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"I finally beat Derrick in chess. I finally got the upper hand when he lost his queen in a trap I laid for him," Chris told his wife.

Correct answer: (b) upper

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"I just got the word from our corporate office that we will all be getting a Christmas bonus this year," Tom told his staff.

Correct answer: (d) word

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"I have tried to tell you that you will make more money if you stay in school. I have also told you that you will be able to get married faster and that you will have more power to the things you want to do later in life. I have also told you that you will get a job that you like if you go to school but nothing works. I just don't know how to get through to you," Kevin's dad said to him.

Correct answer: (b) through

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"So far, you are all pointing a finger at each other. One of your family members committed the crime. We will get to the bottom of this and when we do, the person who committed this crime will be in a lot more trouble than if the person had just admits what he or she did right now," the policeman said to the family.

Correct answer: (a) bottom

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"John says he is going to join the army but I don't believe it. I don't believe that he will get up the nerve to sign up and go to basic training," Ryan said to Kyle.

Correct answer: (d) nerve

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"I am so slow at getting my work done when I first come into the office in the morning but once I get warmed up, I can get a lot done in a relatively little amount of time," Josh said to Kate.

Correct answer: (c) warmed

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"You just heard that our office might be closing too? I got wind of that at lunch. I hope our manager can tell us what's going on," Pam worriedly told Jake.

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"It took a while but I got wise to the game you are trying to play. You are giving me orders that you know are wrong and you are hoping that you can tell the boss about my actions and get me fired. It is not going to work," James told Craig.

Correct answer: (a) wise

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"I saw Professor Jenkins the other day and he was just a ghost of himself. It was almost like the life had drained out of him. He didn't laugh at all like he used to and he was oddly quiet. It was sad to see him like that," May told Allen.

Correct answer: (d) ghost

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"I don't have time anymore to write and publish those training manuals that I was telling you about. I think, since I have most of the material, that I will hire a ghost-writer to complete them for me so I can still send them into the company that wanted them," Laura told her best friend.

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