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      1. "Mom has been breathing down my …… She wants me to clean up my room."
      4. The computer has been acting …… lately. (=It has not been working properly)
      6. If you focus too much on specific details, you won't be able to see the …… for the trees. 
      7. Out of the …… I received a phone call from my elementary school best friend.
      8. Fairy tales often end in "They lived happily …… after."
      9. The coldest season of the year.
      10. "Auld lang syne" means a long time ……
      11. This is not a lie.

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      2. If you paint yourself into a ………, you get yourself into a bad situation that is difficult to get out of. (Similar Chinese proverb: 作繭自縛) 
      3. The time from noon to evening. 
      5. "Are you …… my leg? (=Are you joking?) That can't be true!"
      6. Birds of a …… flock together. (Similar Chinese proverb: 物以類聚) 
      10. What is left after a fire.