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The doctor suggested that I should have a balanced diet ____ just protective food.        

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_____ her poor health, she stuck to her post all the same.

Whenever I think of my childhood, I'll always feel that the period of free time seem to have passed ________

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They served raw vegetables with the hamburgers and boiled the potatoes ________ fried them.

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The bill you sent me is incorrect, sir. ________, it isn’t the first time.

There’s no bus now, and we can’t get home _____ by taxi.

I can’t go to the New Year’s concert,_____,100 dollars is just too much for me to spend in one evening.

We shouldn’t complain about being poor--- many families are ____ than we are.

--- John failed his final exam.
--- I’m not surprised at the news at all. _______, he is never seen busy with his lessons.

—Shall I help you?
—Sure. Such a difficult case is ______ I could handle myself.