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After a brief discussion about a recent art exhibition at a well-known gallery in Chelsea, with Mary 36 ______ most of the talking, they fell silent.

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30 ______ the time before Christmas had been very busy for shop assistants, they were shocked by such a big crowd outside the shop.

“I’ve never 31 ______ such a queue! Do they think we’re going to be giving the stuff away or something?” Anna asked her friend Lucy.

“Well, you know what they say — the early bird catches the worm, and 32 ______ to the radio, some people have been queuing all night in London to get the best bargains,” Lucy said.

On her 33 ______ to the cosmetics department Anna was wondering if they would even have time for their breaks or lunch-hours.

And she was quite right as there was no chance of a morning break but at last the girls were given 34 ______ to go for a shortened lunch break and they met up in the staff dining room.

“I’ve actually had two ladies almost come to fight over a dress. I could 35 ______ calm them down.”

“I ran out of Chanel perfume within an hour and the customers got angry with me, as if it was my 36 ______ ! I’ll tell you, at one point I was ready to walk out!”

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Is it better to swallow your pride and say you’re sorry when somebody is waiting 30 ______ your apology?

The psychologist Jack Black says that people worry that an apology will be 31 ______ as a sign of weakness, rather than as their effort to understand and make up with the opponent.