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Kane159 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Need help with a task

Hi,
which word fits into all three following sentences, please?

James is able to ........ an enormous amount of factual information in his head.

Although the old house has been completely renovated, care has been taken to ........ as many of the original features as possible.

When you're buying outdoor adventure clothing, the thing to look for is material that does not ........ a lot of moisture.


I hesitate between "preserve","sustain" and "retain". Please guide me.
Thank you in advance!
  

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Hi. In my opinion retain would be the answer, let's see what others say.

  • Hi.
  • In my opinion retain would be the answer, let's see what others say.
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Hi.

In my opinion retain would be the answer, let's see what others say.
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I agree with Hrsanei.

Kane, are you practising for the CPE?
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Hi, Tanit
no, I was just at a loose end, so I just tried to take a CPE test to see how good or bad I am at English Emotion: smile I admit th
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I took the CPE and did lots of exercises like the one you posted. Good ol' memories! Emotion: smile

If you're looking for some "fill-in t
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Thank you Emotion: smile
However, I have a problem regarding to the tests on this site. The result button won't work. Every time I click on it
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Hi Kane,

That's weird! The "check your answers" button is not working for me, either -- both on Chrome and on FF. I'll let the admins know ... thank for that!
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Have noted this bug for us to fix soon, thanks!

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