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A slim chance and a fat chance are the same,but a wise man and a wise guy are_ .1_ Howcan 2_ speech and blunt speech be the sameand quite a lot and quite a few the same,_ _3_overlook and oversee are opposites? How canthe weather be hot as hell one day and cold ashell the next?Why is it that when the sun or the moon or thestar are out, they are visible, but why the lightsare out, they are_ _4_ ; and that when I wind upmy watch, I start it, but when I wind up my essay,Ishall_5__ it?Still, you haveto_ 6_ at the unique lunacy ofthe English language, in which the sun comes upand goes down, but prices go up and comedown - a wonderful and crazy _ 7_ in whichyour house can both burn up and burn down andiyour car can slow up and slow down, in whichyou fl in a form by flling out a form, in whichyour alarm clocks goes off by going on, in whichyou add up a column of figures by adding themdown.If the truth be told, all languages are a littlecrazy. As Walt Whitman might 8_ theycontradict themselves. That's because languageis invented, not_ 9_ by boys and girls and menand women, not computer. As such, language_10_ the creative and fearful asymmetry of thehuman race, which, of course, isn't really a raceat all.A. sharpB. proclaim C. tongueD.stillE. marvelF. endG. acquireH. whileI. escapedJ. discoveredK. reflectsL.addedM. oppositesN. invisibleO. paradox

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