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misbehave irregular,
careless, harmless, illegal, illiterate,
misunderstand irresponsible,
helpless, endless illogical, illegible
misspell, misuse irrational
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and we openly __________________ her work, but she didn’t react. We
________________ what we were expecting her to do, we really had
__________________ discussions, she probably spent more time with my brother and
I than she did with my dad. But nothing changed and my dad’s abilities just
__________________ .
B: That’s plainly ____________________. I bet you got ________________ after a
while. So in the end you let her go. Did she ever ____________________ for not
listening to your wishes and complaints?
A: No. That lady was just ________________ of accepting feedback. And after that we
had that crazy alternative lady who turned out to be _________________ .
B: Well I suppose you don’t strictly have to be able to read and write to be able to
teach a stroke patient to speak again. I remember your brother got really
_______________ when he found out about that.
A: Yes, he had a real freak-out.
B: Was the next person the medic student who _________________ in stroke-
rehabilitation?
A: Yes, he did a fantastic job and he was really happy to work with my dad, he said it
really _________________ his understanding of stroke related speech impairments.
There was only one drawback….
B: What was that?
A: He was ________________ of cats. And he went on about it _______________. I
swear it was a constant topic.
B: Just to _________________ ? He was scared of cats?
A: Yes, he did say himself that it was an __________________ fear. I _______________
him to see a psychologist about that and that maybe he could get some medication to
ease his fear. But he said he _________________ of taking medicine for psychological
conditions. And then he added that he had ________________ ibuprofen for a while
and hence had to stay away from drugs.
B: Didn’t that worry you?
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A: No, not really. After all he did his job, he did it really well and he struck me as a
totally ________________ person, I don’t think he could hurt a fly. Also I think it was
very brave of him to tell me about that, after all he could have also given me a
_________________ answer.
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A: He was ___terrified___ of cats. And he went on about it ___endlessly___. I swear it
was a constant topic.
B: Just to __clarify__? He was scared of cats?
A: Yes, he did say himself that it was an __irrational__ fear. I __advised__ him to see a
psychologist about that and that maybe he could get some medication to ease his fear.
But he said he __disapproved__ of taking medicine for psychological conditions. And
then he added that he had __misused__ ibuprofen for a while and hence had to stay
away from drugs.
B: Didn’t that worry you?
A: No, not really. After all he did his job, he did it really well and he struck me as a
totally __harmless_ person, I don’t think he could hurt a fly. Also I think it was very
brave of him to tell me about that, after all he could have also given me a
___dishonest___ answer.
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