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Fill in the blank in the sentence below with the words or phrases from the box. (You may not know the meaning of all the words. Look such words up in a dictionary, or ask your teacher.)
____________ , the elf began to help Patrick.
Options
out of luck
mystery
true to his word
chores
semester
between you and me
look up
Solution
true to his word, the elf began to help Patrick.
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