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David hated spending money. When he had to buy __in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price , even for the __ things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $2, David would say, “_ _ it $1.90 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their _ _ a little. “What’s ten cents?” they asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he _ _ several hundred dollars.
One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to __ out. It’s__ serious to be saved.” “How much I must pay you for __ out a tooth?” David asked. “ Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two __ work!” he shouted, “That’s robbery.” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said . “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very __. How about if I take half an hour?”