The Two Go Together – II

Each of the sentences below use two words which are synonyms of each other, but here in these sentences, they are not used with the same meaning. Can you find the words ?

1. He could not _____ out the _____ which would complete the series in the math teaser.

2. A _____ of her long hair was dangerously _____ to the fireplace.

3. Alas, we could not pay our respects to the _____ Mr. Bigsby. We were _____ by traffic.

4. _____ you open that ____ of beans, please ?

5. Life was a _____, after all, for 20 years all he had done was _____ for the oil company.

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