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Один нюанс требует разъяснения. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect. When Swiss millionaires Justine Klaus(a) ____ (die) in Geneva at the age of seventy-nine, most of her family(b) ____ (come) to hear the details of her will hoping the old lady(c) ____ (remember) them. Instead they(d) ____ (get) a real shock. Justine(e) ____ (live) alone for many years and most of her family(f) ____ (not/see) her for several years. Her relatives(g) ____ (be) amazed when they(h) ____ (hear) that the old lady(i) ____ (leave) £370 000 to her favourite house plant! Justine said that for all those years the plant(j) ____ (be) her best and only friend. In contrast her family only(k) ____ (receive) £100 each.

When Swiss millionaire Justine Klaus died in Geneva at the age of seventy-nine, most of her family came to hear the details of her will hoping the old lady had remembered them. Instead they got a real shock. Justine had lived alone for many years and most of her family had not seen her for several years. Her relatives were amazed when they heard that the old lady had left £370 000 to her favourite house plant! Justine said that for all those years the plant had been her best and only friend. In contrast her family only received £100 each.