You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

Q: The lecture do not finish within the time James set aside for it and he hated that the _ is so short.

A: time
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Q: The disease that the cat had was worse than the sickness that the dog had, therefore the _ died later.

A: sickness
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Q: Pauline decided to wear the plain red t-shirt and not the tank with the bloody eyeball on it, because she felt the _ would conform with the norm.

A:
t-shirt
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