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: No one wants to go to the village again and we decided to be meeting at the store. The _ is close.

A: store
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Q: The songs sounded inferior on the recording, compared to the live performance.  The _ was high in energy.

A: performance
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Q: In meat and cabbage soup the ingredients cook at different speeds. The _ should be added at the end because it cooks quickly.

A:
cabbage
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