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(36) **B. divorce**
(37) **C. eventually**
(38) **A. used**
(39) **D. uncle**
(40) **D. pottery**

So, the completed email would read as follows:

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Hi Martina,

How are you? I hope you're feeling OK. I know it's difficult when a couple has problems. I hope it doesn't lead to divorce for your sister and her husband. My grandmother told me that she and her husband used to have problems when they were young, but eventually, they figured everything out and have been happy together now for more than 40 years.

Actually, I had a long talk with my grandmother last week. She told me that she used to live on a farm when she was a teenager. She would get up early to milk the cows and feed the chickens. I asked her if she did that before going to school, and she said that she didn't go to school after she was 14. She left the city when her mother died, and she went to live with her uncle and her two children. Then, later, she worked in a pottery where she learned to make things from clay which she sold in the market.

Do you talk to your grandparents about what they used to do when they were younger? I love hearing my grandparent's stories.

Write soon,

Louise