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When Tom and Elena were children,they....................go on holiday with their parents to the seaside every summer.Their parents.................to own holiday homes next dorr to each other and Tom and Elena became good friends,almost................brother and sister.Now they are grown up and...................their own families who they bring to the beach every year.However,they no longer have the holiday homes and stay in the hotel which has been built.The beach is now..............of the best in the country,which makes it much...............popular than it once was and it is often very crowded