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Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
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[001] idn't see the detectives close in on his convertible _____ , in their quest for the stolen lap rug, they proceed
[002] e mayorship of Los Angeles, nothing ever escaped him _____ might possibly lead to personal publicity. It was
[003] too good to be true. But if true, it was the case of _____ he had dreamed, the case
[004] he had dreamed, the case _____ would throw him into headlines all over America as t
[005] e, never to return, had assumed a matter-of-factness _____ remained his principal attitude from that time on. H
[006] possible sensation into the case. Every new scandal _____ would provide more "copy" for Marshall's pen would t
[007] d Welch closely as the trial progressed for any hint _____ might give me a lead as to how he might be thwarted.
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[001] de my family .... I'm not giving you a chance, Bill, _____ availing myself of your generous offer of assistance
[002] to the episode- offered Barco whisky to revive him; _____ the old fellow, a lifelong teetotaler, refused it, a
[003] me clean". At first Barco was evasive and shifty. _____ with Welch's relentless pursuit of the subject, Barc
[004] ituation seemed to Welch almost too good to be true. _____ if true, it was the case of which he had dreamed, th
[005] l. Welch summoned jail officials to Barco's cell. _____ to Welch's chagrin, the police captain pooh-poohed
[006] liquor. Naturally, Viola had no wish to remain, _____ she felt she couldn't leave so soon after her arriva
[007] from reflecting on Welch's political career, had all _____ wrecked his home life. He never rested until he disc
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[001] e the capital, we're through. Nothing has been lost. _____ 're up against it anyhow. Why won't
[002] 're up against it anyhow. Why won't _____ give me a chance"? A silence fell. Heads instinct
[003] read broadcast outside my family .... I'm not giving _____ a chance, Bill, but availing myself of your generous
[004] f of your generous offer of assistance. Good luck to _____ ". "All the in-laws have got to have their day", A
[005] and grinned. "I suppose I can never expect to call _____ 'General' after that Washington episode". "I'm af
[006] murder victim who had said: "With your beard, dear, _____ ought to be in movies"! Mills secured Barco's pho
[007] y're under sand dunes ... They're better off, I tell _____ ... I saved their souls". The detective, commenting
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[001] headed in that direction and, at San Juan Capistrano _____ -the-Sea came upon Barco sitting in the quaint old Sp
[002] eeded to search. The robe, however, was missing, for _____ that time Barco had disposed of it at a pawnshop in
[003] aid a call on Barco in his cell and began their chat _____ stating bluntly: "Barco, we've got the goods on y
[004] and started confessing to one murder after another. _____ the time Barco reached the count of three, the situa
[005] ttained a share of them and had then been superseded _____ some luckier chap. I did not rest until I had tracke
[006] of a downtown hotel. Viola had been urged to attend, _____ telephone, and not knowing the host or the character
[007] ke if ever the chance came his way. And here it was! _____ such innocent actions are human tragedies sometimes
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[001] arted out on William's forehead, whether from relief _____ disquietude he could not tell. Across the table, Ham
[002] nded for mere larceny, now began to suspect that one _____ another of his murders had been uncovered. During th
[003] munity who are mentally unhinged- that he was a more _____ less harmless "nut"! However while in his cell aw
[004] e had entertained aspirations toward Viola's favors- _____ , even more serious perhaps, that he had attained a s
[005] ed to attend, by telephone, and not knowing the host _____ the character of the party, she had gone. She arrive
[006] t the movies, in school, visiting their grandmother, _____ on a field trip in some distant city, they will be u
[007] been kind to us and we were indebted to them for one _____ two pleasant dinners, and for information as to wher
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[001] failed because, when endeavoring to cut his wrists, _____ murderer of seven women had fainted at the sight of
[002] ith greater precision he again paced off a location, _____ time a little more to the left. With quibs and gi
[003] at them in dismay and starting to woolgather again, _____ time about Francesca and her husband. How about them
[004] ck, and with her blonde hair cut so closely, wearing _____ uniform, she strongly resembled a member of the SS.
[005] theirs. I wouldn't have wasted time puzzling over _____ couple were it not for my fear that all the other in
[006] of homesteads such odd pioneers would establish in _____ suburban frontier; pioneers who looked like off-duty
[007] r in paradise". Needless to say, I was furious at _____ unparalleled intrusion upon free enterprise. How dar
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[001] little housewives and dull husbands, but People Who _____ Things". I admired their easy way of doing things
[002] nting room, play with blocks in the block house, and _____ all the other things in the proper rooms at exactly
[003] d drastically during this turbulent period. Could it _____ otherwise? Even though I have always had a genius fo
[004] t for all it's worth", no actress can be expected to _____ her best work when her fortune, her reputation, her
[005] actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to _____ a "quickie" called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess,
[006] ng" and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to _____ was look blank and scream a great deal. My heart was
[007] in the picture. What in the world were you going to _____ with a lot of dogs when you left for town on Monday
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[001] rehended for mere larceny, now began to suspect that _____ or another of his murders had been uncovered. During
[002] h entered the case. A man of vaulting ambition, with _____ eye on the mayorship of Los Angeles, nothing ever es
[003] had attempted suicide. Welch wanted to know why. No _____ knew. Now Welch had a pet theory that everyone is gu
[004] ect, Barco finally "broke" and started confessing to _____ murder after another. By the time Barco reached the
[005] s I've been murdering women. I can lead you to every _____ of the bodies, and there ain't four, nor five, nor s
[006] ing that it was a nice day for a picnic when finally _____ of the shovels struck an object. "There's somet
[007] l, now raised into view a package crudely wrapped in _____ of the murderer's Hollywood sport shirts. Although i
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[001] , William said. " _____ 'll try to swing the deal on that basis. If
[002] 'll try to swing the deal on that basis. If _____ can't raise the capital,
[003] can't raise the capital, _____ 're through. Nothing has been lost. You're up against
[004] nd began their chat by stating bluntly: "Barco, _____ 've got the goods on you! It'll be a lot better if yo
[005] In the first place, it was difficult for us to meet. _____ couldn't be seen together, for the tongue of Scandal
[006] nizing the caller, I resumed my everyday voice. Soon _____ were deep in a conversation that was interrupted man
[007] Francesca and Herbert were among the few people _____ knew in Catatonia.