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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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[001] ad been to Paris, long before I married Valery. That _____ time was good and it stuck with me. I was twenty-one
[002] xclaimed, smiling. "J'ai faim"! "Yeah, but breakfast _____ ". With a laugh she beat me to the bathroom. I cal
[003] and steamed mussels. The sommelier brought the wine _____ , a magnum instead of the bottle I had ordered. He mu
[004] but pushed her way out into the street. This was her _____ day in Rome and it was June. An enormous sky of
[005] ? Strange, but she was. Presently, she picked up the _____ of the letters. A few moments later her hands w
[006] ple such as Cousin Elec had lived had to be known at _____ hand .... Poor George! The only boy, the family d
[007] been aroused to go next door at Cousin Emma's call- _____ Papa, then Mother, then Theresa and George. There th
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[001] live through the summer? And how on earth did I ever _____ this letter anyway? She had reason indeed to wo
[002] ere they all did their uttermost to help Cousin Elec _____ a cramp out of his foot. He had hobbled downstairs i
[003] ut "one or two countries" and come home in August to _____ Cousin Emma's house ready before the teachers came t
[004] be a party at someone's house. I assumed Alma would _____ me there, but in the confusion of the meeting breaki
[005] tiful twin of mine", Ronald said. "Need a pumpkin to _____ to the party"? I couldn't help laughing with him.
[006] He shrugged. "Okay. But at least come along while I _____ lubricated". The kitchen was jammed. Strange face
[007] rs will make you a little more comfortable until you _____ it licked. You young men
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[001] back"? I'd found my voice. "Where have you been all _____ years"? She shrugged. "Here and there. As for com
[002] ution, wouldn't it? What she'd said was true- in all _____ years, she'd never asked for anything from me. If I
[003] magination responding fully, almost exhaustingly, to _____ shores' peculiar powers of stimulation- she saw the
[004] conceived a dreamy passion by lamplight, to see all _____ places with her own eyes. The very night after her f
[005] bout the house.) "I hope if you have any ideas along _____ lines you will write me about them. I may settle on
[006] me sick. I'll start sneezing in a minute, sitting on _____ cold steps. She got up, standing uncertainly for a m
[007] ion for lots of sun seemed like a hollow mockery. In _____ damp circumstances, he was an odds-on bet to develop
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[001] said, "Will you have a drink with me"? I could _____ the ancient cynicism reinforce itself in her eyes, a
[002] oat, drew the cork, and passed it to her. I could _____ she was shocked. "I'm sorry I haven't got a glass
[003] here wasn't much light in the blue dark, but I could _____ her well. No child, this tart, she must have been th
[004] woke at the same moment, deeply rested, surprised to _____ the late morning sun on the windows, which were wet
[005] y, the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine. She would _____ them, looking just as they had in the books, and thi
[006] she had conceived a dreamy passion by lamplight, to _____ all these places with her own eyes. The very night a
[007] was still resting snugly in my heart. "I don't _____ Alma anywhere", I said. "She's invisible tonight.
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[001] this was Gladdy's mother! "I never asked you for _____ favors, Joe", she went on, "but I'm asking one now.
[002] me welcome. Her dark cool caresses were sweeter than _____ woman's; the many little tricks she knew made her em
[003] is dive seemed foolish now. Only the dive itself had _____ meaning. The metal-tasting nitrogen made me wonder i
[004] age of details about the house.) "I hope if you have _____ ideas along these lines you will write me about them
[005] and I can truthfully say I never heard them spread _____ gossip about anybody. Even if they ever did say anyt
[006] ved. It was as blissful and fulfilling a night as _____ bride ever experienced. I had had no wedding ceremon
[007] to want to continue supporting his two children, as _____ decent man would, that was no reason he should be de
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[001] n't I? But you haven't changed much, Joe". I knew _____ , knew with a heart-stopping shock. "Alice"- I stamme
[002] was good and it stuck with me. I was twenty-one back _____ , in the army, and fog put our plane down at Orly ins
[003] , and this was Paris! I had champagne at Maxim's, _____ went into a cafe called the Jour et Nuit to ask the
[004] tle of French beer called Panther Pils (so help me), _____ switched to Tuborg. After a few hours, Life hadn't
[005] I'd rather be alone. She was silent for a while, _____ said, "Why are you so unhappy"? "I'm not unhapp
[006] or that be sorry". She tilted up and drank, and _____ I drank. It's really rotten to drink good cognac lik
[007] soberly, in the cold, cold air while the snow fell. _____ she said, "Allons", and we got up and went to my hot
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[001] here- well, I'll tell you the truth, I didn't even _____ where I was when I came to. The last thing I remember
[002] nd washing it down with red wine. I stared. I didn't _____ a human could feed so fast and still be beautiful. S
[003] t cups of coffee. "You are very tactful, do you _____ , Stephen", she remarked. "Um"? I grunted, sippi
[004] use yours", she went on. "I carry one in my purse. I _____ men never kiss les putains". To my immense relief
[005] Inside were all the things they thought she ought to _____ concerning the last illness, death, and burial of Co
[006] 't they always emphasizing that they really didn't _____ what they would do without Theresa? The trouble is,
[007] did say anything about people like Lucille Warren, I _____ they wouldn't have dreamed of saying it in front of
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[001] I said with round eyes. I wondered if I ought to go _____ the new one myself. But I smelled the coffee, and th
[002] ted, sipping. "Yes, because you didn't run off to _____ that new toothbrush". I raised my eyes to look
[003] es to look at her in the mirror. "I didn't really _____ yours", she went on. "I carry one in my purse. I kno
[004] mpete with a woman like that, who didn't hesitate to _____ her sex. Johnnie was a trucker with a small lumbe
[005] swered. "You're having a miserable time, aren't you? _____ all the lotion you want, and for goodness' sake, sta
[006] you're so anxious to get a tan, you may not want to _____ it". "I'm not that anxious, but maybe that's why
[007] hesitate in that brutal, murdering dance. It was no _____ . I felt myself tremble, thinking of the diamond ligh
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[001] orry. Just let me outta here"- "But why did you _____ back"? I'd found my voice. "Where have you been all
[002] I didn't feel like a Hun. I sat waiting for Life to _____ along and sweep me up. I had part of a bottle of Fre
[003] Robbie and Beryl tried their best to persuade her to _____ and stay with them, and Anne and I have told her she
[004] she really should cut out "one or two countries" and _____ home in August to get Cousin Emma's house ready befo
[005] ou- well, a guy's a guy and Lucille's willing to- to _____ across. Honest, kitten, that's all it is- I don't ev
[006] and won't even listen when I try to persuade him to _____ back to the fold". He examined his nails carefu
[007] I should find Alma"- I began. "Alma, Schmalma. _____ along with me". I went. ## By the time we arrived,