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[001] He ran around the house to Evalina's room, a separate _____ building near the main house. Two policemen with torc
[002] re Mapetla died, the police showed another prisoner a _____ figure of Mapetla hanging from a string.' Woods sank
[003] h sooner. The doctor turned to his bag and took out a _____ hammer. I He ran it lightly along the left foot. N
[004] lometres north to King Wilham's Town, and parked in a _____ road just outside the town. A few minutes later a bus
[005] ear. Woods closed the door behind them and Ken took a _____ camera from his pocket. Quickly, he moved about the b
[006] Beukes glanced at Woods in the mirror. 'I've got two _____ children, Mr Woods,' he said quietly, 'and I think ab
[007] a picture of Biko printed on the front. It was a very _____ shirt, and he handed it over to Mary. I'm going to t
[008] e manuscript from its hiding place and packed it in a _____ bag. Then he took o his glasses, as the final part o
[009] last, Kani turned off the main road, and then down a _____ , dirt road which descended to the edge of the river T
[010] ked round. All his life he had been used to living in _____ spaces, but even to him this room did not seem large.
[011] n a chair. Soon there was a knock on the door, and a _____ boy came in. Oh!' he said, looking interestedly at Pa
[012] esborough High School. Apparently teachers there put _____ objects into the children's mouths, and make them dra
[013] re all getting rather cold. We could run our races in _____ groups.' All right. Get into four groups. Prendy,' ad
[014] of disgusting appearance were approaching. They were _____ and dark, with bent backs, tiny bright eyes and long,
[015] ng.' Yes, yes, that's right, three pounds. There is a _____ tent for you, next to the tea-tent. Take your band in
[016] nd. They seemed so angry, and it was only about some _____ detail of church architecture. I have never known Mr
[017] ughing at me in a nasty kind of way. He makes me feel _____ you know, talking to me the way Lady Circle talks to
[018] in a bowl. His head is too big and his hands are too _____ ,' said Professor Silenus. But his skin is pretty.' C
[019] a few millimetres here and there. In fact, it is these _____ variations that I find so annoying in Margot. Otherwi
[020] same Mrs Beste-Chetwynde who came to the Sports Day! _____ world we live in, eh?' Did Mother give you the job?'
[021] ors. Paul found Mrs Grimes and her two friends in the _____ hotel where they were staying, and then spent a tirin
[022] line.' At this moment a warder's face appeared at the _____ window in the cell door. I trust you realize the wick
[023] Dockery experiments began. He and another prisoner, a _____ , bony man, walked dutifully round the courtyard makin
[024] ng which Paul discovered that Philbrick had told the _____ man that he was Sir Solomon Lucas-Dockery, the Govern
[025] up his mind about Margot. On one side was the still, _____ voffice of the English gentleman; he had done the rig
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[001] defendants have discussed with black groups?' 'Yes, _____ I wrote some of the documents.' 'Ah, you did? The one
[002] print his words. The trial was dierent, Woods argued, _____ it was legal to print words used in court. Many newsp
[003] ner argument. 'No, you didn't force them to work, but _____ you had taken over most of the land they didn't have
[004] ' face was all the anger that had been growing in him _____ he first turned his attention to examine what South A
[005] and she had come. It was the first time they had met _____ Biko's death. Ntsiki stood at the side of the road, w
[006] ies, of sympathy, and of sorrow. So much had happened _____ their first meeting, less than two years ago. Then W
[007] phela, standing next to her, cried for the first time _____ Biko's death, as they watched the thousands of poster
[008] ctive night that had been! This was the first meeting _____ then, and old members had poured into Oxford from al
[009] l part of the same thing. Everything's been like this _____ I left the Church. If things had happened dierently,
[010] he said. Yes, I've not known an hour's real happiness _____ then. You see, it's so basic. I couldn't understand w
[011] mber when I last had dinner at a hotel. Certainly not _____ the war. My dear boy, I hardly know what to say.' And
[012] out being a ship-owner and an author and a burglar?' _____ you mention it,' said Philbrick calmly, they were unt
[013] re the ancient family of Pastmaster had always lived. _____ the mid-sixteenth century the great house had been he
[014] n, birth control, and Italian art. For the first time _____ the disturbing events of the Bollinger dinner, Paul f
[015] It's said to be the only really imaginative building _____ the French Revolution.' They continued discussing mo
[016] rgot came herself. It was the first time they had met _____ the morning in June when she had sent him o to rescue
[017] uglier. Well, I must go to bed. I've only slept twice _____ I last saw you that's about my average.' But instead
[018] Benson had worked for the family. 'He's been with us _____ before I was born,' she replied. 'He used to work in
[019] in that room. It looks as though it's never been used _____ it was first built.' 'Who else knows about this?' he
[020] ars ago my uncle, Mr Reed, had died in this room, and _____ then nobody had wanted to sleep in it. Now that I wa
[021] reading a book. I felt brave enough to speak to her, _____ I too liked reading. 'Is your book interesting? What
[022] proached Gateshead Hall, I realized it was nine years _____ I had left it. my hatred of the Reeds. . In that
[023] dy knew that we were married. She has lived here ever _____ . Even Mrs Fairfax and the servants don't know the wh
[024] and told me all about the family. She had known them _____ they were babies. Their mother had been dead for year
[025] children from the greatest families in England. Ever _____ I ran away from Thornfield, Mr Rochester had remained
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[001] ement. Woods smiled. 'I think they're trying to break _____ our friendship.' Biko looked at Woods for a moment.
[002] pathetically. 'I think the police are trying to break _____ our friendship,' said Woods. Lemick was annoyed by t
[003] the pots and pans, the cooker. They pulled the covers _____ the sleeping Nkosinathi and passed their hands under
[004] e window at the back of the van. The policeman shook _____ Woods' hand and looked at him with cold hatred. 'Ther
[005] ighter, she began to cough. Then she stopped and took _____ the towel. She swallowed several times, staring at Sc
[006] al orders. 'I want you to take the Seymour road. Keep _____ the main roads. And when you stop for a rest, one man
[007] the doors were banged shut and the Land Rover drove _____ into the night, Biko's head bumping on the floor. He
[008] eard the sound of a car outside. Quickly Wendy turned _____ the light and went to the window, Jane following her.
[009] a rushed out of the kitchen. Woods pulled the T-shirt _____ Mary's head. The skin on her face was bright red and
[010] followed them for about five minutes, before turning _____ down a side road. Woods and Kani breathed a sigh of r
[011] Kani breathed a sigh of relief. At last, Kani turned _____ the main road, and then down a small, dirt road which
[012] ani had gone, Woods tried to cross the river. He took _____ his shoes and tied them around his neck. He plunged i
[013] and put the manuscript back in the bag. Then he took _____ his own belt and tied it around the bag. Woods felt s
[014] o curve and Tami gradually stopped the car and turned _____ the engine. Woods heard the sound of rushing water.
[015] seru will be fine,' Woods said. Moses nodded and went _____ to the Lesotho passport office for his message. Woods
[016] he rain that was still falling. Finally, Monyane took _____ his glasses and put the manuscript down on Moat's de
[017] ening. Don't you think it might be wiser if we turned _____ the light?' said Mr Sniggs. In darkness the two men
[018] met Prendergast, haven't you? is on duty tonight. I'm _____ to the pub. How about you?' All right,' said Paul. P
[019] had been at school with me! So he managed to send me _____ to Ireland to do some nice easy little job for the r
[020] as a great big diamond ring, and says he used to eat _____ gold plates. We believe he isn't a butler at all, but
[021] 's discouraging, you know, when you keep sending them _____ and none come back.' They found Grimes in the Common
[022] of that sort of thing.' Inside the Castle he turned _____ the main passage. Well, good night, old boy! This is
[023] rest if you don't sleep.' That night as Paul switched _____ his light and lay down to sleep, he thought of the yo
[024] nusually diicult to sleep. Long after he had switched _____ his light, he lay awake, his thoughts racing uncontro
[025] t's delicious,' said Paul. How is Margot?' She's gone _____ alone to Corfu. I made her go, although she wanted to
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[001] Oh, no,' Biko laughed. 'It's going to take more than a _____ pots and pans and a second-hand fridge to do that!'
[002] ' Biko looked at Woods for a moment. 'I don't know. A _____ months in prison would finish your education, I think
[003] ally. I'll give it to you on my way to Cape Town in a _____ days.' 'Cape Town?' Wendy protested. 'Steve, you're
[004] a. Woods hoped that the police would release him in a _____ days. But he was badly mistaken. At twelve o'clock, w
[005] , and parked in a small road just outside the town. A _____ minutes later a bus stopped opposite and Ntsiki got o
[006] have children, too,' he answered. 'But the clays of a _____ whites controlling a black country are over. It's goi
[007] ting about Biko, using the typewriter in his study. A _____ minutes later, the police burst into the house. That
[008] n who promised to publish it if it reached London. A _____ days later, Woods and Wendy took the children to one
[009] them around his neck. He plunged into the water. In a _____ steps the water was up to his knees. Cautiously, he m
[010] ad descended to the river and the Telle Bridge only a _____ hundred metres away. He went back to the car. 'Have
[011] d. 'My wife and children will reach Telle Bridge in a _____ hours. At least, can we meet them there?' Monyane wa
[012] eady Monyane was walking quickly towards the plane. A _____ minutes later the plane was in the air. 'How long bef
[013] m his guardian. He had no expensive tastes, and very _____ friends. None of the Bollinger Club had ever heard of
[014] s already interviewing the other candidates. After a _____ minutes Mr Levy called Paul into a room, introduced h
[015] really,' he added, only you need to watch him.' In a _____ minutes Philbrick returned with the knife. It seems t
[016] mes doesn't wash much.' Paul went to the bathroom. A _____ minutes later he was rewarded by hearing someone appr
[017] ng, isn't it, sir?' Silence!' shouted Paul, and for a _____ moments things were quieter. Please, sir,' said one,
[018] 't be called Line, not even if you paid me, sir.' In a _____ seconds the room had become divided into two groups,
[019] ed Paul. Stop playing for a moment, can't you?' Very _____ masters get on with them,' said Beste-Chetwynde. And
[020] t day.' Paul took his letter. It was from one of his _____ friends in Oxford, the solid, reliable Arthur Potts.
[021] eather, perhaps you will be kind enough to spare me a _____ moments of your time after lunch?' Good God!' murmur
[022] he said. I've been in this business some time.' In a _____ minutes he had written down a list of names. Clutterb
[023] rribly attractive,' said Beste-Chetwynde. There were _____ wedding presents. The boys had collected some money a
[024] m, ten days later, and the arrangements for the first _____ days of Mr and Mrs Grimes' married life were a little
[025] ent to bed. Paul saw little of Grimes during the next _____ days. They met at prayers and on their way to and fro
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[001] sons. Black or white, it isn't worth the price of one _____ ...' There was silence for a moment, then he looked ac
[002] ed to dance, an old African dance he had learnt as a _____ . And as he danced, he kept repeating 'Oh God, oh God,
[003] said Paul. I suppose you're the new master?' said the _____ . Yes,' said Paul. I'm called Pennyfeather.' The litt
[004] e of this world are essentially artistic. We have the _____ 's natural love of song and colour. You white people t
[005] wrong. JANE EYRE Stage 6 6JANEEYR. DOS Part One - A _____ at Gateshead The red room We could not go for a walk
[006] behave better, you cannot be treated as a good, happy _____ , like my children.' 'What does Bessie say I have do
[007] 'Sarah, come in here and sleep with me and that poor _____ tonight. I daren't stay alone with her, she might di
[008] d the doctor to himself as he got up, 'we'll see. The _____ is delicate, she ought to have a change of air.' I he
[009] scolded for an hour by Bessie as the most ungrateful _____ in the world, and indeed with so much hate in my hear
[010] yre,' said the stranger heavily, 'and are you a good _____ ?' It was impossible to say yes, with Mrs Reed sitting
[011] e care of her! Fifty miles is a long way for a young _____ to go alone.' 'I will!' he answered. The door was cl
[012] I'm ten years old.' 'Well, I hope you will be a good _____ at school,' she said, touching my cheek gently with h
[013] nd returned with trays which were handed round. Each _____ could have a drink of water out of the shared cup, an
[014] about my wickedness. Now they would consider me a bad _____ for ever. At first Mr Brocklehurst spoke in a murmur
[015] school about her.' And then to me, aloud, 'Come here, _____ .' I was too frightened to move, but two big girls pus
[016] e lies about me, and then she would hate me! 'Put the _____ on that chair,' said Mr Brocklehurst. Someone lifted
[017] le column. 'She is young, she looks like an ordinary _____ . Nothing about her tells you she is evil. But she is
[018] save her soul if indeed she has a soul, because this _____ ... I can hardly say it . - this
[019] ... I can hardly say it . - this _____ is a liar!' 'How shocking!' said the two Brocklehurs
[020] he family. In the end Mrs Reed was so afraid of this _____ 's evil influence on her own children that she had to
[021] n communicating with young Adele, a pretty, cheerful _____ . It appeared that Mr Rochester, who had known Adele a
[022] a baby girl, Adele, and she claimed that Adele was my _____ . She may be, although I doubt it. So when, a few yea
[023] I got up early to Trouble at Gateshead When I was a _____ at Gateshead, Bessie the nursemaid used to say that
[024] o come. For a whole week now I had dreamed of a small _____ every night, and perhaps Bessie was right, as a mess
[025] n as ever, and she removed her hand from mine. 'That _____ was more trouble to me than anyone would believe! I w
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[001] eter put his foot on the brake. 'They'll probably only _____ for my papers,' he said nervously. Biko was sitting
[002] topped opposite and Ntsiki got o. Woods had phoned to _____ her to meet him and she had come. It was the first ti
[003] oom. When Woods left Pretoria, he phoned Cape Town to _____ Bruce McCullough to come to East London as quickly as
[004] ey're children, they'll...' 'You don't even bother to _____ me what I want to do! Maybe we hate the way this coun
[005] s shouted, holding her hands. 'Wendy, call Dr James - _____ him to come immediately!' Wendy ran to the phone and
[006] indly. Woods smiled and shook his head. 'I've come to _____ you to let me and my family enter your country,' he
[007] ndecent behaviour.' Indeed, indeed? Well, I shall not _____ for details. I have been in the teaching profession f
[008] 't really meant to buy one, but I went into a shop to _____ for some tobacco, and they hadn't got the sort I want
[009] the cheque had arrived. Yes,' said Paul, I'd like to _____ Prendy too.' Why, of course. It's just what he needs.
[010] think the station-master is their leader. And we must _____ the Llandudno News to send a photographer. Will you g
[011] masters. No serious damage. But it is kind of you to _____ .' The races continued. Paul made the announcements,
[012] hat you will?' I don't see why not. Of course we must _____ Peter about it, and there are other things we ought t
[013] said the gentlemen liked a change, madam.' I'll just _____ her.' Margot picked up the phone. Is that Mrs Rosenba
[014] Paul at the other, with a warder between them. I must _____ you both to put your hands on the table in front of y
[015] xactly. What are your plans?' he replied. ' intend to _____ her to marry me, but haven't done so yet.' He rubbed
[016] or two, to decide about Australia. But you ought to _____ her to marry you now. can get you a special licence a
[017] ing too fast for me. Tonight isn't the right time to _____ Penny to marry me. Not after what happened to Gillia
[018] and Penny, and it's wrong of me to interfere. But do _____ her to marry you now, this evening.' stood up. 'Mr
[019] ' ' haven't heard of him,' said Larry. 'Why don't you _____ Nellie? She knows everything,' he laughed. The com
[020] be a member of his family. You surely aren't going to _____ me to spy on him.' 'We're not asking you,' said Mr
[021] hat?' 'Of course,' I replied. 'That isn't too much to _____ , as long as I know what I'm supposed to do.'5 Ogilv
[022] t Ashton's house, the gates were closed and I had to _____ a guard to let me in. Neither Ashton nor Penelope wa
[023] nk, sir?' It was clear that Benson did not want me to _____ him too many questions about Ashton, so I asked him
[024] a gun in a pocket under his arm, but I could hardly _____ him about that. 'Could there be something in Gillian
[025] a good idea. Your father does, too; he wanted me to _____ you last night.' 'So you two have been discussing me
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[001] hout being charged, but at last charges were brought _____ them and Biko - who was involved with both the studen
[002] ce?' 'Ail these men are willing to struggle and fight _____ the situation of black people in this country,' Biko
[003] easy for Woods. Biko was a banned person and it was _____ the law to print his words. The trial was dierent, Wo
[004] icked up Samora, with his double nappy, and held him _____ her shoulder. Finally, Biko nodded. 'Well, it's all i
[005] policeman, a younger, larger man, smacked his stick _____ his leg. 'You think you're a big editor, who can do a
[006] st, and that anything he says may be used in evidence _____ him.' It's all some awful mistake,' said Paul. I sup
[007] ial itself lacked excitement. Potts, as chief witness _____ Paul, was unshakeable, and was later warmly thanked b
[008] ed to him about safety and how to protect his house _____ burglars. A waste of time. Ashton's house was already
[009] her-in-law.' 'What would you have done if he had been _____ it?' asked Penelope. 'I'd have asked you just the sa
[010] aughty every moment of the day. Now that I had turned _____ John to protect myself, everybody blamed me. And so
[011] turned home a few minutes later and he insisted, much _____ the housekeeper's wishes, on bringing me into the ho
[012] er. She also fell in love with him, and married him, _____ the advice of all her family. Sadly, less than two y
[013] mind was changing. I was tempted to stop struggling _____ him, as I had been tempted before, in a dierent way,
[014] rtment. Its plastic walls filled with air and pushed _____ me. protecting me
[015] me. protecting me _____ shock from all directions. I lay and waited. One mome
[016] house where he would do least damage, held the cutter _____ the outer skin, and switched on. Nothing happened. H
[017] lf very carefully in soft material to protect himself _____ the shock. Later on, the men on IV could bring him ba
[018] The figure hit the wall opposite, and stayed floating _____ it. The man with the gun turned and saw the Pilot, Ca
[019] spreading on his uniform. Soon his body was leaning _____ his Captain's, as they floated
[020] his Captain's, as they floated _____ the wall. 'I thought they would last us much longer t
[021] ity to drive the motor. The Captain held a microphone _____ the body of the spaceship and listened. He heard a bu
[022] nd depressing. Samine led me to a row of double seats _____ the wall, and pointed to the end one. I sat in it, an
[023] d there were no window openings. Plants grew close up _____ it, and on top of it. As we got closer I could see th
[024] nd his friend, Mr Darcy, are trying to influence him, _____ you.' Another example is Charlotte. I can't understan
[025] f her social inferiority, which had made him struggle _____ his feelings for so long. In spite of her dislike for
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[001] Kruger's office and Kruger agreed to meet him at his _____ outside Pretoria on Saturday. It was early afternoon
[002] ernoon when the taxi stopped at the gates of Kruger's _____ and Woods got out. There were no guards at the gate a
[003] ins on the other. They had driven more than half way _____ to King William's Town, and had only another two hund
[004] aid. 'And he instructed us to take you by car to your _____ in East London immediately.' Five years! Woods wonde
[005] e stared out into the darkness during that long drive _____ , Woods prayed that somehow Biko's ideas would be kept
[006] e, to give hope for the future. The second day he was _____ Woods started writing about Biko, using the typewrite
[007] d that the house was bugged. Fortunately, Jane was at _____ and she claimed that the typing was hers. The police
[008] After that, Woods dared to type only when Jane was at _____ and reading in his study. When she was at school, Wo
[009] him. 'Leave here? Permanently?' South Africa was his _____ - his father's
[010] - his father's _____ , his grandfather's
[011] , his grandfather's _____ , his children's
[012] , his children's _____ ! 'Actually, yes,' Father Kani said. 'One or the other
[013] n Scone College. They were the only dons who were at _____ that evening. Their colleagues were at parties in Oxf
[014] how impossible it would be for you to share the same _____ with my daughter.' But what should I do?' said Paul.
[015] see Philbrick enter. He appeared to be very much at _____ there, and was held in great respect by the waiters.
[016] y journey and path of flowers were the ugly lights of _____ , the voffices of children, the closeness and confiden
[017] the light, and then the front door closes. There's a _____ and family waiting for every one of us. We can't esca
[018] t. What makes two people want to build their horrible _____ and have children? What is birth?' I've often wonder
[019] ays wins. Oh, God! Why didn't I die in my first awful _____ ? Why did I ever hope I could escape?' Grimes continue
[020] During the wedding, the vicar spoke very movingly on _____ and Married Love. How beautiful it is,' he said, to s
[021] and Flossie, red-eyed, admitted that he had not come _____ from the village the night before. Some of the villag
[022] ey were not on the telephone, but they were always at _____ and delighted to see their neighbours. After tea Lord
[023] What a lot he ate! I did my best to make him feel at _____ , too, by talking to him about trains.' They went bac
[024] stle. My daughter Diana is anxious to start a nursing _____ or a hotel. So you see things are not easy. Yours sin
[025] , well-lit, civilized streets where he knew he was at _____ . By daylight the old town had lost most of its terror
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[001] Town. One night, about a week later, Biko was working _____ on an article for Woods to be printed in the Daily Di
[002] regular security police. 'They're keeping you boys up _____ ,' he said sympathetically. 'I think the police are t
[003] Woods. They both ran to the front door but it was too _____ . The police were already closing the doors of the van
[004] But for another week there was no further news. Then _____ one evening Ken went to say goodnight to Woods and f
[005] ch for the day. 'And be quiet. Your father's sleeping _____ ,' she told them, for the benefit of those who were li
[006] ur unsuitability for the priesthood before it was too _____ . If a vicar does that sort of thing, you know, all th
[007] ake, but by the time the boys had seen it, it was too _____ to stop wearing it. They make all sorts of jokes about
[008] eady. I almost wish it was Dusty. I suppose it's too _____ now to change. Oh dear!' said Grimes despairingly, st
[009] dierent.' You aren't thinking of taking it now?' Too _____ , old boy. The saddest words in the English language t
[010] ld boy. The saddest words in the English language too _____ .' In the break between lessons Grimes said to Paul, L
[011] thing to lose by going to see them.' No, no, it's too _____ , old boy. Things like that just don't happen.' And he
[012] Paul still had no idea what was going on. Sorry we're _____ ,' said Sir Alastair, but I've had an awful time with
[013] hanged my mind. I think I will marry Margot now.' Too _____ , I'm afraid. She's married someone else.' I never tho
[014] She was an attractive and interesting woman. It was _____ when the party came to an end and I took her to catch
[015] er past seven in the evening. 'Do you always work so _____ ?' I asked. She shook her head. 'Not always. It depend
[016] hat my own mind had told me was right. But it was too _____ . I had never felt so bad in all my life. Henty came
[017] nearest fishing village to Cladach Duillich. It was _____ when I arrived but I found a small hotel quite easily
[018] lt I wanted to help him. 'I can't leave you, sir, so _____ on this lonely road, till I see you are fit enough to
[019] Forget it all and kiss me now, aunt.' But it was too _____ for her to break the habit of dislike, and she turned
[020] ts rushed forward, smiling, to congratulate us. 'Too _____ !' cried the master, waving them away. 'Your congratul
[021] em away. 'Your congratulations are fifteen years too _____ . We all went up to the top floor, and entered the roo
[022] he ground as he answered, 'A lovely evening, but it's _____ for you to be out alone. Oh, Father told me you'd op
[023] to make one last eort. 'Alice, dearest, it's not too _____ even now, you know. I'm thinking of you. You only hav
[024] e had been her father's clerk, and now carried on his _____ employer's business. Mr and Mrs Philips lived in Mery
[025] their dear friend's vulgar relations for some time. _____ in the evening, when Elizabeth was satisfied that Jane