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[001] hin yellow lines round it. And it had not been found, _____ he always carried it with him. The police decided th
[002] to write with ink, and he was proud of this. However, _____ he was very clever in other ways, Nna-nndo was very s
[003] ave her, Mother?' asked Iloba. He was frightened now. _____ he was only twenty, he had seen many young girls die
[004] st. She did not know the history of 'slave' families. _____ , under the white man's law, nobody could own a person
[005] back. Her legs felt weak and she felt strangely cold, _____ it was a warm day. 'Do you want me to go?' he asked.
[006] t to harm her. She was getting to know Chike better. _____ he talked a lot in the schoolroom, he was often quiet
[007] ong of the birds, and the music of their own hearts. _____ these meetings remained a secret, it was obvious to
[008] the sand below us. The May day was bright and clear, _____ the air was cool out of the sun. Claire Grafalk was
[009] rang and rang the bell, but nobody came to the door, _____ she was sure he was there . Hopeless!' Someone else
[010] ges, And then - goodbye!' But on the word 'goodbye', _____ the piano sounded desperately sad, a big, bright, com
[011] , no. I never drink wine, or anything like that.' And _____ she was afraid she was being awfully rude, she was qu
[012] t the wall and pushed his hard old body against hers. _____ she fought him, shaking her head desperately from si
[013] aiting to start again. Perhaps it was my imagination ( _____ I'm almost sure that it was not). But I had a feelin
[014] the mist came an old man with a huge dog by his side. _____ the man was old, he stood straight and tall. He wore
[015] ught no more about it. The disappearance of the rope, _____ it was strange, was not particularly important. Doct
[016] t night. You were there, and you felt their presence, _____ you could not see anything.' Draycott said, 'I'm not
[017] ' said Parker. The Ghost Coach This is a true story. _____ twenty years have passed since that night, I can sti
[018] cob and I were out on the lonely, snow covered hills. _____ the wind was quieter, it was still bitterly cold. The
[019] walk along the old coach road. This was not diicult. _____ it was dark, I could still see the stone wall at the
[020] hort time I felt better. But the night was very cold. _____ I walked quickly, I was unable to keep warm. My hand
[021] y. Poor old John, he had never drunk really heavily, _____ he always enjoyed a drink. Do you know, Leithen," he
[022] olid posts at one end, and by the canal at the other. _____ it was getting dark, there were no lights at any of
[023] brown leather jacket, still wet from the rain. But _____ he listened very carefully, he could hear nothing. Wh
[024] es. When he lost his factory job, he had moved here. _____ he had no real friends, most people in Jericho knew
[025] ott. The book he was reading was by Kafka, in German. _____ Edward was not very good at German, he had shown gr
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[001] watched and recorded and I looked at Benson's medical _____ in the army. Early in November 1946 he had complained
[002] understand them. All I can do is to keep an accurate _____ . It was some time later when the worst possible thing
[003] e dead man, Bowman, and the Captain needed it for the _____ . He had sent Carter to get it from the body locked in
[004] her side, put a cassette into the Walkman and pressed _____ . She could hear every word of the men's conversation
[005] called Mr Declan Stanyer at Ohio State University. No _____ . They didn't believe he was qualified. Since then Mr
[006] d and jewels, and a1 historian called Callisthenes to _____ his great achievements. Alexander left his mother Oly
[007] hich he earned glowing notices. Mr. Gardiner's latest _____ is an album of (Benjamin) Britten choral works, cent
[008] ears ago the team won 3 games and lost 13, the worst _____ in professional football. Fans prayed that the nadir
[009] 92 yards). Then he capped that off with a Super Bowl- _____ 244 return yards - including the 99- yard kickoff re
[010] arned them not to look at North Carolina State's 3-8 _____ of 1996. He warned his team and he warned the news me
[011] et at safety and receiver Terry Glenn caught a rookie- _____ 90 passes last season, averaging 12. 6 yards per cat
[012] the book's darkest moments, come from the historical _____ . 'Cold Mountain' is not a Civil War novel like, say,
[013] he Vietnam War or, more specifically, a seismographic _____ of that war raging its way through one man's conscio
[014] vest only in companies with at least a five-year track _____ - i. e., stay away from initial public offerings. In
[015] ar collection, a Boeing 727 and a large staff for his _____ label, Bust It Productions. KCBS-TV anchor MICHAEL TU
[016] discriminatory treatment three years after paying a _____ $54 million to settle civil rights lawsuits. Now a la
[017] e there isn't one within 300 miles -to catch a world _____ Arctic char, the northernmost freshwater fish. Hickma
[018] are at Spelman, and the school recently completed a _____ -breaking $114 million fund-raising campaign. Still,
[019] Association reports that in 1996 RV sales reached a _____ $12. 4 billion, up 50 percent from 1990. Factor in t
[020] new season. That sounds good, but the Giants' 11-21 _____ the last two seasons suggests a wait-and-see posture.
[021] d to an intraday high of 2. 8630 to the dollar from a _____ low of 2. 9650 to the dollar earlier in the day. By th
[022] neighborhoods in and around Washington and tallied a _____ of one win and four losses. In the process, Cooke als
[023] a Beetle. The Beetle has a perfect mechanical safety _____ , on all types of roads and in all kinds of road con
[024] p in New York sold ten Biros on one day, which was a _____ at the time. Last year the Bic sold on average 10 th
[025] psychiatrist all this information is likely to be on _____ somewhere. On
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[001] ange ways - a chance meeting with Loding in a London _____ . Perhaps there was a hidden purpose there. Perhaps he
[002] often ill. If there was any sickness or fever in their _____ , Aku-nna always caught it at once. Often her mother b
[003] imbed in the sky and the food sellers were out in the _____ , carrying their pots of hot foot on their heads. 'Wha
[004] crying. Then the box was closed for ever. Akinwunmi _____ in Lagos had never seen such a long line of mourners
[005] cold spring air. While I looked doubtfully along the _____ , wondering whether I could find a cab, a young woman
[006] ?' 'Of course.' I followed Paige Carrington down the _____ . She drove a silver Audi0. Either the Windy City Bal
[007] rusty truck. He started the car and turned on to 130th _____ . I noticed his hands gripping the steering wheel ti
[008] k from St Catharines.' I drove the Lynx on to 130th _____ . The night was clear but the air was cold and I kept
[009] urned over. Metal on metal. Glass shattering on the _____ . A violent crash. A pool of warm wetness on my arm. L
[010] ster. But Mattingly was not there. I went across the _____ to a little coee shop and drank a cup of hot chocola
[011] book which listed the owners of buildings in Astor _____ . Paige's apartment was owned by the Fort Dearborn Tru
[012] he just said 'goodnight' and left her outside in the _____ . Hopeless. Other women tried to help him - women can
[013] the river, and the people walking towards him in the _____ had pink faces and pink hands. Outside the house he w
[014] parate, somehow, distant from the other people in the _____ - all this was so natural, so right to him. 'Yes, she
[015] the house, past all the people. At the corner of the _____ she met Laurie. He appeared out of the shadows. 'Is t
[016] ss,' said the old woman. And Miss Moss was out in the _____ again. The nice thing about Beit and Bithem was - it
[017] plane - shoot?' Miss Moss read. She walked along the _____ , asking herself those questions. A rough, cold wind w
[018] y had ever kissed her before . She ran, ran down the _____ until she found a wide road with trams and a policema
[019] as no time to cry. They were at the hall already. The _____ was bright with moving lights and happy faces; little
[020] I did, madam? I ran away. Yes, I did, right down the _____ and round the corner. Oh dear, I must have looked fun
[021] area, in the north-west of the city, between Walton _____ and the canal, is called Jericho. Its houses are sma
[022] was driving through Oxford. As he turned into Walton _____ he suddenly realized he was in Jericho, and immediat
[023] ome of his old books to the Club's address in Walton _____ . It was 3. 25 p. m. But something made him decide to
[024] . m. But something made him decide to turn off Walton _____ and drive slowly towards the canal. Surely Canal Re
[025] e parking diicult but at last he managed to park in a _____ next to the canal, and walked back into Canal
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[001] rls to cry more than boys. By this time the room was _____ of people. They poured in from all over Lagos. Each n
[002] ed inside the house, crying and singing. The moon was _____ and bright. It was a hot night and the men took off t
[003] he lifted the tin cover, she was surprised to find it _____ of cool water. 'Who did this?' she wondered. 'Perhaps
[004] urs they had finished. She had to stay there for nine _____ moons and mourn for her dead husband. During that tim
[005] thirsty. But the pot was empty. 'This pot was almost _____ this morning. What's happened to it?' 'Perhaps Ma dr
[006] s my only chance of talking to her. Her hut is always _____ of people.' 'Son, I must ask you one thing. Do not ha
[007] 'Nobody has touched her. You must bring me a big pot _____ of wine. That was the tradition. If a bride was a vir
[008] He shook his head. 'Someone made a mistake, and went _____ ahead instead of turning the ship. That ship weighs
[009] ra.' And there they were, by the door. Box after box, _____ of pots of pink lilies. No other kind. Nothing but l
[010] the piano, Jose's face changed. She looked with eyes _____ of suffering at her mother and Laura as they came in.
[011] n in the leather hat coming back again. His arms were _____ of luggage. But - what was he doing? He tore the 'Lad
[012] where. Tall trees on both sides of the streets, trams _____ of fat, smiling people, a sound of laughter from open
[013] happiest day of my life.' Her grateful baby heart was _____ of love for her dear old grandfather. When they left
[014] as silent, waiting to begin playing, but the room was _____ of the noise of talking and laughter. Leila felt that
[015] looked at her, still not speaking. His eyes were so _____ of pain and terror that she had to shut her teeth tog
[016] nothing better to oer you.' But my mouth was already _____ of bread and meat. 'It's excellent,' I said gratefull
[017] It was small, but every detail was perfect. It seemed _____ of sunlight, and it had an air of peace, confidence a
[018] ut the seventeenth century. 'The previous century was _____ of darkness and mystery and fear. The people knew al
[019] ide it was a dark November day, but the house seemed _____ of sunshine. A bright fire burned in the fireplace. T
[020] had not spoken at all during the meal. Her head was _____ of wild7 thoughts, and the person she was thinking of
[021] d nothing. As she heard him drive away, her head was _____ of the report she had read in the local newspaper, t
[022] ssor, in a long gown, crossing the road with his arms _____ of books. Jackson put the bag into his bicycle baske
[023] e the man on his own. He went into the shed. It was _____ of fishing equipment and garden tools. There was a n
[024] ore. . I was delighted to see a warm fire and a table _____ of food. And this time there was a woman sitting by t
[025] oom. Looking inside the curtains I saw a little shelf _____ of books, just under the window. I put my candle down
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[001] a meal.' And she would come across to this cafe, and _____ and wait. The door opened and Dr Spence, the family d
[002] her of them wanted to go. Then the pain came again. ' _____ down and wait here,' he said. 'I'll get you something.
[003] y, when I've thrown her bananas into the river and we _____ and talk. . .' His father smiled. 'And who pays for t
[004] t day I throw Aku-nna's bananas into the river and we _____ and talk. . .' She looked sadly at Chike. 'There will
[005] other young men. Nobody answered, and before he could _____ down beside Aku-nna, Okoboshi came forward. 'A free
[006] side Aku-nna, Okoboshi came forward. 'A free man can _____ where he likes,' said Okoboshi. He sat down beside Ak
[007] en the seven miles to the hospital on his bicycle, to _____ beside his brother-in-law. To Nna-nndo, Chike was per
[008] ow she stayed alive so long. . . I expect you want to _____ with her. She's in here.' He pointed to a door. 'By t
[009] moment. 'Martin needs some help,' I said. 'Get him to _____ down.' I needed to get away from the crowd on the dec
[010] k my arm and moved me back into the sitting room. 'Do _____ down, Miss Warshawski. You know, by now you should
[011] my cousin to keep yourself in expensive clothes. Do _____ down Miss Warshawski. I would have liked to see her m
[012] id. 'Oh, isn't Mr Kadgit here?' said Miss Moss. 'I'll _____ down and wait for him, if I may.' 'You can't wait in
[013] Well, that's over,' she said. 'It's nice to be able to _____ on this bench and rest my feet for a bit. And my nos
[014] ock tonight . Cafe de Madrid. 'I could just go in and _____ there and have a coee, that's all,' thought Miss Moss
[015] by five.' 'And you shall be there, but first we will _____ down in this cafe and have a chocolate ice-cream.' S
[016] ite determined. 'No, really, please.' 'Well, will you _____ here by me for five minutes while I drink your health
[017] .' At that moment the music stopped, and they went to _____ down. Leila's partner did not say very much. He stre
[018] was - she thought she'd lost something. She couldn't _____ still. All day long she used to search the house, up
[019] grandfather, who had a hairdresser's shop. I used to _____ under a table in the shop, brushing my doll's hair. I
[020] he assistants. They were really kind to me. I used to _____ there all day, as quiet as can be - the customers nev
[021] see, madam, he'd been so proud of my hair. He used to _____ me in a high chair, before the customers came, and g
[022] and watching. Grandfather used to give me a penny to _____ still for him. But he always took it back afterwards.
[023] aps you'd like to try. I'll happily pay my forfeit and _____ here by the fire while you play.' 'It sounds a good
[024] like sitting here with me, I certainly don't want to _____ with her!' I turned away from her. 'I hope someone fin
[025] h to light it. 'Well,' he thought, 'I'll just have to _____ and wait for the mist to clear.' Perhaps it was an ho
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[001] nd felt for the first foothold. Now that his face was _____ with the ground he realized that the sky seemed brig
[002] and tried to pull away. THE BRIDE PRICE bridepr. dos _____ 5 OUP People in this Story Ezekiel Odia Ma Blackie,
[003] hike, because you have made me so happy... Deadlock _____ 5 Death of a hockey player More than a thousand peop
[004] t this moment, my girl! Stop that silly thinking . !' _____ 5 Oxford Bookworms 5ghost. dos Ghost Stories Smee N
[005] eart of it, like a jewel in a ring, stood the house. _____ 5 Bookworms 5jericho. dos The Dead Of Jericho Morse
[006] leepers in that quiet earth. American Crime Stories _____ 6 6america. dos Death Wish Lawrence Block The cop s
[007] reparing to marry and bring down to his own pitiable _____ a lady of beauty and stainless reputation.' The judge
[008] and write, D. 4. 12?' Yes,' said Paul. What was your _____ when you left school?' Well, I don't quite know. I do
[009] light and went into his bedroom to sleep. The Enemy _____ 6 6enemy. dos An interesting woman I first met Penel
[010] en. identified myself, and Nellie asked 'INFORMATION _____ ?' answered 'Green'. All the information in the compu
[011] as not very important and not very secret. That was ' _____ Green'. There was other, very secret information, wh
[012] 's screen. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS _____ TRY
[013] TRY _____ YELLOW was very surprised. hadn't expected to find an
[014] an ordinary businessman. typed my identification for _____ Yellow. This was more complicated and took me four
[015] e's reply: THIS INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS _____ TRY
[016] TRY _____ RED sat back to think. knew that information at
[017] RED sat back to think. knew that information at _____ Red was very secret, and began to wonder about Asht
[018] everything about him so secret? had permission to see _____ Red, but it took me ten minutes to go through the st
[019] the screen: THIS INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS _____ TRY
[020] TRY _____ PURPLE
[021] PURPLE _____ Purple was too high, too secret for me. All had learn
[022] the names through the computer until I lost them in _____ Purple.' 'OK. But you can't keep an eye on four peopl
[023] him that information6 about Ashton was locked up in _____ Purple in the computer, and that I didn't have permi
[024] s it's your job, Malcolm.' 'I need permission to see _____ Purple in the computer.' 'Not possible!' 'Don't be s
[025] don't know anything about him. Either I get to see _____ Purple tomorrow or I resign.' 'You're always in too m
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[001] ku-nna could not believe it. 'Everything has been too _____ for us,' she thought. 'It's too good to be true. Dear
[002] rescued her from Okoboshi, everything had seemed so _____ . 'No matter what they have done to her, I will still m
[003] girl to clean the house and do the cooking. 'Take it _____ ,' he said to Aku-nna. 'Read as much as you like, and
[004] hy do they dislike each other so much?' 'Oh, that's _____ to explain. Grafalk Steamship Line is the only thing
[005] e. My bills. My clothes. I owe him so much. It seemed _____ to go out with your cousin a few times and see if he
[006] bad young fellow, Willie Cox, but a bit too free and _____ in his ways. Oh, my word! It was hot. Hot enough to f
[007] live in. It's just right for us, of course. It's so _____ to influence it, to change it to suit our way of life
[008] ss, confident in its beauty. 'Mrs Gien won't find it _____ to influence this house,' I said to myself. 'It's much
[009] l? We've found the perfect house for us. It's been so _____ to change it to suit our way of life.' I looked at he
[010] ost immediately. After that Anne's working life was _____ to follow. It was as she had explained to Morse. John
[011] get some more information first. This case is not an _____ one to investigate. Have some more whisky, and tell
[012] ceman as long as I have, constable, you'll find it's _____ to open a door without a key. You see, if it's a Yal
[013] hought of blackmailing Richards, it had all seemed so _____ . Now he wasn't sure whether to take the money and go
[014] eir love for each other. You see, Mr Lockwood, it was _____ enough to win Cathy's heart. But now I'm glad you did
[015] . 'So will you help me, Mr Nudger?' 'Sure. It sounds _____ .' 'Why should I worry about it any more?' Randy Gantn
[016] 'She must have slipped on the floor, Lou. It would be _____ . Try it yourself.' But I shook my head. I did not i
[017] n one hand and a purse in the other. 'She'll make it _____ for the mugger to grab, push and run. He won't usual
[018] ten or twelve of them,' he said, 'although it's not _____ to count in the dark. The few I've seen are wearing
[019] s. You saw us everyone saw us - many times.' 'That's _____ !' I argued. 'With a couple of machine guns, grenades,
[020] p to bottom, in the darkness and in a storm - it was _____ for you. There are nine of you that I know about, i
[021] gone. There was no place for us in the world. It was _____ to become a criminal. Why not? Did we owe the world
[022] ed Flora. 'Would you mind showing me the way? It's so _____ to get lost in a strange house, isn't it?' She notic
[023] e taking some of her meals with them. But it was not _____ getting to meet all the family. Another whole week pa
[024] ly, and pushed Woods into the back seat. This was not _____ , because there were already three black men sitting i
[025] Biko's words in full. The next Board meeting was not _____ for Woods. Biko was a banned person and it was again
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[001] must do something about it.' 'Whatever you say will _____ between ourselves.' 'Well, first I have to tell you s
[002] because of you!' 'Catherine,' said Mr Edgar, trying to _____ polite, 'please pour out the tea, or it will be cold.
[003] rit the Linton fortune, she would at least be able to _____ in her family home. He had no idea that Linton was se
[004] n a seaside town, in a busy city, and he would still _____ for ever the lover whom women could not resist, and f
[005] w, and Woods felt the anger in the room. He tried to _____ calm and reasonable. 'There are some advantages in ou
[006] cument I want you to sign - it'll make sure that you _____ silent.' A telephone rang. Cregar told Max to give hi
[007] could break easily must be tied down. I advise you to _____ in your seats and fasten your safety belts. The whole
[008] awoke, I began to think hard. I was determined not to _____ as I was now. There were two ways to escape: the firs
[009] objecting to my occasional absence from my duties. I _____ , dear sir, with respectful good wishes to your lady a
[010] d that the painting grow old so that he himself could _____ young. But such things were impossible. It was terrib
[011] he police in the Bosnian Serb city of Banja Luka who _____ loyal to their wartime leader, Radovan Karadzic, had
[012] edia and insure that his once- loyal military forces _____ at least neutral in his power struggle with Ms. Plavs
[013] y than their male counterparts, although their scores _____ lower than male students' in math and in total scores.
[014] ensures that school vouchers and school choffice will _____ hot topics for the next few years. The appeal of vouc
[015] per and Fuzzbuster -were introduced. Radar detectors _____ legal across the U. S., except in Virginia and the D
[016] way: 'Every child is an artist. The problem is how to _____ an artist once he grows up. ' Northwest Airlines ha
[017] long as Prince Ranariddh and many of his supporters _____ in exile. The attacks against American soldiers on
[018] Protestant majority, which wants Northern Ireland to _____ part of Britain, and the Catholic minority, which adv
[019] he wind will die out but the rest of the weekend will _____ wet. Not good news for sportsmen - but some welcome
[020] y of State for Wales. Virginia Bottomley's supporters _____ livid at his 1993 assault over the 'men in grey suit
[021] n response to teachers' need' - the teacher's unions _____ deeply suspicious of anything linked with league tabl
[022] idual schools. Just two old- fashioned comprehensives _____ . The danger is that they will find themselves with th
[023] I'm all right'. But only above his shoulders did that _____ true, even last year, when he still worked (always he
[024] ot an entirely reliable friend. Our exports to the EU _____ hugely important, but there is a real chance of Franc
[025] its title character. Instead, just six more episodes _____ to be written in the final series, The Kindly Ones.
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[001] t felt curious. He would go and read about it in the _____ newspaper, just to be sure of what had happened. The
[002] tired from the stables. 'It's the biggest show in the _____ year. People will think it very strange if you don't
[003] a baby, they let her stay on and she had the baby in a _____ hospital. 'She would never say who the father was; t
[004] She seemed unable to have another baby. In 1945, the _____ men came back from the war in Burma. All their wives
[005] u have lost your husband. He married you according to _____ custom, and then again in the Christian church. And n
[006] white men first started their Christian schools, the _____ free men had no use for them. They sent their slaves
[007] happening everywhere these days. Didn't you hear, the _____ doctor is getting married to a girl whose parents are
[008] of this worried Chike much. He was handsome, and the _____ girls pretended not to know that he was from a slave
[009] ch and successful men. In fact, he looked down on the _____ girls. They were not good enough for an educated man
[010] them. Chike's parents knew about his adventures with _____ girls, but did not try to stop him. He had the money
[011] ther. Then they all went inside the hut, according to _____ tradition. 'Why hasn't Chike come?' wondered Aku-nna.
[012] any at Ughelli, where Ben was the head teacher at the _____ school. Ben knew that the oil company needed bright y
[013] near Ben and Rose Adegor. Aku-nna was teaching in the _____ school and Nna- nndo was doing well and growing like
[014] th her, but his eyes were large and anxious He paid a _____ girl to clean the house and do the cooking. 'Take it
[015] the morning and I ate a good breakfast. I bought a _____ newspaper which listed the ships in port. The Lucella
[016] . But it suited Moore perfectly. He went to find the _____ lawyer, who was responsible for the house. Mr Carnfor
[017] trict. But on October 18 Beverley had business in the _____ market town. So Giles decided to make an all-day exc
[018] ied him and prayed over the grave. It was all in the _____ newspaper. I kept the newspaper - it was the Caernarv
[019] return to his hotel in the evening, Captain Trevor, a _____ man, bravely organized a search party. Unfortunately
[020] , to give to travellers who had lost their way. Some _____ people say that his spirit still walks among the hill
[021] side number 10. He pushed through the little crowd of _____ people discussing the death, and found the nearest
[022] tober 6th, the death of Anne Scott was reported in a _____ Oxford newspaper. Many people read about it, includi
[023] her head was full of the report she had read in the _____ newspaper, the report of Anne's death. She felt sure
[024] on could he possibly have for going to Oxford? At the _____ hospital a patient was lying in bed, unconscious. A
[025] il late that evening, as he sat drinking beer in his _____ pub. He still could not remember that piece of infor