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[001] John Knightley and his sons had met Miss Fairfax that _____ they were walking home from Hightheart, when it had j
[002] started raining. '1 hope you did not get too wet this _____ ,' he asked Miss Fairfax as they stood' together in th
[003] y went to the Post office,' she replied. 'I go. every _____ to fetch the letters.' 'When you have lived to my age
[004] saw Mr Elton dierently. Emma walked in the garden the _____ after the ball and decided it would be a happy walk H
[005] g with her! Frank was not going to call Bartfield the _____ ; but he had to go straight back to Richmond. So as El
[006] it again. She decided to. call on Miss Bates the next _____ . Emma. went early, and as she walked into the room sh
[007] dache; she told her. She has been writing letters all _____ to the Camp bells and to her other friends. We shall
[008] Harriet said she had seen lane out walking only. that _____ , Emma had no doubt Jane did not want any kindness fro
[009] ness from her, and she was very, very sorry. . One _____ , about ten days after Mrs Churchill had died; Mr West
[010] left them alone together. . 'Frank has been here this _____ ,' said Mrs. Weston. 'He came to talk to his father a
[011] hould not call others! We thought you did. Since this _____ we have felt very upset for you,' she said, 'But he w
[012] riotously that night. The bad weather continued next _____ but in the afternoon it stopped raining, the sun came
[013] o weeks later, . Mr Knightley called at Hartfield one _____ as usual and told Emma, 'I have something to tell you
[014] up of people in the garden. 'Frank arrived here this _____ and he has just comeback in the carriage with Miss Fa
[015] nto the drawing room with Mr 'Frank arrived here this _____ and he has just come back in the marriage with Miss F
[016] hurt, and he knew that many more would not live until _____ . He turned and walked, back to the main camp. In the
[017] for him life was much more complicated.' In the cold _____ , at the edge of the forest, a group of men were train
[018] ealthy as a result of the strict training he did every _____ . His training program was taken straight from the gla
[019] Maximus passed by the small group of men in the early _____ light and noticed that the Emperor's son was among th
[020] me?" "Two years, two hundred sixty- four days-and one _____ ." Marcus laughed. "I am jealous of you, Maximus. Your
[021] see him myself: the man I live to kill." It was late _____ of the following day when Maximus and the other gladi
[022] yal guards. Seven other senators were killed the same _____ , also many private citizens. All these people had ups
[023] a?' 'Yesterday,' she replied. 'And you came here this _____ ! My dear, how good of you!' 'Aunt Pitty told me about
[024] ut he soon discovered that it was no joke. Early each _____ she drove out, to the sawmill with Uncle Peter, Aunt
[025] his neck.' Gerald O'Hara's funeral was on a hot June _____ . People said kind words to Scarlett and Careen, but t
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[001] le place, pink stones that warm in the sun. There's a _____ , a gate, and a small field of vegetables." Maximus lo
[002] sat on the ground in the shadows. Maximus lay by the _____ to one side. He had a small, sharp stone and was usin
[003] s along to another prison room. He chained him to the _____ and left without a word. And Into the light stepped a
[004] ng chain. This was held tightly by three men near the _____ . Tigris attacked again with great strength, forcing M
[005] ly, beyond all this, he saw the sun shining on a pink _____ ... He saw a gate in the
[006] ... He saw a gate in the _____ ... and a field of apple trees beyond it. He pushed h
[007] med to be reaching out toward something, a pink stone _____ with a gate. . . a wheat field. . . the sound of a c
[008] but he came across the room and held her against the _____ . 'I'm sorry for you, my pretty little fool,' he told
[009] for our room. The room had a wide window high in the _____ . It was so high that we could see only the sky. Fifty
[010] I remember where the thermometer was. It hung on the _____ of a mysterious building. The place stood in the sha
[011] ts were a little higher than the other seats. On one _____ of the church there were metal plates with the names
[012] uld change my opinion of the family. The names on the _____ were a part of history. But if there was a ninth Vis
[013] e Trimingham family, whose history was written on the _____ . I had a special interest in it now because Marian wo
[014] d wives, I noticed, were included in the names on the _____ . 'Caroline, his wife' and 'Mabel, his wife' were two
[015] t the facts did not satisfy me. Like the plates on the _____ of Brandham Church, they were not complete. They did
[016] there immediately. There were two new plates on the _____ . 'Hugh Winlove, ninth Viscount Trimingham; I read. 'B
[017] one. It was far from the others in the corner of the _____ . 'Hugh Maudsley Winlove, tenth Viscount Trimingham. B
[018] ked the door of the meeting room. "Stand against the _____ . We all stood against the
[019] . We all stood against the _____ . The man took off his dirty coat and put it carefully
[020] d, "what do you want?" The second shot went into the _____ , behind Rafter's ear. "Do not call me 'friend,' " sai
[021] e was a large photograph of Martin Luther King on one _____ . The office was busy and dusty and interesting. "You
[022] we were going. I looked at the map of Honduras on the _____ outside the radio room. Pins showed how far we had co
[023] e Mistake When the rain came, it was like an unbroken _____ of water. The noise on the roof of our boat-house was
[024] edwin's room. He stared at a picture of a lady on the _____ . 'Are you fond of pictures, dear.' said Mrs Bedwin.
[025] the town, and then stopped in front of a house with a _____ all round it. Toby Crackit quickly climbed to the top
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[001] partment's list of "occupations with the largest job _____ , " the top five categories are cashiers, janitors and
[002] es and sizes, though mainly large. Stansky buys both _____ (that is, fast-rising) and value (ignored and perhaps
[003] o grow at 15 percent annually. Fifteen percent is our _____ goal, a rate that would double our investment in fiv
[004] e last decade, stock clubs of all sorts have become a _____ industry, as the recent rapid
[005] industry, as the recent rapid _____ of the National Association of Investors attests. The
[006] ss of market trends; reinvest all earnings; invest in _____ companies; diversify investments to reduce risk; and
[007] . But the point here is not the explosive population _____ , it is the early decentering-the confounding of tradi
[008] longed period of 'cone building' characterized by the _____ and collapse of the cinder cone that formed as new ma
[009] constant building has been necessary to deal with the _____ of air traffic and the demands of air travellers. How
[010] lans to ease the cap in 1998 to allow three per cent _____ by the start of the next century. Government funding
[011] d significance? Or can we think in terms of a gradual _____ of distinctive humanness, allied perhaps with the gra
[012] stinctive humanness, allied perhaps with the gradual _____ of the brain and of human language? The difference is
[013] le mountains, many local Berbers are troubled by the _____ of the government-sponsored militias, fearful that the
[014] before war interrupted its activities. The post-war _____ of the society gave him great pleasure, and he was c
[015] nguage of economics and the exhortations of perpetual _____ merchants - these things are not enough. Where does
[016] ay about the inner life, or ecology, or the limits of _____ , or how to measure happiness rather than GNP. When th
[017] meant different, not worse. Almost five years later, _____ has been capped. The Education Secretary, Gillian Sh
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[001] ved that Oliver's father had left his son half of his _____ in his will. So the money was shared between Oliver a
[002] the policeman nodded sagely and pulled out a "found _____ " form. THE "contract between the generations " tha
[003] generate a healthy tax base, about $10,000 a year in _____ taxes per million-dollar home. Mr. Colonnese is also
[004] n. The town of Simsbury ran an advertisement offering _____ tax relief and staff assistance to anyone willing to
[005] osts to rebuild his outmoded factory, along with high _____ taxes and other expenses, Mr. Fassler announced rece
[006] any to South Carolina after 45 years in Westchester. _____ taxes and high rent are not the main reasons for the
[007] garden designer Eric Nagelmann first saw his client's _____ in Santa Barbara, his advice was: 'Sell it. ' Surroun
[008] ing, loud music, smoking, eating and drinking on its _____ . In June, it launched a six- member squad of police
[009] sure thing. Just three years ago, buying beachfront _____ on the gorgeous Caribbean island must have seemed li
[010] If there is personal injury or damage to government _____ , then do not fail to report to the police as soon as
[011] ks about coming near. Don't guess that your home and _____ are safe, be sure! 2 Tell the Police, milkman, newsa
[012] in Britain and America both. *** How safe is your _____ ? This question is asked in the Community Pages of a
[013] prepared for his visit - and prevent it! Guard your _____ against it! The burglar is serious, and you should be
[014] mad, or worry, or complain to the police, AFTER your _____ is gone. More and more people are getting guard dog
[015] the neighbourhood and protect its citizens and their _____ . Let us remind you that, whether we like it or not,
[016] the field, waving his arms and shouting 'Get off my _____ !' Hurriedly, the tramp put the duck back into the wat
[017] a school. They will try to lure you into an expensive _____ on the grounds that it falls within the catchment ar
[018] a short laugh. I didn't advise you to give up your _____ .' Yes, I am braver than I was. I have changed in that
[019] n that way I have changed very much. And it isn't my _____ . If Morris doesn't care about it, then I don't care e
[020] ore his death now left Catherine only a fifth of his _____ . Mrs Penniman thought that this was cruel and unjust,
[021] could not say that she also had some of her father's _____ ; though he knew about Doctor Sloper's will. Catherin
[022] of a lost boy to his family. It is also a matter of _____ and a fortune.' 'I understand perfectly. I shall, of
[023] No, Paige. Your sister kept your secret. But names of _____ owners are public in Chicago. Now tell me why you wat
[024] ave to gain from Jessie's death? There's no money or _____ involved.' Charlie sat down on the edge of his bed. '
[025] of his bed. 'No,' he whispered, 'there's no money or _____ in it. It's me. First, it was the old lady with her
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[001] om the Colosseum. His servant helped him pack a large _____ of money into a bag. "Wait outside the Colosseum. He'
[002] worked for Drake & Sweeney, were paid an unbelievable _____ of money. I knew that because I was a Drake & Sweeney
[003] ive Sikes any money, but they eventually agreed on an _____ . Then he and Nancy left to get the money. Now,' said
[004] he student who wins this scholarship will get a large _____ of money for his studies at university. 'I teach the
[005] amination. He will win the scholarship, and the large _____ of money that goes with it. 'Bannister was very worr
[006] w. Amalia, Larissa's mother, was a widow with a small _____ of money. She was a frightened, weak woman who relie
[007] because of an enormous oven, and they had an endless _____ of hot water. Markel and his family felt rich, indeed
[008] y. Will these films earn more money than the enormous _____ that they cost to make? Certainly the people of Holly
[009] he broker with a yield spread premium. And while the _____ of the payment varies from lender to lender, it would
[010] 0. The other test was a new one, which estimates the _____ of HIV in the blood. There's no normal range for 'vir
[011] llars either, given that ratings formost new channels _____ to a puny fraction of the 97 million homes with tele
[012] by surprise. The Brunei agency also bought a smaller _____ of Indonesian rupiah, the dealers said. As a result
[013] will never miss a pint or two of blood. It's a tiny _____ - you won't even notice it's gone! Let us owe it to
[014] 100 thousand, but for the Sultan this is not a great _____ of money. He is so rich that he can buy whatever he w
[015] ts - but of course Concorde uses roughly double the _____ of fuel. Because of the five hour time difference b
[016] the plan, and agreed to lend the manager a suitable _____ of money. Unfortunately, however, the plan was neve
[017] ork that we solidly go through. We've done a certain _____ of more organized maths, but most of the things we
[018] , and she takes it. She gives you a receipt for the _____ , you pack your shopping into a box or bag, which the
[019] them up and gives you a bill for the sum, the total _____ you owe. But you don't simply pay up and leave the
[020] ht through the holiday. P: They seem to do an amazing _____ of work. Do the Japanese students know what goes on
[021] e do in London. I: Right. But London has an enormous _____ of culture - art museums, plays, music, and so on -
[022] 50 a term. I get a very small grant, the rest of that _____ is made up by my parents. I know they're paying my w
[023] er your training, it's the experience that counts. No _____ of practice with 'guinea pig' students can prepare a
[024] with the 'notable historians' whose achievements may _____ to rewriting the history of, say, the Tudor period,
[025] sources. In a large class, the children don't get the _____ of time with the teacher that they should get. Class
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[001] There was one last battle to win. Then there would be _____ across the Roman Empire. The man walked through the
[002] . Since I became Caesar I have only had four years of _____ . And for what?" "To make our borders safe," said Maxi
[003] e, I will give the people a final, gift. An empire at _____ should not be ruled by one man. I want to give power
[004] fMelanie's tired face, as if with Scarlett's promise, _____ had come to her. 'You're so clever - so brave - alway
[005] ler park and enjoy a quiet smoke. He was glad to find _____ when he got home. Now his mother and his brother were
[006] ed. Old people looked up at the train, wondering when _____ and order would return to their lives. Misha finally
[007] ave. It was still too early to say that Moscow was at _____ , and several parts of the city remained closed, but Y
[008] erything was peaceful. Even the future seemed full of _____ . People listened to reason, and it was natural for ev
[009] with Lara's daughter, Katya, enjoyed a short time of _____ and happiness in their own private world. Yury found
[010] he first place? At least we might have a few weeks of _____ .' 'Oh, Yury! How glad I am! Can we go quickly, withou
[011] erius's old books and playthings and was happy in the _____ and comfort of the big house. Lara enjoyed They left
[012] ns for many other kinds of books. Yury's heart was at _____ , and he experienced the feeling that his writing was
[013] at battle would end in disaster, so they quickly made _____ with him instead. Only Sparta refused to accept Alexa
[014] ge to his daughter; in exchange, Darius had asked for _____ and the return of his wife, mother and children. It w
[015] as successful, and their leaders were soon asking for _____ . But in Maracanda, the situation went from bad to wor
[016] id this, they were allowed to continue their. ru1e in _____ . But one king, Porus, preferred to fight. He position
[017] empire suered from continued fighting, Egypt lived in _____ and grew in power. Its economy was very successful; f
[018] srael of plotting to destroy the quest for a broader _____ in the Middle East. Mr. Arafat said that Mr. Netanyah
[019] t the Israeli Government was not committed to a wider _____ . Mr. Arafat's remarks followed a radio interview in w
[020] said that it would be "impossible" for Israel to make _____ with Mr. Arafat. Earlier this month, NATO intellige
[021] , Sinn Fein, to take part next month in full- fledged _____ talks for the first time since sectarian violence eru
[022] as deployed in December 1995 to implement the Dayton _____ Accords. Late last week an angry crowd stoned Americ
[023] results of this policy were predictable: The Bosnian _____ process stagnated. At every turn, obstructionists hel
[024] esident of Sinn Fein and co-initiator of the current _____ process in Northern Ireland, is one of these rebel l
[025] f the musician. Hans invited them in and, over time, _____ was restored with one unspoken rule: Business was no
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[001] rger last year with Southern Pacific Railroad. The _____ might be expected to be less on Mr. (Terry) McDonell,
[002] g guilty to skimming more than $17 million.) UNDER _____ from a Senate investigation, the White House last we
[003] Kafelnikov into the background. "I think she let the _____ get to her," said Williams, who had never beaten a pl
[004] 32 years for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The _____ on Lewis this year will be to pass the $50 million m
[005] y parents. I know they're paying my way, so that puts _____ on me to do well. Mum is a housewife, dad is a univer
[006] very big thing to them, but they haven't put me under _____ . On the other hand, I could never have dropped out i
[007] g which colleges get the best degrees. Eighth, under _____ from consumers, educational establishments have incre
[008] n be named. One of them says the assessors are under _____ , too. 'We feel a great responsibility for the final r
[009] ut most take it in their stride. 'There might be more _____ to perform, but I accept that for what I get out of
[010] sitive discrimination in universities has put greater _____ on the system. With most university places now reserv
[011] s of their situation, believe that more international _____ must be brought to bear on the Bhutanese government
[012] racter. Whether it was this struggle with the past or _____ of other work, Allen stopped the writing of fiction t
[013] t lonely and homesick sometimes, especially when the _____ 's on. It's tempting to go home, curl up and say forget
[014] . 'I'd like to be lower down the school and have less _____ .' Her friend Kelly, 16, nods: 'I don't feel old enoug
[015] tration they cannot get the help they need.' 'Another _____ is that as more and more students pay for their cours
[016] future. 'Lecturers in many institutions feel a tacit _____ to pass their students. Higher education is all about
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[001] s and they saw that Maximus could have an interesting _____ in Rome. The real power was not with the Emperor. It
[002] sat down again. "It's strange: I think more about the _____ than the present. How will the world speak my name in
[003] than the present. How will the world speak my name in _____ years?" He held out his hand to Maximus, who took it
[004] l not be Emperor," Marcus said. Commodus froze as his _____ suddenly disappeared. "Who will take my place?" he as
[005] a fortune each day, but we have no new taxes." "The _____ is paying," Lucilla answered. "He's started selling t
[006] want to think of her lying in Rhett's arms! Well, in _____ she would live without those arms! The idea pleased h
[007] That's what's wrong with Ashley. He's afraid of the _____ , so he looks back. Oh, Ashley, my love, you mustn't l
[008] ul sister, Marian. Marian's parents had plans for her _____ , but Marian had her own ideas about the path to happi
[009] warm and bright place. My thoughts would be about the _____ , not the past. I picked up the diary and opened it. O
[010] year. I told my mother about some of my hopes for the _____ , and the diary was a present from her. She, too, hope
[011] hers. It was then that I began to have hopes for the _____ : I decided to become a writer. Perhaps I would be the
[012] , but everyone could see her. It was a picture of the _____ , I thought. Marian poured a cup of tea for me. She lo
[013] or a messenger. He won't have to walk to the farm in _____ ! If he doesn't deliver it, I shall be there at six. An
[014] Drake & Sweeney were telling me that I was a possible _____ partner. I just had to work even harder. When Claire
[015] f I want ice, I go to my refrigerator. What about the _____ ,' Father asked, 'when it's no longer possible to make
[016] ossible to make electricity?' 'I won't be here in the _____ .' 'That's typical too. That's criminal. That's stupid.
[017] The rest of the world is under water, and this is the _____ . We are the
[018] . We are the _____ . Jerry and I had to lie at the front of the boat, loo
[019] ,' said Mr Bumble.' Give him soup and nothing else in _____ , Mrs Sowerberry. He comes from a bad family.' At this
[020] it down. He asked the boy what he wanted to do in the _____ . 'Please let me stay with you, sir,' cried Oliver. 'P
[021] l which your mother destroyed. This will spoke of the _____ birth of a child, and money that should go to this ch
[022] st. 'Mr Gilchrist,' he said, 'I hope you have a good _____ in South Africa. Yesterday you fell low. Let us see i
[023] uth Africa. Yesterday you fell low. Let us see in the _____ how high you can rise.' THE DYING DETECTIVE Chapter
[024] ng for a new path that would change the world. In the _____ , he would write several important books that guided t
[025] s father, a lawyer from Orenburg. One day in the near _____ , Yury and Misha would become friends, but on this day
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[001] marry, Why should he? He is happy by himself with his _____ and his sheep and his library. 'But he really loves
[002] ar against Germania. Then, he hopes to return to his _____ and his family in Spain. But there are many serious p
[003] n the light of early day, the Spanish hills around the _____ and house were unbelievably beautiful. An eight-year-
[004] equal the sight in front of him. His family home and _____ were burning, completely destroyed. The wheat and the
[005] 'Yes, he does the best he can, but you'll never make a _____ worker out of a Wilkes. Now, cool down and tell me ho
[006] ouse on high ground, with gardens, a large park and a _____ . The double stairs to the first floor are an interest
[007] , that's Ted Burgess,' Denys said. 'He lives at Black _____ . We shouldn't be rude to him. He rents the land on th
[008] hurry. His name is Ted Burgess, and he lives at Black _____ . Do you know him?' 'I may have met him,' Marian said
[009] ended at a small farmhouse. I opened the gate to the _____ and went in. There, in front. of me, was a haystack w
[010] d Burgess had been very kind. 'Ab, he lives at Black _____ ; Mr Maudsley said. 'I've heard something about him. H
[011] ?' She sounded very surprised. 'Leo, if you go to his _____ , will you do something for me?' 'Of course. What is i
[012] en I took him letters. It was the best thing at Black _____ . Then, when I returned to the Hall, I did not have to
[013] e, for example. I had not seen a thermometer at Black _____ . It had been eighty-three degrees on Tuesday, eighty
[014] go higher. I hoped it would. I was halfway to Black _____ . I put my hand into my pocket and felt the letter aga
[015] he other men. I asked them where he was. 'He's at the _____ : they said. 'What's he doing there?' I asked. They s
[016] Oh, yes, my lord. We know each other. He comes to the _____ and plays on my haystack.' 'Of course he does,' Lord
[017] ' 'Who to?' I asked. 'Who to?' she repeated. 'To the _____ , of course.' I was very surprised. Many thoughts rush
[018] was Sunday, of course. I would have to go on to the _____ . I remembered then all the ways in which Marian had u
[019] e trips and the parties. She wanted me to go to Black _____ instead! For the same reason she had asked me to sta
[020] t the old lady so that he could not go with me to the _____ ! I even believed that she had played the piano at the
[021] t be Ted's fault. I soon arrived at the gate of Ted's _____ . I walked past the haystack and knocked at the kitche
[022] er understand how I felt. I continued my letter. The _____ is two miles away. I get very tired in the Great Heat
[023] at heat'; she hated hot weather]. I have to go to the _____ nearly every day. They seem to depend on the messages
[024] as any boy could run. When I reached the gate of the _____ , I looked back. Ted was waving and shouting at me. I
[025] . And they did. I thought of Teds lonely tea at Black _____ . His kitchen was like the home of some wild animal. H