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[001] e was playing hide and seek here ten years ago.' The _____ 's House It was April and John Moore was studying for
[002] told her. She threw up her hands in horror. 'Not the _____ 's House!' she said, and she grew pale as she spoke.
[003] tell him more about the house. 'Why is it called the _____ 's House?' he said, 'and why doesn't anyone want to li
[004] id, 'a long time ago - no, I don't know how long - a _____ lived there. He was a hard, cruel
[005] lived there. He was a hard, cruel _____ , sir real hanging
[006] , sir real hanging _____ . He showed no mercy to anyone. But as for the house
[007] e town was that there was something strange about the _____ 's House. 'As for me, sir,' she said, 'I won't stay t
[008] ease her new master. When he returned with her to the _____ 's House two hours later, he found Mrs Wood waiting o
[009] It is the hangman's rope,' said the doctor. 'After the _____ condemned someone to death, the unfortunate man was
[010] d Moore could now see it quite clearly. It showed a _____ . He had a cruel, clever, merciless face, with a big
[011] he creature and continued to examine the picture. The _____ was sitting in a great, high backed oak chair, on the
[012] the lamp fell from his trembling hand. There, in the _____ 's chair, sat the rat. The rope hung behind, exactly
[013] looked at Moore with the same merciless stare as the _____ in the picture. But there was a new, triumphant look
[014] amp - and almost dropped it again. The figure of the _____ had disappeared from the picture. The chair and the
[015] ar. There, on the great high-backed oak chair sat the _____ . His merciless eyes stared at Moore. There was a smi
[016] d and listened, sti and unmoving. The triumph on the _____ 's face grew. As the clock struck twelve, the
[017] 's face grew. As the clock struck twelve, the _____ placed the black hat on his head. Slowly and delibera
[018] nt of the door. Moore was trapped! All this time, the _____ 's eyes never left Moore's. Moore stared into the crue
[019] e cruel eyes, like a bird watching a cat. He saw the _____ coming nearer with his noose. He saw him throw the no
[020] saw the rope fall harmlessly to the floor. Again the _____ raised the noose and tried to catch Moore. Again and
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[001] ing - a basket of strawberries! 'Mademoiselle, please _____ these .' 'What, are they for me?' She looked alarmed,
[002] oubts and fears. When all hope had gone, he seemed to _____ that his death was certain, and he became calm and q
[003] well, I haven't got much money, and he was willing to _____ 75 if I would just read a letter to him and keep it
[004] ll separate us? Nobody will dare! Edgar must learn to _____ him as my friend. Didn't you ever think, ElIen, that i
[005] he wouldn't blame me for it. He will have to learn to _____ Heathcli as my friend.' 'Do you know why Heathcli is
[006] municate with Linton again. At the time she seemed to _____ her father's wish. During the next few weeks, however
[007] not allow me to go. She doesn't allow Starkadders to _____ any invitations, except to funerals, and she thinks
[008] d never heard such bitterness before and he tried to _____ Mapetla's anger. John touched his hand. 'You will sit
[009] or direct confrontation!' 'That is right. We will not _____ society as it exists in South Africa. We demand confr
[010] y walked together near Zanempilo: 'We have all got to _____ that South Africa belongs to all of us who live here
[011] an to get angry himself. 'Wendy, do you just want to _____ Steve's death?
[012] Steve's death? _____ what the government is doing?' 'What more do you wan
[013] we know what this country is like now. We can't just _____ it and we can't wait for God to change it. We have to
[014] Pennyfeather! I hope you are in no doubt about that. _____ it at once! It would be wicked to refuse. Twenty poun
[015] d me to return the following weekend. I was happy to _____ . I had enjoyed that first family weekend, and I had
[016] little girl has in fact a very bad character. If you _____ her at Lowood school, please make sure that the head
[017] made good use of your experience of life.' 'I don't _____ that, as I've made very bad use of my experience! But
[018] , Jane, is an insult from some people, but from you I _____ it as the mother of love. Well, I had moments of des
[019] ome reasonable woman who would understand my case and _____ me. "Well, sir, did you?' 'Not in Europe, Jane, wher
[020] you a job with a high salary, so you may not wish to _____ it. There's already a school for boys in Morton, and
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[001] m House. It was fairly new then, and shiny with new _____ - a huge Victorian building. Standing in front of it
[002] hed the Ford's door with5 a key. Beneath the new red _____ the car's color was dark green. Holly Ann answered t
[003] s Oliver, and could not take his eyes off it. I could _____ you an exact copy,' I said gently, 'if you admit that
[004] shook my head. 'No,' I said. 'I never seem to want to _____ when I'm on holiday.' 'What are your paintings like?'
[005] ed my shoulders. 'They're right for me. 1 could never _____ a big modern painting. It would be as wrong for e as
[006] uld stay here forever; find myself a little house and _____ pictures of pelicans and parrots. Life would certainl
[007] . A nice little house, beautiful countryside, time to _____ my pictUres all day long. . . At least, that's the wa
[008] his portrait?' asked Lord Henry. 'An artist should _____ beautiful things, but he should put nothing of his ow
[009] moments. Then he bent down and signed his name in red _____ on the bottom left-hand corner. 'It is finished,' he
[010] What do you want?' 'I want the Dorian Gray I used to _____ ,' said the artist sadly. 'Basil,' said the boy, goin
[011] u now what I did not tell you then. That I decided to _____ a wonderful portrait of you. I put all my feelings fo
[012] is impossible. There must be something wrong with the _____ . I tell you the thing is impossible.' 'Is anything re
[013] . Of course he was a wonderful painter. But a man can _____ like Velasquez and yet still be rather boring. Basil
[014] Elton likes you a lot. Remember how he wanted me to _____ a picture of you? And how he sighed over it when I ha
[015] e said. His servant handed him a small brush with red _____ on it. "A thousand!" the slave-seller cried. "The Afr
[016] we can discuss the price. Proximo made a mark in red _____ on the chests of the slaves he had chosen. "I'll give
[017] ss into two groups. The fighters were marked with red _____ , and the others with yellow. Haken enjoyed his job a
[018] He looked behind him to the servant with the pots of _____ . "Mark that one," he said. In the heat of the late af
[019] quipped (multiple swim-gear bags, North African body _____ and a supply of 48 eye shadows). Sarah (Lewkowicz) li
[020] ne to which the colors are applied contrast with the _____ 's artificial regularity. Color as a complex combinati
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[001] le this house is still in mourning,' she said,' and I _____ to that.'6 He looked at her, amazed. 'Celia, tell me
[002] ath. Inside were seven hundred dollars, and another _____ which Nudger wasn't surprised to see. He closed the b
[003] ned his walk, the look on his shadowed face, and the _____ in his hands. She thought of those hours she'd had t
[004] eaching on market days?' She was sure that Amos would _____ to some of the changes she was planning to make to th
[005] you will wish to share the same bedroom. I would not _____ to your moving into the large room in the West Tower.
[006] ide. That could be very useful to us.' Before I could _____ , Ogilvie said quickly, 'I think that Malcolm will inv
[007] what I like, and I intend to stay with you unless you _____
[008] _____ . I'll be your neighbour, your nurse, your housekeeper,
[009] , got their torches, and went out into the dark. The _____ had hit the ground in the middle of the field. It had
[010] like thunder, and everything around us shook. A huge _____ came down on the dead monster and removed it from our
[011] ossible way - but more about this later. If you do not _____ , I propose to visit you and your family on Monday No
[012] intelligent, beautiful and charming. Nor could anyone _____ to Mr Bennet as a father- in-law. When Elizabeth thou
[013] " who has lived in hiding for nearly a decade as the _____ of an open-ended Islamic death sentence, was married
[014] among others, had come by, Ms. Rein king had been the _____ of such adulation. Now she had stopped by to wish her
[015] tasks that keep the creature happy and healthy. The _____ is to keep the creature alive for as long as possible
[016] rs, and, would you believe, it has the only man-made _____ visible from outer space, the Great Wall. But what i
[017] space and was invited aboard an Unidentified Flying _____ . Here he is being interviewed by the BBC: Interview
[018] l be picked on if they complain about teachers. They _____ to the stipulation from the Office for Standards in E
[019] You may, of course, disagree with us. But what we do _____ to is being labelled 'homophobic' or 'hypocritical',
[020] into phantom presences that are elegies for the lost _____ they delineate. Their claim on permanence is doomed
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[001] happily back from a meeting of the League of Nations _____ ; there had been a most interesting talk on the voting
[002] ank tea together. Paul rejoined the League of Nations _____ . On one occasion he and Stubbs went to the local pris
[003] r. His voffice was loud and clear. 'The former Soviet _____ had tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. The Russian
[004] rlson explained, 'that criminals in the former Soviet _____ may steal these nuclear weapons. If these bombs get i
[005] nt, and with the other countries of the former Soviet _____ . We are ready to help them destroy their nuclear weap
[006] and fierce battles, the Red Army finally won and the _____ of Soviet Socialist Republics was set up. Moscow, 19
[007] at the offices, rail yards and dispatching centers of _____ Pacific, the nation's largest railroad, to determine
[008] find the causes of specific accidents, but to assess _____ Pacific's overall compliance with Federal safety regu
[009] ated," stemming from a staffing shortage produced by _____ Pacific's merger last year with Southern Pacific Rail
[010] and with the A. F. L. -C. I. O. training thousands of _____ organizers in a drive to reverse a quarter- century o
[011] be asked over the next few years whether they want a _____ to represent them. From a pocketbook perspective, wor
[012] pective, workers are absolutely better off joining a _____ . Economists across the political spectrum agree: Turn
[013] olitical spectrum agree: Turning a nonunion job into a _____ job very likely will have a bigger effect on lifetim
[014] r otherwise making more of what they earn. Over all, _____ workers are paid about 20 percent more than nonunion
[015] rday evening outside the monumental front entrance to _____ Station in a sudden and brazen attack that sent visi
[016] on does not automatically translate into a desire for _____ membership. The larger problem is America's near-myth
[017] sis on individualism, which prompts about half of non- _____ workers to say that the best way to improve one's wo
[018] y situation, my life.'Consequently, a majority of non- _____ workers have indicated to pollsters that they would l
[019] ollsters that they would likely vote against having a _____ in their workplace. Ask most Americans about the Ta
[020] nd you're lucky if you get a blank stare, even among _____ members. Yet 50 years after its passage, the landmar
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[001] se. Nothing bad, surely; the little house would never _____ it. The house was lovelier than ever. Outside it was
[002] ill, and it was several weeks before Or Kenneth would _____ her out of bed. When she recovered, she was invited t
[003] cried angrily. 'I've been too weak with her. I can't _____ him to visit her any more. Call two servants, Ellen.'
[004] ft the room. . On the way home I told her I would not _____ her to visit him agaIn. 'He's a selfish child, Miss
[005] And I'd like to talk with Curtis Colt.' 'They don't _____ visitors on Death Row, Nudge.' 'Will you try to arran
[006] happen. But nothing can happen here. And in will not _____ any of the family to leave the farm, and go out into t
[007] e of them has any money, except what in give them. in _____ ten pence each week to Micah, Urk, Caraway, Mark, Lu
[008] e a proper ball, but of course Grandmother would not _____ me to go. She doesn't
[009] me to go. She doesn't _____ Starkadders to accept any invitations, except to fune
[010] name will be the first on my lips!' The law did not _____ newspapers to print photographs of police beating bla
[011] Woods sighed. 'I'm relieved that you are planning to _____ us to sit at all!' Everyone smiled at this remark an
[012] s about the flight,' Moat said. 'They have refused to _____ the plane to fly over South Africa. If you do, they w
[013] ou'll see her in good time,' said Cregar coldly, 'if I _____ you to.' In my anger I wanted to attack him violent
[014] n Ogilvie seemed to be willing to hide the truth, to _____ himself to be bribed by this dangerous government oi
[015] although I knew I must hide my feelings, must never _____ myself to hope, I also knew that while there was brea
[016] some time with Mr Rochester, and I was careful not to _____ him to hold me in his arms or kiss me. Sometimes he
[017] he said, not at all shocked by my honesty. 'I shall _____ myself fifteen minutes to think about her.' And he ac
[018] or could not be moved. The safety equipment would nor _____ both doors to be open at the same time. Duncan knocke
[019] inters gave them permission to try, but he would not _____ them to have the gas cutters, as these used up valuab
[020] of dancing. You must excuse me.' 'Miss Bennet, please _____ me the pleasure of dancing with you,' said Mr Darcy p
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[001] eat that Leila felt she would die if she didn't dance _____ . 'Our dance, I think.' Someone smiled and gave her hi
[002] th her. She decided to dance with him and then go, as _____ as she could find Meg. Very stily, she walked out ont
[003] d - I was sleeping in cook's bedroom at the time - as _____ as the lights were out, I could see them again. My do
[004] ching for a hiding place. That game didn't last long. _____ there were twelve people and the game was over. Viole
[005] Her husband went up to their bedroom to fetch it. As _____ as he'd gone, Reggie touched me on the arm. He was l
[006] r!' I turned away from her. 'I hope someone finds us _____ ,' I thought. As I sat there, I realized that I dislik
[007] un away. I prayed that someone else would come along _____ . Just then I heard light footsteps in the passage. So
[008] e. I could see that he was rather cross with me, and _____ he told me the reason. 'Tony,' he said, 'I suppose y
[009] s Wood and Mrs Dempster began to arrange everything. _____ the baskets were unpacked. Moore saw that kind Mrs Wo
[010] hing and squeaking. But he got used to the noise, and _____ he forgot everything except his work. Suddenly he lo
[011] e working. Outside the house the birds were singing: _____ it would be morning. He climbed into bed and immediat
[012] r secret this time!' He started work again, and was _____ lost in his studies. But once again he was disturbed
[013] r,' said the landlady, 'this is Doctor Thornhill.' As _____ as she had introduced them, the doctor began to ask M
[014] e came in, the rats were quiet. But, as before, they _____ became used to his presence in the room.
[015] became used to his presence in the room. _____ they started their noise again. He was glad to hear
[016] ent they had been when the great rat appeared. Moore _____ forgot the squeaking and scratching. He sat down to h
[017] me,' thought Moore, 'like a cat playing with a bird. _____ he'll catch me, and hang me... He looked desperately
[018] larm bell of the Judge's House began to ring, a crowd _____ gathered. People came running with lanterns and torc
[019] d. People came running with lanterns and torches, and _____ hundreds of people were hurrying to the house. They
[020] out, and he was hot, tired and uncomfortable. But he _____ forgot his discomfort when he examined the many inte
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[001] reamed high overhead. There was nothing to see except _____ after
[002] after _____ of coarse grass, with the occasional purple flower or
[003] that he had taken the wrong path. For nearly half a _____ he went back the way he had come, only to become mor
[004] en a Miss Taylor at Hartfield and a Mrs Weston half a _____ from Hartfield. And so Emma and her father were left
[005] my green suit after lunch. The church was only half a _____ away, just past the cricket field. We walked in small
[006] t the end of the garden. We had to walk about half a _____ . There were trees on both sides of the path. Sometime
[007] understand that other people might not be. 'Another _____ ,' Father was saying, 'and then we'll be at the top. A
[008] country with old Mrs Bedwin. Their house was about a _____ away from the home of Mrs Maylie and Rose. Mr Giles a
[009] the body and told the police. They live about half a _____ away in a trailer park. The younger kid is in hospita
[010] d out, there are really two Acapulcos along the six- _____ bay that is one of the world's great natural deep-wate
[011] se ship, the M. S. Anton Chekhov, for a 10-day, 2,600- _____ river voyage through the heart of central Siberia to
[012] s border with Finland and Norway, is a 1, 700-square- _____ wilderness and one of Russia's best-kept secrets. Wh
[013] fs Beach, part of San Onofre State Beach, is a three- _____ - long sand strand with a backdrop of magnificent 100-
[014] haps decades before the environment of the 33-square- _____ island recovers. After two years of life under the v
[015] first, and a curiosity second, as she popped her 110- _____ -an-hour serves to upset eighth-seeded Anke Huber, 6-3
[016] endening announced the immediate closure of an eight- _____ stretch of the river that had previously been under a
[017] le farm reportedly caused a major fish kill over a 20- _____ stretch of one of North Carolina's most pristine wat
[018] years ago, I could manage only about a quarter of a _____ before I had to stop. Breathless and aching, I walke
[019] reathless and aching, I walked the next quarter of a _____ , then I jogged the next quarter of a
[020] , then I jogged the next quarter of a _____ , doing these two activities in turn for a couple of
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[001] been the happiest day of my life.' Her grateful baby _____ was full of love for her dear old grandfather. When
[002] rrible man tried to kiss her at a ball. And your poor _____ will ache, ache' - he held her even closer, to show
[003] even closer, to show how sorry he felt for that poor _____ - 'because no one wants to kiss you now. And you'll s
[004] not frightened any more. She was terribly angry. Her _____ banged like a drum. 'I'll teach you to frighten a wom
[005] and then, 'You've got to.' She bent over and felt his _____ . 'Wait a minute,' she whispered, 'wait a minute,' and
[006] w I could see her, and she put her little hand on her _____ just like her dear mother used to, and she looked so
[007] and the ring, and a dear little silver brooch with a _____ on it that he'd given me. I opened the door to him. I
[008] nd scratching. He sat down to his dinner with a light _____ . After dinner he opened his books, determined to get
[009] cruel mouth. Slowly he lifted up a black hat. Moore's _____ was drumming wildly. There was a strange singing nois
[010] rehead was wet with the cold sweat of horror, and his _____ was beating very fast. 'Is this real?' he asked hims
[011] ed himself, 'or is it some terrible joke?' But in his _____ he knew that he had been speaking to a troubled spiri
[012] was smooth green grass, and a tiny lake. And at the _____ of it all, like a jewel in a ring, stood the house. I
[013] es and the coach on the edge of a steep drop. At the _____ of it, like a jewel in a ring, stood the house. Leve
[014] office, and went on working, he looked calm but his _____ was banging hard under his shirt. The members of Sum
[015] our intelligence or character! And if you have a good _____ , you'll have a handsome face. Who knows who your pare
[016] after Hareton was born. Hindley only had room in his _____ for two people, himself and his wife, so when she die
[017] ied Catherine, beating her head and her chest. 'In my _____ and soul I know I'm wrong! ElIen, I can't live apart
[018] t necessary and unchanging. He's always, always in my _____ .' Just then Joseph entered the kitchen. I whispered
[019] f me! He can't love her as I can! And Catherine has a _____ as deep as mine!' 'Catherine and Edgar are very fond
[020] n I bear it!' he cried. 'You and Edgar have broken my _____ ,' said Catherine. 'And you both want me to pity you!