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[001] e next half hour, eight or nine boys appeared, giving _____ excuses, and stared at Paul. Then a bell rang, and t
[002] ch might suit you. We need a traveller to go round to _____ pubs and hotels to taste our beer, to make sure it is
[003] s. During the next day, the weekend guests arrived at _____ times, but Mrs Beste-Chetwynde stayed in her room, wh
[004] , unconscious with plastic tubes leading from her to _____ machines I could hardly recognize my Penny. 'In God
[005] e moons to the planets in rocket driven containers of _____ types. The moons were called way-load stations. A bus
[006] robbed of his car and valuables by gun-toting thugs. _____ police stations have been looted of an automated tell
[007] e screen are three small buttons that, when pushed in _____ combinations, allow a human to perform a few virtual
[008] people has led some politicians to consider proposing _____ kinds of dog-related legislation. These proposed laws
[009] unsophisticated folk art, Brazilian sculpture in its _____ creative paths has one common feature: it is structur
[010] ppreciation, go-anywhere fund.' It owns 463 stocks of _____ shapes and sizes, though mainly large. Stansky buys
[011] asive malady? Abrams and Gordis convincingly dismiss _____ possible answers to the problem of maintaining Jewis
[012] ng about the low estate of singing today, compared to _____ putative golden ages. Well, 20 or 30 years from now,
[013] uterised passport allows the list of people who, for _____ reasons, are labelled as suspicious, to expand almo
[014] me, one hand on the wheel and well the other hand on _____ parts of Susan's body. I: What! So what did you do?
[015] o ten hours a day modelling their latest fashions in _____ parts of the world. 'People think it's a very easy j
[016] ad in the country unless I absolutely have to. I get _____ offers to take photographs, and sometimes I might fi
[017] are plenty of places where you can hire vehicles of _____ types. Or, perhaps you'd rather come by train - then
[018] ould be able to work out, from an examination of the _____ systems in use in other parts of the world, a decent
[019] hetic director renewed it until 1945. Cioran lived in _____ small Latin Quarter hotels, first in the Rue Racine,
[020] onthly performance targets and publicise whether the _____ divisions are achieving these. Compare this with the
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[001] I said, hoping to prevent a quarrel between them. 'No _____ he took them away to study them.' 'Yes: replied Cathy
[002] inside Lucille. The children liked her, there was no _____ of that. She remembered going to public parks in the
[003] mersmith said. 'I don't see how even the fiancee can _____ Colt's guilt.' 'She has bad dreams about Colt dying i
[004] deserves his.' . 'None of the witnesses are in any _____ about identifying Curtis Colt as the killer,' Nudger
[005] eth. 6 'So Curtis and Len used my car,' she said. 'I _____ if Len ever met Curtis. He's somebody you paid to sit
[006] onesty I have, or loyalty to my employers. You might _____ them, so we'll forget them. I'm a detective because I
[007] ne's family. And the Starkadders themselves would no _____ be extremely angry when the engagement was announced.
[008] eshness. The intelligent and sensitive reader will no _____ have wondered during this story what the bathroom ar
[009] oste?' 'Oh, in say,' said Flora nervously, 'in rather _____ if that would work, you know. in mean, old Mrs Stark
[010] ds. Then he stared at Tenjy and Mapetla. There was no _____ : they were black. Ken had heard that yesterday's meet
[011] paper in a dangerous position. However, there was no _____ that black news and black readers were now accepted b
[012] ve to say before they decide anything.' There was no _____ about the importance of the meeting to him, but for o
[013] th Africa to continue for twenty years, but he had no _____ that history was moving in the right direction. Some
[014] at he was trying to cross the river. An expression of _____ had passed over Tami's face, so Woods had brought ou
[015] heavily?' the Assistant Dean suggested. I very much _____ whether he could pay. I understand he is not wealthy.
[016] oms and noticed two slight burns on the furniture, no _____ from cigarette-ends. You will pay for this damage be
[017] d laugh at something else if it wasn't that.' Yes, no _____ they would. Oh dear! If I didn't have my pipes, I don
[018] lbrick. There's something strange about him.' I've no _____ of it.' It's not just that he's such a bad butler. Th
[019] he money.' My dear Pennyfeather! I hope you are in no _____ about that. Accept it at once! It would be wicked to
[020] nd to understand your attitude in this matter, but no _____ you are the best judge. Yours, Arthur Potts P. S. T
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[001] tore's fitness center. There is even a trainer with a _____ in exercise physiology to guide him through his worko
[002] arvard University, where he hopes to earn a master's _____ in one academic year. Ms. Kroll, 36, is entering law
[003] ng law school at Boston University and will not get a _____ until 2000. As a result, the couple's financial pictur
[004] Ocean County's Observer of Toms River, said that the _____ of freedom depended on the employer. "At The Ledger,
[005] rned into four years of college Spanish courses and a _____ from George Mason University in Hispanic insurance ag
[006] . Thomas, 57, of Clinton, and charged him with first- _____ murder. The name of the woman was not released by po
[007] t least 18 colleges and universities that offer full _____ programs. Nearly half the students come from outside
[008] e the tables showed the bill had been changed only in _____ and on the margin from the earlier drafts that the pr
[009] he graduated in June 1996 he was all set to pursue a _____ . Nynex's offer, he felt, was too good to pass up. Bro
[010] dense and multilayered with vivid descriptions and a _____ of narrative nuance that heightens its not inconsider
[011] ew feet away. While Atlantans were baking in near-100 _____ heat and 100 percent humidity Aug. 14, Hickman was f
[012] the report, 'Education and the Economy. ' 'A college _____ is wonderful, but it is only a single step along a jo
[013] received a PhD in education. She received a master's _____ in education from Columbia University. A suspected
[014] about the toot of a car horn was convicted of second- _____ murder in Prince George's County early today and sen
[015] heated deliberations. Badgett was acquitted of first- _____ murder but found guilty of second-
[016] murder but found guilty of second- _____ murder and several lesser charges in the Jan. 28 slay
[017] ston Comets and New York Liberty, has succeeded to a _____ not even the biggest dreamers imagined. Who in their
[018] of backstage envy and whining, there is a remarkable _____ of mutual support here among theater artists. And tak
[019] g. However, if it's a bad burn, what we call a third _____ burn, don't touch it; you really should get for this
[020] ------------------------------- IND 24 JUN 95 / The _____ explosion: This is the summer when more - many more
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[001] 'Anne thought she'd never meet a really nice man to _____ her life with. The younger ones were already married,
[002] o walk home, and although I did not want to, I had to _____ the night at Wuthering Heights. Nobody wished me good
[003] lways complaining that Heathcli and Catherine did not _____ enough time studying the Bible or attending church se
[004] the master of the house, he ordered Joseph and me to _____ our evenings in the small back- kitchen, as we were o
[005] d. 'Those friends of yours take up all your time. You _____ most of your evenings with them, not with me.' 'Well,
[006] s with them, not with me.' 'Well, why should I always _____ my time with you?' she asked crossly. 'What can you t
[007] he Grange. At last I'm free! And I shall never, never _____ another night at Wuthering Heights.' After drinking h
[008] Father 'Are you glad to see me, Linton?' agreed, I'd _____ half my time with you. I wish you were my brother, th
[009] e with you. I wish you were my brother, then we could _____ all our time together!' 'But my father says you would
[010] my plans for the future. I decided I did not want to _____ another winter at the Grange, and told her I would ri
[011] found myself near Thrushcross Grange, and decided to _____ a night there. After all, I was still paying rent fo
[012] ant to see those two, that's why I don't care if they _____ time together. She only makes me angry. And he looks
[013] of these houses are rich, well fed old men who will _____ what is left of their lives nursing their health amon
[014] y other guest, but this is never possible. He has to _____ most of his time where he can see the presents, and w
[015] now. And I cannot play card games.' 'How can people _____ their time playing cards?' said Mrs Smiling. 'I think
[016] chicken house, but nobody was visible. She decided to _____ a quiet afternoon in her room, arranging her books.
[017] rk, 'Who are you to talk about dirt? A pity you don't _____ less time with your old water-voles and a bit more w
[018] rgy - she was destroying herself with it. Now she can _____ her energy on old churches - yes, yes, she will be al
[019] own on to the desk. 'You know why? Because we have to _____ so much time sitting outside your gate. That's what
[020] ay, and in chapel they laugh so much that the warders _____ all their time correcting them. Please, Pennyfeather
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[001] she didn't blame him for it. He even came to her for _____ lessons in German, and I think they must have been r
[002] . 'Go upstairs now. I want to speak to Ellen Dean in _____ . Go on!' And he pushed her roughly out of the door. '
[003] walked over and switched off the TV. 'Are you a real _____ detective?' she said. 'I am,' Nudger said. 'Did someo
[004] dger, and knew Curtis was guilty, why would I hire a _____ detective to try and find something wrong with the w
[005] new husband had gone off to catch their train. 4 A _____ detective at a wedding is supposed to look like any o
[006] s we shook hands. 'Everything.' 'Who ever heard of a _____ detective who didn't?' he joked as I led him out of
[007] accepted, as she was always glad to see more of the _____ lives of the Starkadders. She began to make polite co
[008] 'a dear little thing'. Flora congratulated Elfine in _____ . The wedding was arranged for the fourteenth of June.
[009] desperate for some money, Gracie became a cook in a _____ house, and next year she died. That didn't worry Phil
[010] e been thinking, might it be a good thing if we had a _____ teacher for you in the holidays? Someone young who wo
[011] ng! I thought I'd found him this time.' Are you doing _____ detective work, Potts?' No, no, it's all to do with t
[012] s later Paul was informed that he was being sent to a _____ nursing home to have a small operation. He was extrem
[013] good?' 'It's fairly well paid,' replied. 'And have a _____ income as well.' 'What about the future? Will you ge
[014] and do not bring the police into this. My reasons are _____ . I shall be quite safe because my old friend, Benson,
[015] to... When she had gone, Captain Winters unlocked his _____ drawer and took out one of his carefully hidden bottl
[016] God, man, what's the matter with you?' He opened the _____ drawer, and took out the bottle of whisky. 'Have a dr
[017] ows in surprising detail the facts of Terry Moretons _____ life. Another is that, when we arranged a meeting bet
[018] ill do for the moment. Perhaps soon I'll observe that _____ balls are much pleasanter than public ones. But now w
[019] r sister looked as healthy and lovely as before. In a _____ conversation with her aunt later, however, Elizabeth
[020] alk, and while he and Jane concentrated on their own _____ conversation, some distance away, Elizabeth found her
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[001] Ask her if Jackson could read or write. He'd have to _____ his name to pay in money or get it out of his accoun
[002] ad to admit Morse had been right. 'He could only just _____ his name, sir. Mrs Beavers often had to read oicial
[003] a moment with your brother's statement, then you'll _____ one. Then I'll ring your mother. She'll be worried a
[004] nk?' But although he went on searching, there was no _____ of anything hidden in the rod. 'Never mind, sir, it w
[005] Yorkshire farmhouse kitchen, except that there was no _____ of cooking, and no farmer sitting at the table. Mr He
[006] h we all looked everywhere for Heathcli, there was no _____ of him that night, or for many nights in the future.
[007] pony, with her two dogs running behind. There was no _____ of her at tea-time, and I began to be seriously worri
[008] r Heathcli stopped and stared, then looked away. At a _____ from me, Cathy and Hareton went quietly out into the
[009] e one.' The shopkeeper opened a book. 'You'll have to _____ there, to keep the law happy.' He checked the signa
[010] I can't go on any longer. This time I won't fail, and _____ your name.' He put the gun against the back of Edwa
[011] 'I ' 'You did, you know. Only an hour ago. You had to _____ for it. Had to show your driver's license, too.' '
[012] whole garden for an instant. As though this was the _____ for which she had been waiting, Lucille went confide
[013] lowed through several narrow streets to a garage. The _____ said: 'Cli's Car Repairs'. Nudger parked and waited
[014] She took it and shook it warmly. This was the first _____ of human feeling she had met among the Starkadders, a
[015] on the table, and of the Starkadders there was not a _____ . She supposed they must all be asleep upstairs, or mo
[016] lding at the other side of the yard, but there was no _____ of anyone. Woods began to feel annoyed. Then somethin
[017] a legal township like this one, the white boss must. _____ your pass every month, the white government tells you
[018] t and Mzimbi raised his hands. Finally, Mzimbi made a _____ that the crowd should be silent and people began to s
[019] nued to read each word. Behind him, Ntsiki coughed, a _____ that she had finished. She picked up Samora, with hi
[020] p to it. It was locked. He shook it, but there was no _____ of anyone. Suddenly he heard the sound of a car comin
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[001] s better not to discuss them on the phone.' 'As you _____ .' Richards didn't seem to care. 4 'Tomorrow? At about
[002] e together. And don't be jealous of Edgar Linton!' 'I _____ I had blue eyes and fair hair like him! I
[003] I had blue eyes and fair hair like him! I _____ I behaved well, and was going to inherit a fortune!'
[004] ghtened of that face! I'm frightened of being alone! I _____ I were in my bed at Wuthering Heights, with the wind
[005] t, then dosed it. The cold air seemed to calm her. 'I _____ I were a young girl again, wild and free, out on the
[006] in her husband's arms, 'then speak to me later if you _____ .' He walked out of the house. Catherine seemed to be
[007] ay away. How could Catherine have liked him, Ellen? I _____ he would die, and then I could forget him completely!
[008] again. At the time she seemed to accept her father's _____ . During the next few weeks, however, I noticed Cathy'
[009] , Linton?' agreed, I'd spend half my time with you. I _____ you were my brother, then we could spend all our time
[010] r a while. 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.' 'I _____ you felt as ill as I do, you cruel thing! And I was b
[011] - almost to remind my heart to beat! I have a single _____ , for something my whole body and heart and brain have
[012] have wanted for so long! Oh God! It's a long fight! I _____ it were finished!' For some days after that, Mr Heath
[013] American Crime Stories Level 6 6america. dos Death _____ Lawrence Block The cop saw the car stop on the bridg
[014] ould end. The dream, he knew, indicated a decreasing _____ to live, a development of the death
[015] to live, a development of the death _____ , and a desire for suicide that was prevented only by
[016] tor.' 'Don't thank me. I'll have to report this.' 'I _____ you wouldn't. I'm... I'm under a psychiatrist's care.
[017] n fact, if you ever want more' 'Oh, no, madam! But I _____ there was something more I could do for you, and the
[018] ace, Robert Poste's child.' 'Oh, all right. But in do _____ you would call me Miss Poste. Or even Flora. in do f
[019] ll be working again tomorrow. You can ask her if you _____ .' She seemed weighed down by some great sorrow, and a
[020] hat in would be no use at all at running the farm. in _____ you'd believe me.' Reuben looked puzzled. 'If ye don
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[001] on.' Tenjy turned and looked bitterly at the security _____ , Captain Schoeman, who was sitting in court behind th
[002] octor got out. The doctor was led by the chief police _____ down a long corridor and through several locked doors
[003] id, wishing this had been decided earlier. The police _____ looked at him coldly. 'Could he be pretending?' My G
[004] gan cautiously. 'Could he be pretending?' the police _____ repeated fiercely. 'You... you can't pretend a refle
[005] ain damage.' 'But why is he unconscious?' the police _____ demanded. He had seen other injured men who had manag
[006] ten?' 'No, not today.' Finally, the doctor faced the _____ . 'He must go to hospital,' he said, with fear but wit
[007] t with as much determination as he could manage. The _____ glanced down at the bruised body on the floor and the
[008] tres away!' 'He could escape from hospital here,' the _____ said brutally. 'I want him in a police hospital.' Th
[009] n weeks. It was obvious to the doctor that the police _____ wanted police doctors to deal with the prisoner Biko.
[010] He looked up into the cold, angry eyes of the police _____ . . , and said nothing. Half an hour later, the doctor
[011] s found himself in the office facing another security _____ , Lieutenant Beukes. Before Woods could say a word, B
[012] d your banning order himself,' Major Bosho, the first _____ , said. 'And he instructed us to take you by car to yo
[013] ld do was laugh. Well, they arranged a trial, but the _____ who was supposed to be the judge had been at school w
[014] ood as to speak to me for a minute outside?' Really, _____ ,' said Paul, I'm in a great hurry. I suppose it's abo
[015] and in your work here. What is this man's profession, _____ ?' The white slave trade, sir,' said the Chief Warder.
[016] office. 'I'm Malcolm Jaggard and I'm a sort of police _____ . I'm also engaged to Penny. We're going to be marri
[017] cle appeared. It stopped in front of us and a Swedish _____ climbed out. Henty threw his gun on the ground as I
[018] et dressed and was taken to Stockholm Airport. The4 _____ who had come with me said, 'There is your plane, Mr J
[019] son's departure from the army was first mentioned, an _____ had written, 'Proposed leaving date - 21st March 1947
[020] ho's Carter?' I wanted to know. 'The Chief Scientific _____ .' 'There's something wrong at that laboratory, I'm su
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[001] t Morse said sharply, 'You lied to me, sir, about your _____ to Jericho on Wednesday October rd. I want to know
[002] etween Charles and Anne until the day I happened to _____ Charles's office when he was away, and found a letter
[003] rce him to help her, if necessary. I decided I would _____ her myself, so on Wednesday October 3rd, when Charles
[004] Lewis discovered that Anne had been worried enough to _____ the Jericho Testing Laboratory on Monday October 1st
[005] resting, Lewis. That could be an expensive job. Let's _____ Mrs Purvis. And remember, the person who wrote that
[006] clearly doesn't smoke at all. Then we made our final _____ to Abingdon, when Celia and Conrad again acted as hu
[007] ts Wuthering Heights 1 I HAVE JUST returned from a _____ to my landlord, Mr Heathcli. I am delighted with the
[008] o arrange her hair, as she had invited Edgar Linton to _____ her while Hindley was absent. 'Catherine, are you go
[009] a moment. Somehow she had to prepare him for Edgar's _____ . 'Isabella and Edgar said they might call here this
[010] ley had told me to be present if Edgar Linton came to _____ Catherine. She came up to me, and whispered crossly,
[011] in spite of his doubts, Mr Edgar allowed Heathcli to _____ her regularly. However, Heathcli's visits produced a
[012] y. 'I've been too weak with her. I can't allow him to _____ her any more. Call two servants, Ellen.' He went to t
[013] Heathcli? A man? A madman? A devil? When you come to _____ me, you must explain to me what sort of creature I've
[014] ould take a message from him to his sister. 'You may _____ her this afternoon, Ellen, if you like. Tell her I'm
[015] I can't imagine she will ever be happy. I shall never _____ her or write to her.' When I arrived at Wuthering Hei
[016] s out of the house. My chance came four days after my _____ to Wuthering Heights. As it was a Sunday, Mr Edgar an
[017] wrote that she was dying of a fever, and asked him to _____ her for the first and last time. She also wanted him
[018] ot bear to think of that, so she promised to keep her _____ a secret from him. We heard from Mr Edgar that his s
[019] iling, 'then you must be my uncle! Why don't you ever _____ us at the Grange?' 'I visited it once or twice too of
[020] it.' 'Well, if I can't come here, Linton can come to _____ me at the Grange,' suggested Cathy happily. 'It'll be