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[001] s tying another rope, so that the boat was out of the _____ and close to the bank. 'They speak English?' he cried
[002] lake washed the last plants away. There was a strong _____ in the lake now. Our boat-house was starting to shake
[003] d us up, and our boat-house became a true boat. 'The _____ will take us to the coast,' Jerry said, 'and then I'm
[004] coast for us,' Father said. 'It's too easy to let the _____ take us to the coast - anyone can do that. But we've
[005] th there. How can I be wrong if I'm going against the _____ ? When the petrol finishes, we'll pull the boat along.
[006] Don't leave me. I'm hurt Mother. I can't love. ' The _____ began to take us back down river, towards the coast.
[007] eyes half open. Only his head was alive. We let the _____ take us all the way to the coast. It was so fast that
[008] ls still seem good. " Mr. Sorensen said that in the _____ environment investors might consider stocks with mod
[009] isaster for "pay as you go " pension systems that tax _____ workers to finance the retirement of their elders. T
[010] 5-21 victory over the New England Patriots. But the _____ era of good feelings is being smeared lately by inne
[011] playing - but he is being measured by his best-known _____ head case, John Daly. If the pro golfer can control hi
[012] at Taco Bell in Guadalajara.) What's the best of the _____ crop? After a few days behind the wheel of each, thr
[013] the eight named plaintiffs, their attorneys and other _____ and former workers may seem relatively small. From th
[014] , the president of Sinn Fein and co-initiator of the _____ peace process in Northern Ireland, is one of these re
[015] it means launching oneself in a raft upon a powerful _____ to the past. Salter's raft is equipped with steering
[016] ause once again it develops other markets and allows _____ NFL ownership to use them as blackmail in trying to
[017] nstead, she is a product of black consciousness, the _____ in black political thought that reached its peak of p
[018] A high school graduate can expect to earn $812,000 in _____ dollars over his or her lifetime, while a college gr
[019] free outdoor concert in Times Square with songs from _____ and upcoming musicals and stars such as Marilu Henner
[020] ng among potential acquirers, USEC's union and USEC's _____ managers, with Washington caught in the middle. USEC,
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[001] n. Giles was extremely grateful for this: he hated to _____ his friend. Parry led Giles safely back towards the
[002] od how to find calm, gentle enjoyment in life... The _____ was, he was afraid of death. So he joined the Catholi
[003] arrived with the drinks he said, 'There's a bit of _____ near the canal. Police cars, ambulance... Something's
[004] Charles Richards at home. 'Have you heard about the _____ in Jericho, sir? A man was murdered there last night
[005] hat she needed to see him, that she was in desperate _____ and needed money. She mentioned that she had kept al
[006] e. But then it was that old servant Joseph who caused _____ . He tried to persuade his master to be stricter with
[007] cry,' said Catherine with scorn. 'You've made enough _____ already. Here comes my brother.' Hindley returned, ho
[008] she said, when we reached the sitting-room. 'All this _____ is because of Isabella! Tell Edgar I'm in danger of b
[009] anyway I don't want to beg for Edgar's help, or make _____ for him. To escape from Heathcli I must go a long way
[010] was away for three weeks. Cathy did not cause me any _____ at first. She spent her days walking her dogs and rid
[011] d better gee home,' the man said. 'I'm sorry to cause _____ . I'll try to relax, I'll be all right.' The cop watc
[012] . It's me. First, it was the old lady with her heart _____ whenever I tried to do anything for myself. Then when
[013] ngs are, the way Charlie feels, there could be more _____ there.' 'It looked like that for a while tonight,' I
[014] for years.' 'That is all? She spoke of no particular _____ ?' He smiled faintly. 'We all have troubles. Some we i
[015] he start. The fools, I thought. Even if Elinor was in _____ , she would never have jumped out of a window. Someb
[016] ere was something strange about her that day. I had _____ starting my car, which is how I saw her leave the bui
[017] ce coming here tonight,' she said. 'We're in enough _____ without you making it worse!' 'All right,' I said da
[018] I had to hide. If the police catch me here I'll be in _____ . And now you've got me and you think I'm part of it.
[019] om the girl. 'A bargain, Flippo,' I said. 'You're in _____ with the police. You could easily be sent back to pri
[020] ?' said Flora. 'in suppose when its flowers open, the _____ begins, does it?' But there was no time for more con
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[001] h 'Charles Richards' written on it. He took out the _____ piece of paper. It had no address, date or signature.
[002] ething else. 'Did you know, sir, that there wasn't a _____ book in Jackson's house?' But Bell wasn't listening
[003] e on the envelope was Inspector Morse. Morse read the _____ page of writing. Dear Inspector Morse Perhaps you h
[004] breathe - almost to remind my heart to beat! I have a _____ wish, for something my whole body and heart and brain
[005] tay there at the beginning of the Easter holidays. No _____ act in Mrs Beste- Chetwynde's eventful and in many wa
[006] I can't imagine anyone will go.' All the fashionable _____ men were shocked that such a prize had been stolen fr
[007] surprise. I had almost reached him when there was a _____ shot and Ashton fell. I heard Henty run past me as I
[008] he said to me. 'The gipsy says there's another young _____ lady in the room. She refuses to leave the house unti
[009] name?' asked Mr Bennet. 'Bingley.' 'Is he married or _____ ?' 'Oh,
[010] ?' 'Oh, _____ , my dear, of course! A
[011] , my dear, of course! A _____ man of large fortune - he has an income of four or fi
[012] hen he laughed at himself. 'Maybe she was happy to be _____ ,' he thought. 'Or maybe she was married and something
[013] metal key. He held it while Joyce read the letter: a _____ page of handwriting. Then she handed the letter to hi
[014] e was a terrible noise of' metal against metal and a _____ long scream from Sandra. Then silence. When I woke u
[015] I be so stupid as to pick a tour with only one other _____ person on it?' 'What?' I turned unwillingly to look a
[016] hey should have arranged it better. Everybody knows a _____ person doesn't book onto a trip like this just to see
[017] d my eyes again, giving up on magic for a while. 'A _____ person on holiday alone is looking for a partner,' Li
[018] d to the very end of the jetty where there was just a _____ table and two chairs. 'It's a bit like being on a boa
[019] 'you aren't the only one to find themselves suddenly _____ .' I looked up at him quickly. 'You don't mean. . . ?'
[020] ce the water again, but somehow I couldn't see my new _____ life properly any longer; I was too conscious of Ian
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[001] open up underneath him, and he had watched the body _____ down into the black hole below. He had looked down an
[002] d. I saw the frightened horses on the edge of a steep _____ . I saw the valley fifty feet below us. The coach sho
[003] rightened horses and the coach on the edge of a steep _____ . At the heart of it, like a jewel in a ring, stood th
[004] dn't stop them?' He lifted his shoulders and let them _____ again. 'It takes a strong stomach to face a machine
[005] lent pictures the government sometimes let the matter _____ in order to prevent the newspapers giving the public
[006] hat he's not fit, and that he smokes.' 'Then he could _____ dead at any time, if he doesn't get the right treatme
[007] onth,' replied Elizabeth. Unwilling to let the matter _____ , she added, 'He is a man of very large property in De
[008] She was now drinking the coee slowly. enjoying every _____ . The Ironing Man had gone. The shirts were ironed and
[009] 'I have. And it's not too late. Another student had to _____ out. He has to go into hospital for a small operation
[010] e stream first. There were two large rocks and then a _____ of about five metres, a small waterfall. In the pool
[011] We're meeting at seven. It won't take me a minute to _____ you there now, and you can join us at the restaurant
[012] e of an empty beach. . Fatima turned to Joyce. 'I'll _____ you here - this is a good place. The restaurant's onl
[013] break. She swam out to the edge. She guessed that the _____ below her to the bottom of the sea was at least thirt
[014] Commodus did not relax until he felt his father's body _____ in his arms. He placed him on the bed, dead. "You di
[015] sible for him to see through it. Tigris was forced to _____ his sword again so he could use both hands to try to p
[016] ay in this place?' 'All right, Jerry,' Father said. ' _____ your bucket and go. Just go. But remember: if you go,
[017] gs with them too. They are chasing us .' cried Toby- ' _____ the boy.' Toby disappeared. Sikes threw a coat over O
[018] a long rope. The people are all at the front. I will _____ down at the back.' Toby pointed in fear at a cupboard
[019] ings during maternity leave. About half of all women _____ out of the work force at some point to have or care
[020] lapses, green tumbles into blue, sheer granite cliffs _____ into heaps of boulders washed far below in the Atlant
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[001] ut that. I already wrote you a check, I just have to _____ in the amount. That's if you agree to take the job. Y
[002] ne church town the hill. Then the house had begun to _____ up with wedding guests, and had stayed filled until
[003] to the white man to give us anything. We have got to _____ the black community with our own pride - not somethin
[004] sir.' Well!' said Grimes. Good old Philbrick! Prendy, _____ up your glass. Let's drink to Trumpington, whoever he
[005] ame and his place in society does not satisfactorily _____ the important part of hero in this book. I saw some o
[006] th the sisters laughed. 'If they had enough uncles to _____ Cheapside,' cried Bingley, 'it wouldn't make them any
[007] n't help watching. She loved music. She let the music _____ her. The guitarist saw Monika watching him. He smiled
[008] .' The woman smiled at her kindly. 'Don't worry. Just _____ in this form. I'm sure we'll find it. It will probab
[009] n your life? You either fall into it, or you start to _____ it up. Jacky was buried back at home in England. To m
[010] eemed like a dream too. There were a lot of papers to _____ in, meetings to go to and trips back to England. But
[011] over some of Jacky's work to help the company and to _____ up more of my empty time. At weekends I drove somewh
[012] sta and forgot about Magreglio. My mother was able to _____ the house with the glass and paintings she had always
[013] 'OK. Italy, here we come.' We drove south, stopping to _____ up with petrol and buy something to eat and drink at
[014] for a time, listening, but slowly his mind started to _____ up with memories of his last conversation with his bo
[015] finish the sentence, and I understood. It seemed to _____ the room with a sense of power. 'There are a lot of p
[016] k in. We'll make that stream run into our fields, and _____ our water-tank over there. We'll lift the house up a
[017] ELSIE _RE_ARE TO MEET THY GO_ 'It was not diicult to _____ in the other letters and to read: ELSIE PREPARE TO ME
[018] the island of Tyre. Using stone from coastal ruins to _____ -in the sea, the first part of this road was built qui
[019] the bridges and boats, so Alexander ordered his men to _____ their leather tent-bags with dried grass and use them
[020] pers not only to buy toothpaste and cereal but also to _____ their carts with high-margin convenience items like b
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[001] t often have strangers here, and I'm afraid neither I _____ my dogs are used to receiving them: I could not feel
[002] o when she died, he was in despair. He neither cried _____ prayed. Instead he swore at God and man, and drank hi
[003] e, she was not buried in the church with the Lintons, _____ with the Earnshaws. She lies in an open corner of the
[004] e both shocked to discover that he could neither ride _____ walk, and was lying on the grass, waiting for us. He
[005] ere had been lights Lucille would not have stopped. _____ if Mr Christiansen himself had been standing by the f
[006] ises of wind and falling water. It was not near, but _____ was it off the island. I walked over to the window. I
[007] ened by the fact that she always did what she wanted, _____ the second by the violent outdoor sports which she ha
[008] on the table in front of her. The bed was not made. _____ had she brushed her hair, which hung around her face
[009] . 'Mother, you're mistaken. 'Tes not the first o' May _____ the seventeenth of October. You'd better stay here.'
[010] hey done to you?' For several minutes, neither Woods _____ Ken could move, their emotion was so great. But final
[011] d it,' said Grimes in Paul's ear. Silver, you know.' _____ will the Llanabba Writing Prize.' Because of the floo
[012] be guilty of a crime which I can neither understand _____ excuse. I need give no details. I have frequently met
[013] he machine, and between them, mankind, neither being, _____ doing, only becoming!' Two hours later, the workmen c
[014] iest way possible. Paul never learnt all their names, _____ was he ever sure exactly how many of them there were.
[015] w. Do you ever have visions? No, I can see you don't. _____ does the Chaplain. It was a vision that brought me he
[016] nd I had to ask a guard to let me in. Neither Ashton _____ Penelope was at home, but Benson told me that Penelop
[017] oor, crying and making noises which neither Crammond _____ I could understand. 'He's mad. Phone for an ambulanc
[018] to greet me when I entered. In fact, he neither spoke _____ moved. 'Have you brought a present for Miss Eyre with
[019] being sent. It is a planet which is neither too young _____ too old. It shines like a blue pearl because so much
[020] ' She looked at him with her round eyes. Neither they _____ her face showed him what she was thinking, or how she
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[001] f the dead man was very near to him. But the body was _____ and sti. Linkworth had been dead for an hour. Then a
[002] lephone book. It blew on my face. And it was bitterly _____ , sir.' The doctor looked seriously at him. 'Did it re
[003] ery miserable. I can't leave the prison - and it's so _____ . Will you send for the other gentleman?' 'Do you mea
[004] ceiver. He put it down. His forehead was wet with the _____ sweat of horror, and his heart was beating very fast.
[005] at?' he asked. 'Yes,' said the chaplain. 'A breath of _____ air from the window.' Once again the
[006] air from the window.' Once again the _____ wind blew in the closed room. 'And did you feel that
[007] , but without success. It was December and a bitterly _____ east wind was blowing. Snow was beginning to fall fr
[008] tarted walking. The snow fell heavily. It became very _____ , and night was falling fast. I was very tired and hu
[009] Although the wind was quieter, it was still bitterly _____ . The sky was starless. The only noise in that wild, e
[010] or a short time I felt better. But the night was very _____ . Although I walked quickly, I was unable to keep war
[011] m. My hands and feet were like ice. My chest felt icy _____ and I had diiculty in breathing. My gun seemed terrib
[012] in and sat down. The inside of the coach seemed very _____ ... even colder than outside. The air inside the coac
[013] ngers and tried to start a conversation. 'It's very _____ tonight,' I said politely to the passenger who was si
[014] I did not feel really angry. I was too tired and too _____ for that. I was still sti with
[015] for that. I was still sti with _____ and tiredness, and the strange, damp smell inside the
[016] ick too. I was frozen to my bones, and trembling with _____ . I turned to the passenger on my left. 'May I open t
[017] t the whole adventure was just a dream, the result of _____ , tiredness and a violent bang on the head. I tried t
[018] Leithen and I were coming home from a ride. We were _____ and wet and very tired. 'Let's look in at Fullcircle,
[019] thought of the woman who was now stretched out on the _____ floor of the kitchen. Dead, dead, dead. A warm, att
[020] ' Walters wondered if he could see fear in Jackson's _____ eyes. The man hesitated. 'Well, yes, she did. I did
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[001] ys. Much cheaper.' 'Just tell me, did the Scott woman _____ herself?' 'Morse, I only look at the body, and tell y
[002] lence. 'And if you try anything like this again, I'll _____ you, do you hear that? I'll
[003] you, do you hear that? I'll _____ you with my bare hands!'0 Finally the answer came. '
[004] ody deliberate. So why do you think someone wanted to _____ him, Morse?' 'Perhaps someone was looking for someth
[005] new she was having a baby. It wouldn't have made her _____ herself.' 'Yes.' Morse sat down, a little disappointe
[006] y, then followed him home, and came back next day to _____ him and get Anne's letter back.' Morse shook his head
[007] nrad visited Jackson. Perhaps Conrad never meant to _____ him.' 'perhaps,' said Morse. He was not convinced. Co
[008] as why she killed herself. But if she only decided to _____ herself on Wednesday morning, why had she cancelled
[009] n the great room appeared a growling animal, ready to _____ me, it seemed. 'Help! Mr Heathcli! Help!' I shouted,
[010] nd went back into the kitchen. 'It's a pity he can't _____ himself with drink,' muttered Heathcli. 'Or Kenneth s
[011] such confidence in Edgar's love that I think I could _____ him, and he wouldn't blame me for it. He will have to
[012] locked it. But one night he'll forget, and then I'll _____ him!' 'Why do you hate him so much?' I asked. 'Becaus
[013] be too far for me,' said her cousin weakly. 'It would _____ me to walk four miles.' Heathcli looked scornfully at
[014] 'Cathy, I daren't explain! But if you leave me, he'll _____ me! Dear Cathy, my life is in your hands! Kind, sweet
[015] ly. 'Out of the room, wicked girl!' he shouted. 'I'll _____ you if I get near you!' 'If you hit me, Hareton will
[016] many did you take?' 'Twenty,' said the man. 'Ten can _____ you,' said the doctor. 'How long ago did you take the
[017] st do.' 'Youn' 'Just write the note. I don't want to _____ you, Edward. I want you to write the note, and then
[018] deserves. Not prison. I want the law to take her and _____ her, and I want to be there to watch it.' 'You were
[019] executed next week?' 'That's the one. But he didn't _____ that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not
[020] ial,' Nudger said. 'Perhaps not, but the law wouldn't _____ him if enough witnesses said they were wrong. Then,
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[001] . His visitor put a gun in Edward Wright's stomach. ' _____ ' 'Invite me in,' the man said. 'It's cold out here.'
[002] 'Invite me in,' the man said. 'It's cold out here.' ' _____ , I don't p' 'Inside.' In the living room, Edward Wri
[003] f Edward Wright's shaking head. 'You'll hang for it, _____ .' 'Suicide, Edward.' 'No one will believe I was a su
[004] quiet, nervous young man. Amos's brothers, Luke and _____ , were thickly built, heavy men, who hardly ever said
[005] red into Flora's face in silence. 'Have I got a dirty _____ on my nose?' Flora wondered. And then she realized wh
[006] in allow ten pence each week to Micah, Urk, Caraway, _____ , Luke, and Ezra. Harkaway gets a shilling, to cover h
[007] Oh, in am so sorry! What a pity! How did it happen?' ' _____ an' Micah were arguing an'
[008] an' Micah were arguing an' _____ pushed Micah down the well. Laugh! We had to lie down
[009] wives. So our women live down in' the village. Micah, _____ , Luke, Caraway, and Ezra have all got wives. Me . .
[010] ife's daughter, from when Micah's wife was married to _____ . She's never married. She's a bit strange in' the he
[011] lopes, and that his bloodstained thumb had made a red _____ on an envelope addressed to her in Charles's neat han
[012] l stay here with me, Judith, Amos, Micah, Urk, Luke, _____ , Elfine, Caraway, Harkaway, Reuben, and Seth. Where's
[013] n herself to him! When she was an hour old, in made a _____ on her milk-bottle with water-vole's blood. She was
[014] and continued towards the door, all in one movement. _____ (who loved a bit of sport) held open the door, and U
[015] hem that Urk had fallen down. Quite soon it came, and _____ shut the door. It was now four o'clock, and Elfine ha
[016] carried at six o'clock that morning by Micah, Seth, _____ , Caraway, and Harkaway. No one dared go in to see her
[017] l go - Judith, Micah, Ezra, Harkaway, Caraway, Luke, _____ ... Then... when they had all gone... she would be al
[018] easy to live with when he didn't talk much. 'Morning _____ . Another lovely day,' panted Stephen, and sat down to
[019] t and sticking to his back. 'Morning Stephen,' said _____ . 'I'm not sure if it is a lovely day. Clare's away -
[020] ed at her lovingly. 'Perhaps it was a mistake to ring _____ , but 1 wanted to tell him what Charlie had said about