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[001] e. Sofia went back to her work. Green was an enormous _____ man, at least two meters tall and very heavy. He was
[002] taken on to the ship. Father gave our old van to a _____ man who was passing. 'Free!' he shouted happily. 'Fre
[003] talked business with them. One of his new friends, a _____ man called Mr Haddy, was often there. One day, Father
[004] On one of the side streams, I saw men in the trees - _____ , shiny-skinned men. I went up to the front of the boa
[005] sh?' he cried, and began to laugh. This pleased the _____ men. One of them said, 'Good morning, Father. My name
[006] . Clover said, 'Where are we, Dad?' Father's face was _____ with anger. His mouth was shut tight, but there was f
[007] werberry. Mr Sowerberry was a tall, thin man who wore _____ clothes and made coins. Many of his coins were for th
[008] he lamp down and looked around him. The shapes of the _____ boxes looked like the ghosts of dead people. The room
[009] en a face like that before.' Suddenly a man in an old _____ suit rushed into the police station.' Stop, stop.' he
[010] f the inn when he almost fell against a tall man in a _____ coat. 'Curse you.' said the man in a voffice of terri
[011] tea and reading the paper, when a tall, dark man in a _____ coat came to see him. It was the man that Oliver had
[012] empty house.' Come in! ' They went in. The man in the _____ coat closed the door behind them. 'Now,' said the st
[013] took the candle to the door. Monks stood there in his _____ coat. He stepped back when he saw Nancy. 'This is o
[014] s, he looks over his shoulder all the time. He wears _____ clothes. On his neck there is-' , A wide red mark lik
[015] see an old road, which nobody used any more. A long, _____ car appeared on the road and came slowly across the r
[016] lled himself. Harry liked to spend hours on his long, _____ hair. His face was often in the newspapers these days
[017] er than his. Her eyes were green and she wore round, _____ glasses. Her dress was
[018] glasses. Her dress was _____ too. She put out her hand and Mark shook it. 'Would
[019] said quickly. She opened her bag and took out a small _____ recorder. She checked the recorder and tied it to Mar
[020] a kid.' Reggie slowly opened her bag and took out the _____ recorder. 'It's a11 here, boys,' she said. 'Do you wa
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[001] sticks were made of wood and Mister had painted them _____ . The gun was real enough, though. It was a . 44, stol
[002] n. . The 14th. Street Law Center was in an old, tall, _____ brick house that had seen better days. The windows on
[003] was in his early fifties, with a grey beard and round _____ glasses. Be shouted something about a file to Sofia a
[004] ing in my office had cost-the expensive old desk, the _____ leather armchairs, and the Persian carpets. Weren't ,
[005] led the clearing with light that made every leaf turn _____ and gold. All the buildings shook. It lifted Fat Boy
[006] use, eating bread and butter. He had small eyes and a _____ nose. 'Did you knock?' asked Oliver. '1 did.' 'Do yo
[007] ked Oliver. 'A bad woman, Workhouse,' repeated Noah. _____ with anger now, Oliver seized the bigger boy by his n
[008] and most of his evil- looking face was hidden by his _____ hair. Half the time his attention was on his cooking.
[009] A man appeared, holding a candle in his hand. He had _____ hair and big boots and some large rings on his dirty
[010] wears black clothes. On his neck there is-' , A wide _____ mark like a burn?' cried Mr Brownlow. 'Do you know h
[011] ng in his room. His face was white and his eyes were _____ . He was covered with an old blanket and there was a c
[012] and. He saw the tube and started screaming. His wild _____ eyes looked round for Mark, but Mark was well hidden
[013] It was an Exxon lorry,' he said. 'He didn't stop at a _____ light.' 'Great,' said Gill Teal. 'I've got money fro
[014] ooked into the dark night he suddenly noticed a small _____ light. A cigarette. Someone was out there, in the str
[015] until his heart was going very fast and his face was _____ and hot. When he heard Doreen's key he lay on the flo
[016] G MEN - THE THREE STUDENTS - THE DYING DETECTIVE -THE _____ - HEADED MEN'S CLUB THE DANCING MEN Chapter One Hol
[017] After a time we arrived at a large old house built of _____ bricks. 'That's Ridling Thorpe Manor,' said the driv
[018] as sitting against the wall. The side of her face was _____ with blood from a hole in her head. She was alive, bu
[019] l have something to eat at Simpson's restaurant.' THE _____ -HEADED MEN'S CLUB Chapter One One day last autumn I
[020] and found him talking to a small, fat man with bright _____ hair. 'You have come at just the right time,' said Ho
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[001] just driving. The clouds were dark. The snow would be _____ . People were hurrying through the snow on the sidewal
[002] enormous black man, at least two meters tall and very _____ . He was in his early fifties, with a grey beard and r
[003] ve them. I walked toward the television. My feet were _____ , my, heart was cold, my mouth was open in shock and d
[004] climbs up the side, let's hit him on the head with a _____ piece of wood.' 'No, I can't. You do it.' But as Fat
[005] ' said Dawkins, and he gave them to Fagin. 'Not very _____ ,' said the old man, 'but well made. He is good at hi
[006] ! Fagin!' 'Was it a man?' cried Mr Giles, taking up a _____ stick.' Which way did he go? ' 'Over there.' cried Ol
[007] en Sikes reached his room, he shut the door and put a _____ table against it. Nancy was lying on the bed. She had
[008] rible sight. Sikes covered his eyes. Then he seized a _____ stick and hit her again. Chapter 18 Sikes Escapes A
[009] is with me.' He came near a small river. Picking up a _____ stone, he tied it to his handkerchief. The dog looked
[010] ishar, had tried to poison herself. Life had become a _____ weight for Amalia. With the shop closed, she had very
[011] ich who came into the room. It was a handsome, rather _____ , self-confident man. He was carrying a lamp which he
[012] ret words; and he kept going until he found the food, _____ clothes and boots that he had hidden under a big tree
[013] and Lara. One winter evening, Yury walked through the _____ snow after work. When he arrived at the flat, Lara me
[014] year, because, she said, "high turnover is costly. " _____ trading forces a fund to pay a lot in commissions, ad
[015] was too late. And that time came in overtime with the _____ favorites suddenly scrambling to face a 2-point conve
[016] ing room by taking out some columns and substituting _____ steel beams near the ceiling to transfer the load of t
[017] ch), need more time to round up votes in the face of _____ lobbying by the MTA and Los Angeles County superviso
[018] kman's fly rod bent double and line stripped from his _____ -duty reel, drag set on 'stun,' as an Arctic char strea
[019] during the campaign, Ms. Quindel quickly came under _____ criticism from Mr. Hoffa, who said she was not aggres
[020] lier this month at the behest of the union, has drawn _____ criticism from the Giuliani administration and the Bo
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[001] arehouse at the corner of Florida Avenue. It wasn't a _____ place for a homeless person. It had a roof, some toil
[002] The church kindly opens its doors when the weather's _____ . When the doors close, they go out again." I tried to
[003] e often, Father argued with the shopkeepers about the _____ quality of the things they tried to sell him, and com
[004] ment. He said he would need them in Jeronimo. Father _____ brought us here. Now, in some magical way, he had bou
[005] Nobody knew or could guess what father was building. _____ and useless inventions are unnatural inventions. There
[006] wore nothing at all. Father said, 'They don't look so _____ to me. But this must be the place.' Father took three
[007] e way back down the river, Father was silent and in a _____ mood. That night in Jeronimo, I heard Mother talking t
[008] ed angrily at the Maywits ... Ropers. He calico you a _____ man. He said a lot of the Indians thought you had m
[009] river, to clean them, he said.' 'He said you were as _____ as the soldiers,' Clover added. 'What soldiers?' Mr
[010] oing up river in that boat!' I said, 'Emily, we're in _____ trouble. We must get to the coast. Can you help us?'
[011] se. We all pity you, Workhouse, but your mother was a _____ woman. You know she was! ' 'What did you say?' asked
[012] know she was! ' 'What did you say?' asked Oliver. 'A _____ woman, Workhouse,' repeated Noah. Red with anger now,
[013] thing else in future, Mrs Sowerberry. He comes from a _____ family.' At this moment Mr Sowerberry arrived. He wa
[014] ied the young woman. 'Oh, Oliver! Oliver ! You are a _____ boy. I have suered so much!' 'Young Oliver?' cried Bi
[015] once.' People watched and called to Oliver, 'Yes, you _____ boy! Go home to your poor mother and father! ' 'What
[016] time, Fagin,' she said unhappily. 'Bill will be in a _____ temper when I get back.' 'I couldn't help it, my dear
[017] rownlow. He and Mr Grimwig looked very surprised. 'A _____ boy!' said Mr Grimwig, 'I'll eat my head if he isn't a
[018] boy!' said Mr Grimwig, 'I'll eat my head if he isn't a _____ boy!' , He is a good boy,' said Rose quickly.' He has
[019] ell me why,' said Mr Brownlow. 'Although he has led a _____ life, I have led a
[020] life, I have led a _____ life too. I trust him, and he trusts me.' 'Then,' sa
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[001] 's lucky we don't have kids." To talk about something _____ , I told her the story of Mister. "Are you all right
[002] ter whether you mind or not. You can't sleep anywhere _____ .' Oliver was left alone in the shop full of coins. He
[003] y or two,' said Mr Bumble.' Give him soup and nothing _____ in future, Mrs Sowerberry. He comes from a bad family
[004] mine, Oliver. I am an old man now, and I have nothing _____ .' At that moment Jack Dawkins came in with another bo
[005] old woman, 'she and I were alone.' 'Was there no one _____ near?' asked Monks. 'No one who could hear you? ' 'N
[006] ad shot herself in the head, or been shot by somebody _____ . Only one gun had been found in the room, and it had
[007] opened it. Inside it were twenty-five pounds. Nothing _____ . 'Keep this,' he said, and he gave the bag to the Ins
[008] wrote you that letter,' said Holmes. 'You? But no one _____ knew the secret of the dancing men.' Holmes smiled. '
[009] nother shot. That's the truth: I didn't know anything _____ about it until the boy came up to the farm and gave m
[010] er I left. 'As soon as I went in, I saw that someone _____ had been in the room and had looked at the examinatio
[011] am sure he was telling the truth. No, I think someone _____ saw the key in the door, knew that I was out, and wen
[012] t anything more out of Bannister, we will try someone _____ . Bannister, please stand over there near the bedroom
[013] d Holmes. 'Mr Gilchrist, we are all alone, and nobody _____ will ever know what happened here. We can be very hon
[014] h all right.' I was very worried but there was nothing _____ I could do. 'Good. But don't come too close to me. Y
[015] ered what Holmes had told me. 'I have to go somewhere _____ ,' I said. 'Can you go there alone?' 'Yes. I know wher
[016] olmes. I'll turn up the light. And is there anything _____ you want?' 'A cigarette. A cigarette.' This time, Hol
[017] Holmes. He could get more money working for someone _____ , but he is happy working with me. His only bad habit
[018] long time. I could hear my heart beating, but nothing _____ . From where I was standing I could see the floor. Sud
[019] re needed at home immediately. Yury forgot everything _____ and ran out of the house with Tonya. They did not fin
[020] t finally his circumstances were the same as everyone _____ 's, and he had nothing extra to give away. There was t
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[001] ve some money, because she was paid a very reasonable _____ as Lipa's teacher, and she was also able to continue
[002] the Teamsters stunned United Parcel Service, winning _____ increases and promises of more full-time jobs. And the
[003] working women in Britain earn less that the minimum _____ of 108 a week. Well, I'm one of them and would like
[004] ll, why should people working at home be paid a lower _____ ? LD: Well, indeed, but we've done surveys that show t
[005] as with fairly traded brands the workers get a decent _____ . So you can make a difference just by changing your b
[006] ate's income is less than 85 per cent of the average _____ (about pounds 14,500). From September, a student liv
[007] ve some money, because she was paid a very reasonable _____ as Lipa's teacher, and she was also able to continue
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[001] re made 86 calls on behalf of the Democratic National _____ , and that all of them were made from his West Wing o
[002] n questionable donations for the Democratic National _____ last year while receiving special treatment and acces
[003] ey neglect the essential work of governing, skipping _____ hearings and attending receptions instead of masteri
[004] higher education. Phase two will cover funding. The _____ of Vice Chancellors and Principals favours changing
[005] 62 and served on the editorial board of the Standing _____ for Amateur Music. He was the author of a number of
[006] A former chairman of the three-member Pulitzer Prize _____ for Fiction, McConnell said he would have fought vigo
[007] foundation in the Thirties, and he had served on its _____ and started to publish work in its Journal before war
[008] ccessful, your appeal will be heard by an independent _____ , comprising members of the local authority (or govern
[009] es can question the other. The decision of the appeal _____ is binding: if you win, you must be given a place at
[010] at we take 9am starts very seriously. We had a course _____ meeting today which I attended as a student rep. I th
[011] rom Audit, the Higher Education Quality Council - the _____ of Vice Chancellors and Principal's self-regulating
[012] miserable and wondered if Cregar was right. After the _____ meeting Ogilvie invited me to lunch, not because he
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[001] gh time to evaluate the new issues. As of this week, _____ & Poor's had 48 issues already sold and still awaiti
[002] cial criteria, mimics the sector distribution of the _____ & Poor's 500-stock index as closely as possible.
[003] fe. In 1983, for instance, when Magellan whipped the _____ & Poor's 500-stock index by an incredible 16 percent
[004] ned to be accessible by the motor car-'Everyman's new _____ of space-measurement... is the man seated in his car
[005] er a stock is included in a major index, such as the _____ & Poor's 500. Everyone knows they will die one day,
[006] he bond market also helped pull down the Dow and the _____ & Poor's 500-stock index, which closed down 4. 20 poi
[007] d the job in five days. It is because of work of this _____ that in the short period he has been in business Dav
[008] ull-time study and requires an A- level or equivalent _____ of education for entry - although the teacher-trainin
[009] ddle said he believed in reincarnation - not exactly _____ Christian doctrine - and in February this year he tol
[010] s. We are part of the university and that gives us a _____ of education that is the
[011] of education that is the _____ of the university as a whole.' An MBA at a respected
[012] 25 OECD countries are about the level of the average _____ of living. Only in six - Finland, Germany, the Irish
[013] We will have the same number of children and the same _____ costs for the building. So where do we make another
[014] iling up. Peter York presses the pause button on some _____ images of the electronic age By PETER YORK OH,
[015] ome academics saying that students'work is not of the _____ it used to be.' He admits all degrees are not equal.
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[001] a cold, dark night. The stars seemed farther from the _____ than he had ever seen them before. He shut the door,
[002] And on the table I found a little ball of soft black _____ mixed together with sand. Isn't that strange? I can't
[003] r desk in the middle of the room. This piece of black _____ , or clay, is what you were talking about. As you said,
[004] is wife.' The coin was closed and put into the ground. _____ was thrown on top of it, and suddenly, a ten-year-old
[005] denly, a ten-year-old boy threw himself on top of the _____ . Like a wild animal which has lost its mother, the sm
[006] uld crawl on her hands and knees from the ends of the _____ .' When the two men finally stopped talking, Yury put
[007] a love it was, so free, so new, like nothing else on _____ ! A love that writers can imagine, but most people neve
[008] he used thunder and lightning to punish the people on _____ and send messages to them. He had many children, and
[009] died. Ordinary people went to a dark place below the _____ called the Underworld. Each Greek-city-state was unde
[010] phalas, followed Alexander loyally to the ends of the _____ . Alexander grew up quickly into a responsible and int
[011] diers agreed to follow. Chapter 8 To the Ends of the _____ The first aim was to defeat Bessus, one of Darius's
[012] away and killed. The Gedrosian Desert was a hell on _____ . Soon the men started to die of hunger. If they left
[013] y hard to figure out how to do something no nation on _____ has done before, which is to have national standards
[014] appadocia one of the most extraordinary landscapes on _____ . Cappadocia has no official boundaries, but many of i
[015] a glance over the guardrail to get it. One moment the _____ is sweet and solid: bogland and pine barrens stretch
[016] lice Hoffman's dark and wonderful new novel, Here on _____ . At the heart of March's dilemma is what to do when
[017] , Theodore Sturgeon, Avram Davidson - gods walked the _____ when I was a lad. Now the first two are in the twilig
[018] imes I feel like the unhappiest, unluckiest person on _____ . *** Q: STILL NO BEARD - I am seventeen and I sti
[019] ains, walked on the deepest sea beds, and circled the _____ in hot- air balloons. Some of them have even left the
[020] in hot- air balloons. Some of them have even left the _____ and visited the moon. Then human species is the mos