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[001] I'd worn a coat. 'Are you going to the party? May I _____ with you?' Bobby agreed, and helped me into the back
[002] hs... Are you driving back to the city? Can I beg a _____ ?' 'Of course.' I followed Paige Carrington down the
[003] much explosive. Why had Bledsoe oered to give me a _____ on his plane, if Mattingly was going to use it? I did
[004] form!' she said, and banged the window shut. 'Can you _____ a horse - drive a car - dive - fly a plane - shoot?'
[005] rses, Jo came out of the building - he waved to us to _____ on. 'I'll catch you up later!' he shouted. A bend in
[006] said, 'I want you to take the two young ladies for a _____ on the donkeys.' O we went. Quiet little girls, they
[007] e came to the donkeys, they were too shy to go for a _____ . So we stood and watched. Those donkeys were so beau
[008] s - well, I wanted more than anything in the world to _____ on a donkey's back! . Of course, I couldn't. I had t
[009] ddenly sat up and said, as loud as I could, 'I want to _____ on a donkey. I want a donkey-
[010] on a donkey. I want a donkey- _____ !' You see, I had to say it, so I pretended I was talk
[011] ember afternoon Leithen and I were coming home from a _____ . We were cold and wet and very tired. 'Let's look in
[012] ave. 'Miss is just a selfish child, sir! You'd better _____ home and forget her!' But as he could not stop lookin
[013] ills in the distance, beyond the moors, and wanted to _____ her pony there. I knew the master would not let her l
[014] ow wall separating the garden from the road, and then _____ on towards the hills and Wuthering Heights. I was ve
[015] e were both shocked to discover that he could neither _____ nor walk, and was lying on the grass, waiting for us.
[016] m had become her whole world. On Thursday I thought a _____ in the fresh air would be good for her, and Mr Edgar
[017] nd another winter at the Grange, and told her I would _____ to the Heights to inform my landlord. She handed me a
[018] had been waiting, Lucille went confidently forward. _____ the Lightning JOHN LUTZ A sheet of rain moved across
[019] that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to _____ the lightning.' '
[020] the lightning.' ' _____ the lightning?' 'That's what prisoners call dying in
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[001] can he harm you with all those young men watching? I _____ you'd rather let a slave touch you!' 'How can Ma do
[002] red if he was feeling desperate about something.' 'I _____ you'll go on asking questions until you get an answer
[003] ormation about the grain business, and interesting, I _____ , if grain was important to you. 'Is that something s
[004] turned to Paige and said with sudden bitterness, 'I _____ you know all about it.' Paige gave her triangular sm
[005] arties we had when we were children?' said Laura. 'I _____ they do,' said Jose, who never liked to think about t
[006] being red. Look at the birds! How close they come. I _____ someone feeds them. No, I've got nothing for you .' S
[007] she would love to. The passage was quite dark. 'Ah, I _____ my old woman has gone out to buy me a chicken.' He o
[008] under a table in the shop, brushing my doll's hair. I _____ I was copying the assistants. They were really kind t
[009] and soon he told me the reason. 'Tony,' he said, 'I _____ you are in love with Mrs Gorman. That's your busines
[010] the rope of the alarm bell?' he asked. 'Always.' 'I _____ you know,' said the doctor, 'what the rope is?' 'No,
[011] ng Beverley that he had lost his way in the mist. 'I _____ I took the wrong path,' he said, 'and I found myself
[012] supper tonight.' 'Well, I don't think he will, but I _____ you can always ask!' the old man said crossly. He sh
[013] don't like the country - it's too quiet for them, I _____ . Julian and I have decided that our business is to lo
[014] answered proudly. 'Really! Doing their exams soon, I _____ ?' 'Michael's doing his next month.' 'Confident, is h
[015] asked a few questions, sir. Do you know him well?' 'I _____ so. We've worked together once or twice. He's a stran
[016] a pair of binoculars in his bedroom.' so 'Well, I _____ he used to watch birds along the river when he went
[017] t have been using your car, is that right?' 'I. . . _____ so, yes. But' 'And you paid the fine two days later.
[018] ow the two deaths are connected.' 'Well, yes, sir. We _____ Jackson succeeded in blackmailing Charles because he
[019] worse than mine, isn't it, sir?' 'You mean Jackson, I _____ ?' 'Well, yes. Who else could have written it?' 'I do
[020] mportant, sir.' 'I see,' replied Morse coldly. 'And I _____ you, with your wide experience, would agree with hi
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[001] oud, 'do you think she might be an ogbanje, a "living _____ "?' His mother was glad. Her sons had not noticed her
[002] re, I told you so. She broke our laws. And now she is _____ ."' All that morning Aku-nna was a prisoner in the hut
[003] etective, just to avoid admitting that my cousin was _____ . I asked Mike Sheridan to drive me back to the Eudora
[004] crumpled on the other side of the desk. The man was _____ . I guessed his neck had been broken - I couldn't see
[005] rror. 'How are things belong?' I asked. 'Several men _____ . Water everywhere. It was a bomb, you know. It must h
[006] Had I misjudged his character completely? Dance for a _____ hockey player When I got home, I slept for ten hours.
[007] Boom? Or have you forgotten that with the rest of the _____ past?' Her eyes burned suddenly dark and her face tu
[008] , Miss Warshawski. You know, by now you should be7 _____ several times. You're a survivor. And your discoveries
[009] whisky. 'Mattingly did most of the damage, and he's _____ . Right now, the police seem extremely uninterested i
[010] proof. Wouldn't you prefer to let the dead3 bury the _____ ?' 'Miss Warshawski. For more than ten years Niels and
[011] he gave a trembling smile. 'Do I mind? Niels has been _____ to me for many years. But once - it was dierent. Bec
[012] always ill. They took in sewing work. The father was _____ . He had been a journalist. By working all day she an
[013] fell in the road on the back of his head. Killed.' ' _____ !' Laura stared at Godber's man. '
[014] !' Laura stared at Godber's man. ' _____ when they picked him up,' Godber's man said with enjo
[015] 'But we can't possibly have a garden party with a man _____ just outside the front gate.' That really was silly,
[016] day. She was going down to a cottage where a man lay _____ , and she couldn't believe it. Why couldn't she? She
[017] or opened, and she walked into the bedroom, where the _____ man was lying. 'You'd like to see him, wouldn't you?'
[018] Strange! She couldn't believe that Mr Williamson was _____ . He was such a joker. Always making people laugh. Wi
[019] shoulders. He didn't move. 'Oh, my God, I believe he's _____ . ' She knelt down and rolled him onto his back. She
[020] ly twelve people in the house. And I didn't know the _____ girl's name. When I heard that whispered name in the
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[001] Bemis shook his head. 'I'm sorry, but we didn't even _____ there had been an accident; none of our men was on
[002] nst my legs so that Grafalk couldn't see. 'I didn't _____ how much you hated Bledsoe. You threatened him while
[003] he would never see again... It took him some time to _____ that the light upstairs had been turned o. There was
[004] very uncomfortable but Morse continued. 'Of course I _____ it must have been someone else, because you yoursel
[005] oke the long silence between them. 'He's clever, you _____ that, don't you?' 'I'm not sure. Do you want a drink?
[006] idn't know she was Charles Richards' wife. But he did _____ he'd forgotten to lock the door, and as soon as Ann
[007] e ever going to be a good detective, you'll have to _____ that it's these tiny details that solve cases in the
[008] rts in the morning. 'Sir, that's not fair. You don't _____ Look' 'Look at this!' continued Morse, waving the sta
[009] day on the phone, but the line was bad, so I didn't _____ it was a dierent person. The next time I rang him, h
[010] nderstand her or her behaviour, and Catherine did not _____ that his illness made him less patient with her. At
[011] better tomorrow morning.' I still wanted to make her _____ how selfish she was being, although I was a little wo
[012] pretended to love her. Now I think she's beginning to _____ that I scorn her. She's an even weaker fool than her
[013] ts of women for miles around. Millions of women would _____ , in the next five years, that Seth could be imagined
[014] s Moat, came across the room to greet him. 'I didn't _____ you were a priest!' Moat exclaimed. 'I'm not, but I d
[015] ntinuing your allowance. Moreover, I am sure you will _____ how impossible it would be for you to share the same
[016] better.' By now the Clutterbucks had arrived. Didn't _____ our boy could run so well!' said Mr Clutterbuck delig
[017] red at the small window in the cell door. I trust you _____ the wickedness of your crime and the justice of your
[018] nt events and so on. I am sure you will be pleased to _____ that individual attention is being paid to your case
[019] er head on my chest for a moment and said, 'You don't _____ how bad this sort of thing is for a woman. Women ca
[020] as secret. He was going to hold on to it. I began to _____ why Ashton had hidden his ideas; it was to keep them
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[001] l want me to marry at once, because he wants my bride _____ . But I want to stay at school and get my certificate.
[002] r,' said his father, 'her family will never The Bride _____ One of the Girls forgive us. Already they hate us bec
[003] s not always safe. A man with no money to pay a bride _____ could hide behind the trees. He could jump out and cu
[004] more men will ask for you. You will fetch a big bride _____ , and everyone will be glad!' Aku-nna was miserable. '
[005] erited Ma Blackie,' he thought. 'Now the girl's bride _____ will come to me. I wonder who will pay the highest
[006] will come to me. I wonder who will pay the highest _____ ?' Then he called to Aku-nna. 'Remember, Chike Ofulue
[007] Together he and the Obidi men agreed on a small bride _____ for Aku-nna. 'After all,' the Obidis said, 'there's n
[008] ave me this money?' 'Did he tell you to pay my bride _____ with it?' asked Aku- nna with trembling lips. He to
[009] his arms. 'Don't worry. My father will pay the bride _____ in good time. He will give Okonkwo double whatever he
[010] old too. How happy they will all be!'0 71 The Unpaid _____ 'Is that necessary?' said Aku-nna. 'You know the trut
[011] nd that's all that matters. Just give them their bride _____ in peace. You know what they say: if the bride
[012] in peace. You know what they say: if the bride _____ is not paid, the bride will die in childbirth Aku-nn
[013] ld man, 'as long as Okonkwo does not accept any bride _____ from Ofulue, the girl still belongs to Okoboshi. No o
[014] face, and Chike knew she was thinking about her bride _____ . Chike's family wanted to pay it, but Okonkwo refused
[015] cried a little, because she knew that until the bride _____ was paid, her family would not recognize the marriage
[016] 'You mean you want to continue work until your bride _____ is paid,' he said unkindly. 'Why don't you say that?
[017] ter our child? Listen, I'll make sure that your bride _____ is paid. And you're not going to die and leave me - d
[018] Ibuza, Ofulue again asked Okonkwo to accept the bride _____ , and again Okonkwo refused to give his daughter to a
[019] hat my uncle Okonkwo does not want to accept my bride _____ . He hates me. He's calling me back. I hear his voffice
[020] nd legs. 0 81 'My uncle Okonkwo won't accept my bride _____ . He hates me. He's calling me back. I hear his voffi
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[001] than a burning stick. As they crossed the wide sandy _____ in the middle of the village, they saw another light
[002] knew that she could not answer the questions. In the _____ Gardens, she found a rubbish basket, and dropped the
[003] said Morse. 'The doctor said it was a weapon with a _____ edge, and Jackson was. lying close to the bed post.
[004] ly high stone walls to reach the school, which stands _____ and solid, protected by ancient-looking towers to eas
[005] work on plans for the new house. Something clean and _____ ,' had been Mrs Beste- Chetwynde's instructions, and t
[006] It was odd being dead. On his way across the village _____ , he suddenly saw a familiar figure approaching. Hull
[007] veller I had helped, with his dark hair and skin, his _____ forehead and his stern look. His leg was supported on
[008] you think I am intelligent?' He pointed to his huge, _____ forehead. 'I do, sit. Is it rude to ask if you are al
[009] ht time. What little light there is comes from a huge _____ hanging in the sky. The
[010] hanging in the sky. The _____ is divided into four smaller squares by two black bar
[011] at we had come into a world of straight lines lit by a _____ sun. I told him he was talking nonsense. However, I c
[012] rk for a small private school Audio English - on Siam _____ . There was a problem. I telephoned the director of A
[013] ider than anywhere else she'd been. They arrived at a _____ house. The two children came shyly out to meet them.
[014] n the back. She picked it up and read it. Chamberlain _____ , Birmingham, April 2000. Fifty years ago. She turned
[015] man and Japanese girl were standing together in a big _____ . Joyce looked closer, and then she was sure. It was h
[016] alked along to one of the extremely tidy cafes in the _____ . We ordered two of the large bowls of fruit, ice-crea
[017] o much. After a few moments, Sandra looked around the _____ , looked at her watch and then stood up. 'Toilet,' she
[018] ked over the pots of flowers and into the part of the _____ behind where we were sitting. . . and there was Sandr
[019] night was cold and foggy. At the corner of Grovesnor _____ and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the fog.
[020] fog, my dear Basil? I can't even recognize Grosvenor _____ . I believe my house is somewhere about here, but I do
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[001] d a picture of its builder. I found this one at a big _____ in London, and I had to pay a lot of money for it. I
[002] . The Book Club had also arranged a second-hand book _____ just before the professor's talk, and asked members t
[003] r worse,' she said when she visited it soon after the _____ had been completed, and shook her lovely head impati
[004] as we looked around the rooms full of articles for _____ . 'It's all so sad to see everything being sold off li
[005] ted. 'Then there's nothing to be done,' he said. 'The _____ must go ahead.' I tried ringing Ogilvie, Penny's law
[006] , colourful streets of wooden buildings; the fruit on _____ in the market; signs advertising boat trips to exciti
[007] EVER SINCE THE CARL FISCHER COMPANY put itself up for _____ in April, composers on both sides of the Atlantic hav
[008] ructure on most airlines. When a carrier advertises a _____ , excursion fares are discounted another 25 percent to
[009] till pretty high. But if you're patient and wait for a _____ , your fare will drop to $350 or lower. I had packe
[010] hen the shop is busy - like when they have a special _____ on - they make lots of unnecessary mistakes because
[011] hich was lost for forty years was sold at an auction _____ Monday. It was being used as a book-mark by mistake.
[012] were demonstrated by a Japanese violinist before its _____ by auction yesterday. The demonstration attracted a
[013] ted a crowd of music-lovers who were waiting for the _____ to start, many of whom had never actually heard such
[014] prices. There are no bargains, and nothing is ever on _____ . The Queen does most of her shopping there. However
[015] r export promotion and a wide range of training. The _____ of privatisation know-how is a priority, as is milita
[016] across her books by chance (in her case, in a jumble _____ ), and thought of them as their own private discovery
[017] and Rick saw the end of his laser gun. It's not for _____ .' Luba Luft looked at Rick and the colour left her fa
[018] 'Yours?' he said. 'Yes. I bought him at the Lerridge _____ . It was Timber who killed old Felix, the Master of t
[019] d a picture of its builder. I found this one at a big _____ in London, and I had to pay a lot of money for it. I
[020] . The Book Club had also arranged a second-hand book _____ just before the professor's talk, and asked members t
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[001] id not believe that black people should be allowed to _____ . He accepted the laws that forced blacks and whites t
[002] l- behaved young man, who could be trusted to use his _____ sensibly, whose opinion on a concert or a book was ra
[003] g man had no answer. 'Very well, gentlemen. We shall _____ on it. The question is: do you agree with Mrs Morgan'
[004] so, Miss Scarlett. Carpetbaggers and white trash can _____ , and most Southern gentlemen can't. Anyone who was on
[005] books for more than two thousand before the war can't _____ - men like your Pa and Mr Tarleton. I could
[006] - men like your Pa and Mr Tarleton. I could _____ if I took their oath and became a Yankee, but I'll ne
[007] ople like Jonas Wilkerson and the Slatterys, they can _____ , and they're givin' the orders now.' '
[008] , and they're givin' the orders now.' ' _____ !' cried Scarlett. 'It's taxes we're talking about. W
[009] they came together in enormous numbers to discuss and _____ on matters of government - whether to go to war, when
[010] educe the number of accidents at sea. Women could not _____ , but the ordinary men of these Greek democracies had
[011] d the session open, sounded the roll-call and took a _____ to elect leaders for two important committees. The se
[012] ntially means Congress cannot amend such pacts, only _____ them up or down as presented by the White House.
[013] rs have indicated to pollsters that they would likely _____ against having a union in their workplace. Ask most
[014] manding that party leaders be selected by democratic _____ rather than appointment by a governing clique. If th
[015] s not popular with the loading workers. They took a _____ and decided to stay with their old methods of loadi
[016] anted to stay, and we were just about to put it to a _____ . Noticing a woman at the table beside was reading the
[017] eenth century. Women demanded not only the right to _____ , but also better education for girls. However, there
[018] ly after this that women aged thirty and over got the _____ . Ten more years passed before, in 1928, women of tw
[019] s passed before, in 1928, women of twenty-one could _____ . *** Svetlana works in an infants'school during t
[020] o has appointed 103 of the 120 cardinals eligible to _____ - most of them in his own conservative mould. He has
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[001] try to stop him. He had the money and the freedom to _____ his own pleasures. So Chike was surprised when one da
[002] e told, 'you must accept the husband that your people _____ for you, and your bride price must be paid. If it is n
[003] l was bossy, but she was always right. 'And I shall _____ who's going to come and see it first,' Isabel said. '
[004] enough about that. The day came when we were going to _____ our furniture. Shall I ever forget it? It was a Tuesd
[005] rine,' he said, 'you must tell me one thing. You must _____ between me and Heathcli. Which do you intend to have?
[006] r the mugger to grab, push and run. He won't usually _____ a victim who looks as if she might fight back.' Ano
[007] She was feeling rather upset. 'Somebody whom I shall _____ . I have always liked the sound of "a marriage has bee
[008] l probably fall in love with me. Intellectuals rarely _____ women of their own type, but concentrate on normal,
[009] if she would accompany him into Godmere, to help him _____ some new equipment. So one Wednesday morning, they d
[010] ons for your leaving Oxford! We schoolmasters have to _____ our words carefully. Occasionally we even have to dec
[011] great problem of education is to train young minds to _____ between right and wrong, not just to learn self-contr
[012] arling?' No,' said Peter. If you must marry again, do _____ someone young and quiet.' Peter, you're an angel. I
[013] Could someone else have told him to do it? Why did he _____ Dr Ashton?' Ogilvie's questions came like bullets f
[014] l. , creature! You'll fly away from me. But you could _____ to fly to me! Come, Jane, come!' He let me go, and
[015] hat I might not be able to escape. 'Oh St John, don't _____ me!' I begged. But it was useless appealing to a man
[016] tian shape, but it was not a shape Earth people would _____ to have. Lellie turned away, and began to pack. Then
[017] mended way of travelling, but it does mean that if we _____ exactly the right moment to fire our main rockets for
[018] xplained. 'When a body begins to grow old or weak, we _____ one of the people with weak minds and transfer to tha
[019] eath to provide for me. The present Mr Darcy did not _____ to respect that promise.' 'How strange that Mr Darcy'
[020] rd as your wife, and I'll visit her." So I decided to _____ a wife from among my Bennet cousins, to lessen the lo