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[001] w - move against it. And just one or two lie for ever _____ its reach, knowing nothing of the future or of the pa
[002] an child, wondered what mysteries and excitements lay _____ the horizons. When he turned to the north, with Trilo
[003] ark shadow of the Wall marched out into the waves and _____ the horizon. In summer it was possible to make the jo
[004] there any way of passing it, and no one knew what lay _____ . One of my uncles,' said Brayldon, reached the Wall w
[005] ieve it is the end of the world, and there is nothing _____ .' My people believe it was built by men,' said Sherva
[006] ill still never know why they built it, or what lies _____ it.' But Shervane could not accept that there were no
[007] acher at home, had told him: There is only one thing _____ the Wall, so I have heard. And that is madness.' Art
[008] he Wall in the third day of making the world. What is _____ , we shall discover when we die, as that is where the
[009] s secret. Perhaps there was no secret at all. Perhaps _____ the Wall the Shadow Land just continued round the cur
[010] cter - the face of somebody able to build a new Earth _____ the stars. At last Lora spoke, her voffice a whisper
[011] ll, then,' he said, 'there's the Travellers' Rest just _____ it. Have you tried that?' Harris replied that we di
[012] nd. He looked around him at the wide, open heath and _____ that, the sea shining in the bright sunlight and deci
[013] rom childhood into his days with the Black Hawks and _____ . He loved the name and everyone used it. I was out
[014] open with surprise. 'Your husband had a lot of money _____ his salary. I'd like to talk to you privately about
[015] in the pale blue sky like a burning mirror, and away _____ the paddocks the blue mountains trembled and jumped l
[016] er eyes seemed fixed on something far away, something _____ normal sight. I showed her the letter, but she looked
[017] l, very soon I'll feel sorry for you, because I'll be _____ you all!' Heathcli turned towards her, his fierce eye
[018] re beautiful than in life. I wondered if she was now ' _____ us all', as she had said, and hoped that her soul had
[019] . She often asked me about the hills in the distance, _____ the moors, and wanted to ride her pony there. I knew
[020] it or believe that there was another house somewhere _____ ... The Howell house in New York, tall and heavily or
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[001] hem. We must send out hundreds of searchers, ready to _____ the smallest thought. When you Find a single open min
[002] them from Earth. Soon Clyde and Lora were driving the _____ home, but they had made only half the short journey
[003] ted the picture up... and he dropped it. He tried to _____ the glass... and he cut himself. He looked for somet
[004] ase he fell over. He had to stay there until I could _____ 8 his legs and pull him back. And that made him more
[005] day. Some people do sit and fish all day. They never _____ any fish, of course. You may
[006] any fish, of course. You may _____ a dead cat or two, but you will not
[007] a dead cat or two, but you will not _____ any fish. When you go for a walk by the river, the fi
[008] and stare at you and get in your way. But you cannot _____ them. 9 On the second evening, George and I and Montm
[009] wered. 'They told me he was in the river. I said I'd _____ him, and I did. You don't see many fish as big as tha
[010] ive years ago that I caught that fish.' 'Oh, did you _____ it then?' I asked. 'Yes,' he replied. 'I caught him b
[011] answered, with a little laugh. 'You're right. I did _____ it.' And he went on to tell us how he had done it, an
[012] s land to steal his Fish and his birds. He decided to _____ them all and have them punished, and, one by one he d
[013] er about it all. For a long time Sir Arthur could not _____ him doing anything wrong until one night his men foun
[014] A dark Figure, some way back, seemed to be running to _____ up with him, but he never seemed to get any closer. I
[015] re than a few seconds before running away. Then we'll _____ him.' But the alarm will have an eect on Isidore too,
[016] that will help us build the Nexus-7. And when you can _____ that, we'll change the design again. In the end there
[017] ps received his head wound here, their interest will _____ fire.' 'Yes, but who's going to tell them? I won't.
[018] t of the building - he waved to us to ride on. 'I'll _____ you up later!' he shouted. A bend in the road, and th
[019] tter into little pieces, and she thought, 'They won't _____ him. Not if I can stop them. Men are all rotten. I do
[020] g the lantern in the air. 'After him, after him, Sid! _____ him, Willie! Go on, go on! Shoot him down! Shoot him!
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[001] a kilometre ahead of us, and let that get burned up _____ .' And you can make a new one out of water?' Yes. It'
[002] he was a boy. It was a lovely, sunny afternoon, and _____ of going to school, he went fishing. That was when he
[003] each row, except at the bottom, where there's a door _____ of the middle one and...' But what about Figures?' sa
[004] make sure that he had not left anything behind. But, _____ of going to his own room, he would go to the other.
[005] nn with him. He thought he would walk along the beach _____ , and try to Find the remains of the Templar church.
[006] ; but he admired her dress.' Admiring just the dress, _____ of the person, might not seem very enthusiastic, but
[007] od up and walked across the room to his mood machine. _____ of saving,' he added, so we can buy a real sheep in
[008] n egg or, to be strictly correct, what people now ate _____ of milk and eggs. In his fridge he found a small piec
[009] er, watching her back. Tell me what we're going to do _____ of worrying about those androids,' she ordered, turni
[010] be nice to see Buster Friendly on television again, _____ of just listening to him on the truck radio. It is ton
[011] She waited for him to come forward to greet her, but _____ he turned to find a chair for her. 'Miss Ashby could
[012] Tanbitches, but there were now only seven beech trees _____ of ten. On the other side of Tanbitches was a path th
[013] and wet for them. So they sent West African soldiers _____ . Your father was lucky to come home alive. Many Afric
[014] t she had an accident; so the Bertha Krupnik came up _____ of the Lucella.' 'Where's the Bertha now?' Phillips
[015] s head. 'Someone made a mistake, and went full ahead _____ of turning the ship. That ship weighs around ten tho
[016] elmont Harbour and back. I only did three kilometres _____ of my normal eight, but the ache returned to my left
[017] t. Then I went out to the car and drove to the lake. _____ of turning south on Green Bay for Lake Blu, I went o
[018] thought. Why couldn't she have them for her friends, _____ of the silly boys she danced with and who came to Sun
[019] t to say, 'Any minute now. They're on their way now.' _____ , she said to the poor frightened face, 'Not until hal
[020] m "It's me", of course. Perhaps you'd like to play it _____ of hide and seek. Let me tell you the rules of the ga
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[001] few years. He travelled all over the world, lived in _____ countries, amused himself. He has recently come back
[002] d intelligent eyes and a fiat face that made him look _____ . We're looking...' the woman began, but then she look
[003] t day, and that will be much safer than sleeping in a _____ hotel. Don't leave your seat on the train except to
[004] how dierent! Even those pink clouds in the sky looked _____ . She rubbed her cold hands together, and felt very ha
[005] enjoyed looking out of the window at all the new and _____ things, and talking about them all to the kind old gr
[006] modern languages at university, and then worked as a _____ sales representative for a small publishing company
[007] rd was taking his exams next summer. Was he studying _____ languages? German, perhaps? Suddenly he realized. 'E
[008] ford from all over Europe especially for the occasion _____ royalty, country gentlemen, Scottish landowners, smoo
[009] e believe he isn't a butler at all, but a member of a _____ royal family, hiding in England until the political s
[010] eptable French accent, who would not lose luggage at _____ railway stations, and who might be expected to deal w
[011] e birds were singing. 'Now, Jane, suppose a boy in a _____ country makes a mistake, not a crime, mind you. The
[012] myself that I would only have been his mistress, in a _____ country, and for a short time, until he grew tired o
[013] r name - Samine - and wondering, as I listened to her _____ sounding English, why there should be a language prob
[014] glish, but Monika was sure at last one of the men was _____ . 'Perhaps Swedish,' she thought. Monika heard people
[015] was better than being a soldier and fighting in some _____ country, like a few of the men in the village. The pr
[016] Academy, an international school for the children of _____ people working in Thailand. It was expensive, but the
[017] hat left me, at twenty-seven years of age, alone in a _____ country. Italy. So much hope. Such a bright future. S
[018] inspection programs have been too lax in keeping out _____ insects and plant diseases that can damage the state'
[019] "Linda Davies wrote " Nest of Vipers, "about London _____ currency traders. There was even a thriller about as
[020] region, including the 48 other states and dozens of _____ countries. An additional 100,000 or more local studen
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[001] dly, as she busily made some tea. This seemed a good _____ to learn something about the other members of the fam
[002] m had any general conversation. But this was a golden _____ for Flora, who took it. 'It must be so interesting t
[003] ating the Starkadders. That afternoon Flora took the _____ of attending a concert, one of the civilized pleasure
[004] ounce it at the end of the ball,' said Richard. 'Good _____ , don't you think?' Claud, wondering how Dick's mother
[005] Elfine for her sweetness and honesty. Flora took the _____ to advise a short engagement and an early wedding, to
[006] know,' thought Flora. Flora was also waiting for the _____ to ask her aunt about her mysterious rights, mentione
[007] ste- Chetwynde was coming too, it seemed too good an _____ to miss. She's Lord Pastmaster's sister-in-law, you k
[008] ack people,' she said. Are you?' I have never had the _____ .' They are so serious! They require such a lot of eor
[009] Warder. Ah yes. Well, I'm afraid you won't have much _____ for that here. What else have you done?' I was nearl
[010] 4. 12 in. I want to know why he wishes to give up the _____ to be with other prisoners.' Paul was led in, and exp
[011] ick white fog over Egdon Heath, and Grimes took this _____ to break away from the little group cutting stone in
[012] she will, madam. I hope she will be grateful for this _____ to improve her character. Little girl, read this book
[013] used to the discipline of lessons. One day I took the _____ of asking Mrs Fairfax a few questions about Mr Roche
[014] t she did not refer in any way to the matter, and her _____ went with the spaceship. Duncan was greatly relieved
[015] ime so that we can observe him. This will give us the _____ to clear his mind of this fantastic idea, and to find
[016] s at all, even to the man she loves, she may lose the _____ of catching him. Jane should use every moment she get
[017] of dancing with all my beautiful cousins. I take this _____ of asking you, Miss Elizabeth, for the first two danc
[018] ly to her sister-in-law, and later that day found the _____ to discuss the matter in more detail with Elizabeth,
[019] y a few stily polite words to Elizabeth. She took the _____ of asking him if he had by any chance seen Jane in Lo
[020] few days at her aunt's house. There was, however, no _____ to discuss Mr Darcy's letter with Jane, until they bo
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[001] side. They lifted into the sky and drove north in the _____ of the Opera House. Resch's mind was not on the journ
[002] ce again, or I won't keep my job. He drove off in the _____ of his apartment and Iran. She'll be angry, he though
[003] he cold. Then he started the hovercar and flew in the _____ of the St Francis Hotel. Later, in the large, expensi
[004] untie!' Aku-nna called, jumping up and looking in the _____ of the shout. Aunt Uzo came nearer and greeted her qu
[005] alling her name. 'Aku-nna, oooo!' She set out in the _____ of the voffice. She could not answer; her throat was
[006] nd of the street, so I'll know if they leave in this _____ .' 'You're not saying that to make me stay here out of
[007] rs.' The machine gun was still firing, but not in our _____ now. 'I'm going across the street,' I told the girl.
[008] The shadow, the size of a man, moved again, in the _____ from which I was coming. Twenty feet from me the shad
[009] hey might have wanted to make their getaway in that _____ . Fifth - bandits planning on a getaway by boat would
[010] gure. 'Who is that?' inquired Claud, glancing in that _____ . 'A Mr Mybug. in met him in London.' 'How awful!' ob
[011] the car window at the farmhouse. Flora stared in the _____ in which he pointed and saw, to her horror, that inst
[012] he black area of the court. The Judge frowned in that _____ . 'So you agree with these men?' the Prosecutor contin
[013] he had no doubt that history was moving in the right _____ . Some days Woods smiled at the thought that Biko woul
[014] Pennyfeather, could you guide the photographer in the _____ of Mrs Beste-Chetwynde's Rolls Royce, rather than La
[015] ' said Mr Prendergast. Well, I have no desire in that _____ . But Nature forces it upon us, and Nature always wins
[016] tudied for some years in England. Kapitza changed the _____ of Chelyuskin's studies from8 mathematics to physics
[017] decided that he did not like Russian society and the _____ which Russia was following after the war. He decide
[018] everything he did, all of his training was in that _____ . Did he just give it up when he came to England? Or h
[019] ' Crammond looked very puzzled by now; the change of _____ in the conversation had left him behind. Mayberry,
[020] good at making people look, and think, in the wrong _____ . That's how he was able to leave Russia in the first
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[001] two. officer Crams' police car prepared to land. On _____ The Mission Street police station was an exciting mod
[002] garden behind his shop. Then came the arrest, and the _____ , which did not last very long. Finally, the last day
[003] did not last very long. Finally, the last day of the _____ arrived. Well dressed ladies in large hats came along
[004] an unnatural crime: was the man mad? They said at the _____ that he was a kind husband, a good neighbour - why d
[005] ople, but extraordinarily silly. I first met them at a _____ . The criminal was certainly guilty, but the police co
[006] ses change their stories, Curtis might not get a new _____ ,' Nudger said. 'Perhaps not, but the law wouldn't kil
[007] ere wrong. Then, maybe, eventually, he'd get another _____ and get out of prison.' He had to admire her. She was
[008] shed his cigar. 'Why didn't this fiancee come to the _____ and speak for Colt? She could have lied and said he
[009] ter is just trying to keep himself away from a murder _____ .' 'It could be like that,' Nudger admitted. 'It woul
[010] sked. 'I'll talk to the witnesses again, and read the _____ papers again. And I'd like to talk with Curtis Colt
[011] ace. 'Remember, he's going to be a witness at another _____ . We don't want him to look as if something happened t
[012] ven further. Wendy - who had come to Pretoria for the _____ and was sitting in the white area of the court - glan
[013] bvious that Judge Regter was trying to conduct a fair _____ . 'I believe that 5 this government will listen to
[014] ay, all South African, newspapers printed news of the _____ . Woods printed Biko's words in full. The next Board
[015] on and it was against the law to print his words. The _____ was dierent, Woods argued, since it was legal to prin
[016] e banning people and keeping people in prison without _____ ? Man, I am a lawyer. I don't like these things.' Sudd
[017] was in the living room telling the children about his _____ . 'At that moment, everyone in the court was silent, t
[018] that all I could do was laugh. Well, they arranged a _____ , but the officer who was supposed to be the judge had
[019] ter, deadly white, had left the restaurant. z Paul's _____ , which took place some weeks later, was a bitter disa
[020] een front-page stories every day. After all this, the _____ itself lacked excitement. Potts, as chief witness aga
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[001] wing every move of your sword. The silence before you _____ . The cry that comes after like a storm!" He stopped a
[002] ill have more enemies than friends, and then we will _____ . Until then, we must be patient." Proximo and his g
[003] of him, facing the gladiator hero. Maximus could not _____ -Lucius was in the way. "Stand, stand," said Commodus
[004] small knife in his hand again and lifted it, ready to _____ Maximus one last time.' Maximus saw the knife coming
[005] rker who was in jail because of his part in a railway _____ and his mother was very ill in hospital. Every eveni
[006] of workers in Moscow, such as the railwaymen, went on _____ . Workers and students marched in the streets, hoping
[007] d out of the shop. Amalia did not understand that the _____ was not against her, but against a whole unfair syste
[008] . January, 1906 Many of Moscow's workers were now on _____ , and, like Amalia Guishar, they wondered what would h
[009] Alexander was not hurt, and before the Persian could _____ again, a Macedoman called Cleitus came to protect his
[010] ears. WITH the teamsters' success in their two-week _____ against United Parcel Service, and with the A. F. L.
[011] e sure, in the aftermath of the union's victory in its _____ against the United Parcel Service, Teamster President
[012] aiting until after Mr. Carey led the teamsters in the _____ against United Parcel Service. Mr. Hoffa had earlier
[013] ther markets, coffee prices rose on the prospect of a _____ in 10 days by Brazilian port workers, and soybeans we
[014] ges, cereals and whole wheat bread. During the bread _____ Paul baked the most beautiful bread! Quite often Pau
[015] y 5O. *** Sir Albert Pringle: In my opinion, this _____ is a complete waste of time - of my time and the shi
[016] lose will be offered jobs at other yards. I want this _____ to end as soon as possible. I have asked Mr Arkwrigh
[017] and talk, but he refuses. He is trying to make this _____ political, not industrial, and there is real risk of
[018] real risk of shipbuilders losing their jobs if this _____ goes on much longer. We are losing all our orders to
[019] rs to foreign competitors. Peter Arkwright: We are on _____ because shipbuilders' jobs are in danger. Sir Albert
[020] ended on shipbuilding for a living. Now, I want this _____ to end as soon as possible. I have invited Sir Alber
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[001] ty one, would receive his mother's money, and become _____ of Latchetts. What would he do with it, wondered Bee,
[002] ing an Ashby. I feel you would have been an excellent _____ of Latchetts. Someone who knew all about horses and w
[003] rridge Sale. It was Timber who killed old Felix, the _____ of the Hunt, but I thought that had been an accident.
[004] and she seemed pleasant and eager to please her new _____ . When he returned with her to the Judge's House two h
[005] you like, sir.' 'That's a good idea, Parry,' said his _____ . In a few minutes Parry returned with an old newspap
[006] ith him, please.' Parry hurried away to carry out his _____ 's orders. 'I have the map that the old man gave me t
[007] ' 'Oh, I'm sure he will,' I said. 'Who is "he"?' 'My _____ .' 'Who is your
[008] .' 'Who is your _____ ?' I asked. 'That's none of your business,' was the ol
[009] ply. 'Well, please take me to him. I'm sure that your _____ will give me shelter and supper tonight.' 'Well, I
[010] he old man. He gave an unfriendly smile. 'That's the _____ 's room, over there.' He pointed to a low black door a
[011] s around his mouth. Jacob brought in our supper. His _____ closed his book and invited me politely to the tabl
[012] e had finished, Jacob took the empty plates away. His _____ got up and looked out of the window. 'It has stopped
[013] .' 'How long ago did this happen?' 'Twenty years. My _____ has been a broken man since that day. His only son w
[014] he housekeeper, as we climbed up the dark stairs. 'My _____ will be angry if he discovers which bedroom you're sl
[015] don't pray or study the Bible, and when he tells his _____ , Hindley always punishes us. I can't stop crying. Poo
[016] t Joseph who caused trouble. He tried to persuade his _____ to be stricter with the children, and was always comp
[017] woman with a frequent cough. Now that Hindley was the _____ of the house, he ordered Joseph and me to spend our e
[018] , and we came upstairs very quietly. 'Don't wake the _____ up!' I whispered. 'Now tell me!' 'Well, Catherine and
[019] r all, I had grown up with her and Hindley. But the _____ 's behaviour was a bad example for Catherine and Heath
[020] in the kitchen. Ellen, bring two tables, one for your _____ and Miss Isabella, the other for Heathcli and myself.