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[001] he dislikes sitting under a hairdryer. Every Tuesday _____ she has her weekly meeting with the Prime Minister.
[002] perhaps a gin and tonic or a whisky. Every Wednesday _____ she receives representatives from one of the many fo
[003] eo recorder and shoot some pictures. And then in the _____ we sometimes go to a movie, but usually we go to wa
[004] wonderful. I: 0h yes, I see, uhm... what about Sunday _____ then? H: Well, Sunday
[005] then? H: Well, Sunday _____ we quiet down a bit. It's time to get ready for Mond
[006] juices are fantastic any time you're thirsty. In the _____ , go to the piano bars along the sea front and listen
[007] acket and jumper or sweater as it can get cool in the _____ . There are some wonderful museums, especially the Mu
[008] always dressed very carefully, never went out in the _____ without a jacket and tie. He was a bit careless of h
[009] ll you. A 'Most Immediate' message came from HQ this _____ . A top KGB man, using the name Hendriks, is staying
[010] to do. They also go to special extra schools in the _____ , so they're busy most of the time. And after all that
[011] at the end of a day's journey and get a meal in the _____ , life becomes very difficult because people gather r
[012] hen 'tapas,' which are lots of little dishes, in the _____ . Then late at night they sometimes eat yet another m
[013] ave scones (a kind of cake) with cream and jam. The _____ meal is the main meal of the day for many people. Th
[014] on Yves, who doesn't speak English very well. 'Good _____ ,' said Mr Murphy. 'Are you Mr Dupont?' 'Oui,' said Y
[015] d is famous. Some of them have an excellent menu of _____ meals. They are always full of friendly people. You
[016] ds. I like most subjects, but not all of them! In the _____ I sometimes visit friends or stay at home and listen
[017] d could I ask, what sort of things people do in the _____ ? L Well, the main entertainments are going to the ci
[018] Do you think I could come and have a look at it this _____ ? L: Yea, of course. I'll give you the address. Now,
[019] u are sure of getting home at a suitable time in the _____ . *** I have had two unusual events in restaurant
[020] ad the low- calorie slimmer's lunch'. Then, the next _____ some friends and I decided to go out to eat at a sm
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[001] *** HEADLINE: TRAIN CRASH The London- Edinburgh _____ was derailed yesterday morning as it was passing thro
[002] was my ministry. He had provided this forum for me to _____ the gospel. That gave me aggression and enthusiasm to
[003] onal language-usage, to free language to explore and _____ the hitherto unknown. This Joycean attitude towards l
[004] if you don't bring them flowers in hospital, and they _____ pleasure when you do. But failure to make the gesture
[005] teristic enthusiasms, the wisdoms that dumb directors _____ in their visual one-liners. There's a whole trainload
[006] age yet. It's in Sleepless in Seattle, presumably to _____ the state of Tom Hanks' mind, and it's in The Fugiti
[007] hts that seem made for love. I don't suppose he could _____ himself very well, but there are moments when our s
[008] and going for country walks, and not being asked to _____ opinions about things (like love). So then she said,
[009] exactly they were. There were no air connections or _____ trains to that part of the country, so Flora resigned
[010] p to the microphone on the platform. 'We are here to _____ our deep sorrow for the death of one of the great men
[011] alked up and down the platform, allowing the crowd to _____ their emotions. Then he stepped back to the microphon
[012] ut what has disturbed and saddened me more than I can _____ is the information that he is engaged to my elder dau
[013] d be prevented if people were allowed the freedom to _____ themselves artistically, and at last we have the chan
[014] that the poor man was suffering from an inability to _____ himself in his work. The Governor therefore gave orde
[015] she could hardly speak, she had recently managed to _____ a wish to see me. And so my cousins Eliza and Georgi
[016] did not reply, but Lydia, the youngest, continued to _____ her admiration for a certain Captain Carter, with per
[017] some warmth, 'you do puzzle me! I do not know how to _____ my refusal so that it convinces you!' 'You must allow
[018] ers it correct, in cases like this,' she replied, 'to _____ grateful thanks. So if I could feel grateful, I woul
[019] larm you, we are all well. It concerns poor Lydia. An _____ letter came at midnight last night, when we were all
[020] the great curves of the roof. The building seemed to _____ all my thoughts; it was high and wide and strong. . L
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[001] o I guess I am locked in to this job which I do not _____ . I can't see how I'll ever be able to leave it - I lac
[002] in gymnastics, so again they go along to a club and _____ that. I: That all sounds rather lovely. I mean, I w
[003] ined that it wasn't good for cooking and they didn't _____ the flavour. They said its taste was awful, and refu
[004] ings like that. I: Thank you, Les. You really seem to _____ your work. L: I do. *** I have never enjoyed team
[005] ike football or hockey, but I always thought I would _____ a sport like running, skiing, or sailing, where you
[006] seemed to find the wait quite pleasant, perhaps even _____ it. They were even glad when the lift took longer tha
[007] the cleaning. But I always do the cooking because I _____ it. I cook for six every day. For dinner I make thin
[008] get a take-away and don't take the time to relax and _____ their food properly. I: And what about the people? K
[009] d of silly, curious people came around to watch and _____ the cheap entertainment - and laugh at me. They foun
[010] *** NORTHUMBERLAND, UK - a paradise for those who _____ the open air and hate crowds! In summer, you can
[011] the open air and hate crowds! In summer, you can _____ bathing from miles of smooth, calm, sandy beaches.
[012] play a game of golf on superb golf courses. Or just _____ ordinary sightseeing! In the other seasons, horse-
[013] true - we can prove it! Try us - you can't fail to _____ yourself. You won't regret coming. You'll never want
[014] d a lot more safe. All you have to do is sit back and _____ the scenery. Why choose bumpy, crowded roads when you
[015] ittle in hard cash. Everyone owns things he would not _____ losing and would miss if a burglar took them - and h
[016] or the job, and I don't regret taking it, but I don't _____ it that much. I don't intend to work here next summer
[017] calm now, patient, in no hurry at all. He seemed to _____ the whole situation. He was glad we'd been speeding.
[018] ck and they explain some difficult words, but I just _____ the story and I think I learn new words but I don't
[019] orities' homeless. Still, the students will probably _____ themselves once there. They are young and with lots o
[020] niverse. I don't really read outside the course, but I _____ Shakespeare. I suppose I'm a bit boring in many ways,
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[001] s and told me to fix something up. Another gave me a _____ of rope and told me I could tie the door shut. In o
[002] of being a a thoughtful speaker - she can speak at _____ on almost any subject - and a good listener. Then, wh
[003] tient. They explained that they were annoyed by the _____ of time they had to wait to catch the lift. They had
[004] tlement, which floats in permanent sunlight, the day- _____ is controlled. A gigantic mirror about a mile in dia
[005] t it into the ring, through shutters that fix the day _____ . The sunlight is constant during the 'daytime', farm
[006] d London, he called it 'the city', and walked Pam the _____ and breadth of it. But the peace did not last, and hi
[007] iately followed by another paragraph, of almost equal _____ , about civilian killings by the Russians. Its complac
[008] iagrams, and over 270 footnotes, several of them the _____ of paragraphs. Other similarly original Needham essay
[009] ut fame is slow to come. She travels far and wide. At _____ she settles back in Southland, has a child of her own
[010] h means fetishistically, about sex. She discussed, at _____ , a book on tight corseting, which I doubt received a
[011] hut. I sat down at the back of it. Lambis lay full _____ near the edge and watched the rocks below. We ate the
[012] e on 'her full lips, the dark brown eyes and shoulder- _____ dark brown hair. In my mind I replayed her light kiss
[013] imus and Commodus stared at each other, just an arm's _____ away. The crowd was quiet now but they could not hear
[014] peared in a number of collections. He also wrote full- _____ books, and his three stories about 'Eustace and Hilda
[015] -register for citizenship. Requirements like those on _____ of residence and ancestry were seen as biased agains
[016] nowadays look to the sit-coms of yesteryear for full- _____ movies. Of course, there have been champions all al
[017] re for him.' Pete Sampras prefers keeping it at arm's _____ . He enjoys cable TV and room service. Acquaintances
[018] vercrowded, gang-infested urban slums. Wavy, shoulder- _____ black hair frames her unlined face, accenting fiery
[019] s and told me to fix something up. Another gave me a _____ of rope and told me I could tie the door shut. In o
[020] of being a a thoughtful speaker - she can speak at _____ on almost any subject - and a good listener. Then, wh
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[001] l the day. I work near hot ovens (especially awful in _____ ). I have to lift fairly heavy loads up off the floor
[002] ne and I am interested in coming to your school this _____ . I have studied English for three years but I have n
[003] to call it 'Benson's Jazz'; it should be out by late _____ . *** Jackie's Dad says: My daughter Jackie is li
[004] y have a siesta? K: No, not in Madrid. Well, only in _____ , because in
[005] , because in _____ work hours change because it's so hot. Everyone work
[006] ut? CM: Well, it's quite popular with tourists in the _____ , but I would guess there will be none in this season
[007] sia. I've never been to Poland, but we might go this _____ . I'd love to meet my Polish relatives. PRESENTER: An
[008] s in my way. It was mid-afternoon on a hot day in the _____ season, and very quiet. There was no traffic on the
[009] et in New York. They worked together in The Long Hot _____ . His wife, Jackie, and Paul, recognized that their m
[010] for those who enjoy the open air and hate crowds! In _____ , you can enjoy bathing from miles of smooth, calm, s
[011] send you off to sleep. Why not decide to join us this _____ ? Let us persuade you. See why we've earned our name
[012] F: And last of all, Rome. I want to go there in the _____ . Tell me about Rome. What's it like? T: Well, we we
[013] ve you ever made a record on your own? P: Yes, last _____ . I made it in the
[014] . I made it in the _____ and it came out in November. It's called Groove Appr
[015] FROM STEPHEN: 'Really I am a student, but during the _____ holidays I work to pay back the money that I owe fo
[016] o pay back the money that I owe for my studies. This _____ I have been hired by my father's publishing company,
[017] enjoy it that much. I don't intend to work here next _____ if I get an opporunity for something more interesting
[018] remember that winter lasts from October to April. In _____ we go to the Black Sea, and in autumn something tha
[019] rdens have been doing poorly in the dry weather this _____ . The yearly average rainfall in south Wales is 30 ce
[020] other doctors in my field. Officer: Thank you. *** _____ SAFETY Many swimmers will break their necks this
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[001] n 1944 the American Army bought thirty thousand, the _____ reason being that soldiers could write with them out
[002] it had only received about 20 calls from schools. Its _____ executive, Nick Tate, said: 'The mark schemes have be
[003] Stephen Tumim is not having his contract renewed as _____ Inspector of Prisons. Lord Justice Woolf's groundbrea
[004] to part- time staff. Professor Bill Plumbridge, the _____ reporting assessor, briefs the team of three subject
[005] ed with the greatest clarity by Jonathan Aitken, the _____ Secretary. But it has also, most colourfully, capture
[006] alem in an old blue uniform tells us he is the police _____ - which is why he is holding a more modern Kalashnikov
[007] e have a book on moral decay and the family from the _____ Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, while Amitai Etzioni, a found
[008] to reduce each class by one child, according to one _____ education officer. Some research suggests that money
[009] fessor of education last night accused Her Majesty's _____ Inspector of Schools of not being tough enough on low
[010] versity's Institute of Education, said figures in the _____ inspector's report showed that nearly a third of less
[011] were not up to scratch. However, Chris Woodhead, the _____ inspector, said last week that standards were rising
[012] academics at City University London, Dr Roger Brown, _____ executive of the council, said: 'The increase in stud
[013] ver, although he was still very young, he soon became _____ mate of a fine ship. Unfortunately, he was badly hu
[014] decided not to go home to England, and took a job as _____ mate of the Patna. The Patna was a local ship, as ol
[015] these animals,' said the German captain to his new _____ mate. The Patna left the port, and started across the
[016] gineer. 'You're too mean for that! No, the good old _____ gave me some.' The
[017] gave me some.' The _____ engineer was a well known drinker, who normally kept
[018] e to the second engineer, who was not used to it. The _____ and the captain had worked together on many ships,
[019] responsible and dishonest seaman. Behind him was the _____ engineer, a tall, thin man, and the second engineer,
[020] thought, who can you trust? Captain Elliott was the _____ port oicial in those days, and as soon as he realize
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[001] rallying cry? 'Nursery school works!' Many observers _____ some of the blame for our present parlous penal poli
[002] was his fifth at research level in biochemistry. The _____ person could well assume that such volumes are only of
[003] to their friends and loved ones, or make wreaths, or _____ bouquets on the bier. Such a gesture is part of a com
[004] e told, Strepponi's chin 'was no longer clear-cut but _____ restfully on her breast'. So she was supplanted. Grac
[005] d made me very sick, but in the end I managed it, and _____ down at the top. Then I became unconscious again. Whe
[006] d was burning and the sun was shining into my face. I _____ for a long time without moving. I could hear men talk
[007] were going to come up, but the door3 All afternoon I _____ on that roof. I was terribly thirsty, and, to make it
[008] ne arrived now, the pilot would probably see me, so I _____ still, and hoped night would come quickly. Luckily,
[009] wn Miss Jessie's face. A few moments later her sister _____ calm and quiet. After this second funeral, Miss Jenk
[010] full of water. The boys had saved two men, who now _____ exhausted in the bottom of the boat. Jim no longer fe
[011] y the engineer was thrown forward on to his face, and _____ silent on the deck. Jim and the captain stared at t
[012] the hole widen and the water flow over them as they _____ sleeping... What could I do?' He passed a hand over
[013] he boat lowered. Suddenly George fell backwards, and _____ without moving on the deck. He was watching the sea,
[014] soft, wet mud. I couldn't move my legs at all, and _____ there, trying desperately to pull myself out with my a
[015] o the distant sea. From a tall rock, water fell and _____ in a quiet pool, before it ran through the red flower
[016] above the hut. I sat down at the back of it. Lambis _____ full length near the edge and watched the rocks below
[017] them. Three men and a woman stood there. A fourth man _____ on his face at the edge of a cli. He was dead. Of t
[018] shes at the bottom, a long way below the path. As he _____ there, he heard the woman scream again. There was a s
[019] 'll both be warm.' He moved down into the bed, and I _____ down beside him, on his good side. I put my arms ro
[020] ood side. I put my arms round him, and held him. We _____ like that, and we talked quietly. He told me he had t
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[001] e lucky. Technology has made it possible to collect, _____ and retrieve almost limitless amounts of personal in
[002] sonal information about every aspect of our lives and _____ it on tiny disks that weigh only a few ounces. If yo
[003] usband is unemployed, used finance companies and big _____ credit cards to buy presents for her children and fu
[004] is the world's most famous and expensive department _____ . It has departments selling everything from food to
[005] manager of Forbidden Planet, the London comic and SF _____ where Gaiman used to shop. 'All of his characters are
[006] of the items offered as evidence of the body in the _____ of forensic evidence kept for research purposes. The
[007] She didn't even recognize him again. The Woman at the _____ All that day the heat was terrible. The wind blew clo
[008] eal food inside it,' said Jo. 'Now, Jim, where's this _____ you keep talking about? You say you know a fine
[009] you keep talking about? You say you know a fine _____ with a paddock for the horses, and a creek, and a fri
[010] of clothes she had been ironing. A door led into the _____ ; through another door I saw the bedroom. She left me
[011] saw the bedroom. She left me there and went into the _____ for the medicine. I could hear her talking to herself
[012] o me.' 'What was it you wanted?' she shouted from the _____ . 'Some medicine for the horse.' 'Oh, I forgot what I
[013] t your things from the tent. You two can sleep in the _____ with the kid. Mr Jo can have this room.' It sounded
[014] enture. When we came back, the kid was already in the _____ , lying on a blanket. Jo shouted, 'Good night, all!'
[015] ight, all!' We took a lamp and closed the door of the _____ . Jim and I sat down on two packing cases. We looked
[016] eek?' 'That's the one. But he didn't kill that liquor _____ woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he sho
[017] etails.' 'Well, they say Curtis was inside the liquor _____ , robbing it. He and his partner had robbed three ot
[018] but they were gas stations. The old man who owned the _____ came out of the back room and saw his wife with her
[019] that he and Curtis were miles away from that liquor _____ when it was robbed. When he saw the police come into
[020] s he was somewhere else with Curtis when the liquor _____ was robbed,' Nudger said. Holly Ann nodded. 'I know.
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[001] tting to and from their place of work, never mind the _____ of that, and the stress it can cause. I mean, the ru
[002] de and a half has been largely ad hoc, bought at the _____ of any coherence between the institutions and the off
[003] , so far, it has said no. The reason given is that of _____ . As the past ten days have proved, class size is so
[004] ng, but added that this should not be achieved at the _____ of a broad curriculum. Policy-makers, he argued, shou
[005] ot a bad thing in itself, but it should not be at the _____ of teaching time.' 'The responsibility for learning i
[006] aning cloths,' said Dusty. Well, we must buy more. No _____ must be spared. Pennyfeather, as soon as you have the
[007] ly an embarrassment of empty spectacle and exorbitant _____ , it is helpful to focus on this torrent of tapes. Bey
[008] cted Domini Social Equity, an index fund whose annual _____ ratio of 0. 9 percent far exceeds the 0. 6 percent a
[009] ree representatives of the private Presidential Legal _____ Trust. The trust reported that the checks and money
[010] rsonal relationship with a pet without the continuing _____ of actual pets, without the risks of bites, communica
[011] tting to and from their place of work, never mind the _____ of that, and the stress it can cause. I mean, the ru
[012] de and a half has been largely ad hoc, bought at the _____ of any coherence between the institutions and the off
[013] , so far, it has said no. The reason given is that of _____ . As the past ten days have proved, class size is so
[014] ng, but added that this should not be achieved at the _____ of a broad curriculum. Policy-makers, he argued, shou
[015] ot a bad thing in itself, but it should not be at the _____ of teaching time.' 'The responsibility for learning i
[016] aning cloths,' said Dusty. Well, we must buy more. No _____ must be spared. Pennyfeather, as soon as you have the