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[001] or the thin, bony cows, stables for the horses, and a _____ , windowless shed, where the huge bull, Big Business,
[002] ted the laws that forced blacks and whites to live in _____ areas. But he had been trained as a lawyer, and he d
[003] watching, Woods believed, because he aimed to create _____ black organizations, which Woods thought dangerous.
[004] my wife not "aunt" but "mother's sister". We have no _____ words for members of the family - all begin with "br
[005] ck door. He ran around the house to Evalina's room, a _____ small building near the main house. Two policemen wit
[006] ing. The next day the Rivers family returned to their _____ places of work, and I moved to the cottage in Morton
[007] had only four legs, which were very short. It had no _____ head, but it had two eyes on the edge where the curve
[008] always assumed that Darcy was involved in the plan to _____ Jane and Bingley, but it now appeared that he, not Mi
[009] have no wish to deny that I did everything I could to _____ them, and that I am delighted with my success. Towar
[010] ride, his shameless confession of what he had done to _____ Jane and Bingley, and his cruelty towards Wickham soo
[011] in the entire holiday, Jennifer and I had been given _____ rooms. 'You don't look very pleased about it, girl,'
[012] w. Of course, it will be diicult telling Rhett I want _____ bedrooms.' But it was, not as diicult as she thought.
[013] not agree with her actions. So I decided to have two _____ opinions of her. But my happiness did not mean that t
[014] y attest to. For despite the chasm that continues to _____ contemporary musical theater from mainstream popular
[015] than that. The style of its language denotes an art _____ from conversation or explanation, spiking the listen
[016] establish a connection between the two attacks. In a _____ case, an 18-year-old woman told the police that she
[017] C executives knew that two clients were contemplating _____ bids for the utility. The Monterrey-based financia
[018] the Palace. The Queen and the Duke of Edingurgh have _____ apartments in the Palace, each as big as a normal ho
[019] can, I don't throw it away. What I do throw away, I _____ into three kinds of rubbish. I have different bags f
[020] ou must pay a deposit for the front door key. That's _____ from the other deposit, I'm afraid. And we don't al
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[001] ourse. Until then I shall collect material for it. If _____ asks me what I work at, I shall answer, "Collecting
[002] ld. But she never leaves her room, and she never sees _____ except Miss Judith.' He stopped suddenly, as if he
[003] closing a large umbrella. Flora was so surprised that _____ in Sussex should speak to her in a respectful and nor
[004] s must be washed and life generally tidied up before _____ could even begin to think of enjoying it. 'Meriam'll
[005] he should tell him it seemed unbelievable to her that _____ could possibly want it, but decided this would be rud
[006] straight from heaven.' 'Really! How interesting. Does _____ else preach, or are you the only one?' 'Only me. Deb
[007] e air. 'Oh,' said Flora thoughtfully. So that was it. _____ might have expected a mad grandmother at Cold Comfor
[008] have expected a mad grandmother at Cold Comfort, and _____ would have been right. 'That's very awkward,' she obs
[009] She sees all the account books twice a week. An' if _____ does anything she doesn't like, she has an attack. 'T
[010] definite arrangement... It's horrible... to take away _____ 's freedom.' 'Nonsense,' said Flora. 'It is a very goo
[011] self,' confessed Flora, 'but in do not think there is _____ else we can ask.' Of course Mr Mybug would be availa
[012] ntastic! He's just what in want! It'd take more than _____ 's grandmother to stop me now.' When Seth returned, we
[013] ally very nice, and kind too, and ready to learn from _____ who could help him improve the condition of the farm
[014] ed, and Flora and the tray entered. That was the last _____ saw or heard of her for nearly nine hours. At three,
[015] hard and talking much too fast to take any notice of _____ else. So she leaned towards Flora and began to whispe
[016] the other side of the yard, but there was no sign of _____ . Woods began to feel annoyed. Then something near the
[017] Bible, he stood tall and proud, the physical equal of _____ in the court. His intelligence was going to be teste
[018] he room. Everyone was staring, but there was nothing _____ could do. 'Please come with us,' the policeman said.
[019] It was locked. He shook it, but there was no sign of _____ . Suddenly he heard the sound of a car coming down the
[020] de. But you see, Mr Pennyfeather, I cannot pay 120 to _____ who has been sent down for indecent behaviour. Suppos
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[001] d curiously into my face. 'How did you get an idea as _____ and fantastic as that?' she murmured. 'It's not
[002] and fantastic as that?' she murmured. 'It's not _____ or fantastic,' I said. 'First - whoever planned the
[003] for pain. 01 I had never shot a woman before. It felt _____ . 'You ought to have known I'd do it!' My voffice soun
[004] e milked her, his fingers moved mechanically, and a _____ low sound, mindless as the wind itself, came from his
[005] bring Robert Poste's child to Cold Comfort. Aye, 'tes _____ , but so 'twill be.' Judith was no longer listening.
[006] sin Judith. Terribly nice of you to have me. Isn't it _____ we have never met?' She put out her hand, but Judith
[007] Mrs Starkadder was in heaven. Adam laughed. It was a _____ , dry sound. 'Nay, she's alive, all right. Her hand l
[008] nd showing me the way? It's so easy to get lost in a _____ house, isn't it?' She noticed that her cousin's eyes
[009] gly put into her bag. 'in warn you,' he added, 'I'm a _____ , moody creature. Nobody likes me, but there's somethi
[010] because she was not interested. He then remarked how _____ it was that young Englishwomen were so cold. How impo
[011] g, isn't it? But really, Harkaway, in do think it is _____ when grown men are prevented from marrying-' Harkawa
[012] as married to Mark. She's never married. She's a bit _____ in' the head. Sometimes when the sukebind hangs heavy
[013] s work calls me and spread the Lord's word abroad in _____ places. Ah, 'tes terrible to have to go, but in mun
[014] t, heavenly vision. 'in mun go...' he repeated, in a _____ , soft voffice. 'in hear the Lord calling' me across
[015] the white Mercedes driving up to the house. 'This is _____ - Wendy is just arriving. HI call her.' She went to t
[016] y began to walk across the bridge, Wendy realized how _____ they must look to the frontier police. She glanced b
[017] thing. You know that man Philbrick. There's something _____ about him.' I've no doubt of it.' It's not just that
[018] me that a real injustice has been done to you. A very _____ thing happened last night. I was just going to bed w
[019] scinate the musicians. They crowded round him, making _____ animal noises. There you are!' said the Doctor, handi
[020] them, of course. It's in their nature.' I had such a _____ conversation,' Lord Circle was saying to Paul, with t
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[001] al property, stolen from the owner here. So was the _____ in which the bandits were supposed to have escaped. B
[002] rom outside the island would have needed a car or a _____ to bring their machine guns and grenades here. So why
[003] nd grenades here. So why didn't they use that car or _____ instead of stealing a fresh one? Third this job wasn
[004] t direction. Fifth - bandits planning on a getaway by _____ would have cut the job short, not spread it over t
[005] es. What you people did was send one man out in the _____ , shooting, and he didn't go far. As soon as he was at
[006] man, down on the beach, and he was coming from the _____ . He suggested that we tried to get on the
[007] . He suggested that we tried to get on the _____ , and we were shot at, but the man behind the gun was
[008] home. They walked down to the sea together. A rowing _____ was waiting for them on the beach, and in the distan
[009] ach, and in the distance was a large, luxury sailing _____ . That's Margot's
[010] . That's Margot's _____ ,' said Alastair. It'll take you to her villa at Corfu
[011] ne. Good luck!' Goodbye,' said Paul. He got into the _____ and was rowed away. Sir Alastair watched until he was
[012] as changed and I don't think she'll be able to get a _____ back to the island until tomorrow morning. I'm sure
[013] rrupted me. 'How did she come from the island?' 'By _____ ,' I answered. 'Then she didn't come,' he said positiv
[014] Then she didn't come,' he said positively. 'There's no _____ on Cladach Duillich - only a helicopter. Nobody cam
[015] promise you that.' The next morning Robbie Ferguson's _____ took me across the rough seas to Cladach Duillich.
[016] ery much wanted to hide. Robbie Ferguson brought the _____ in as close as he could. and I jumped on to the rock
[017] an't you read?' he shouted. 'Yes, I can read. But the _____ 's gone.' 'Well, you can't stay here. What do you want
[018] ere, where is she? How did she get to Ullapool?' 'By _____ , of course.' 'But you haven't got a
[019] , of course.' 'But you haven't got a _____ here, Dr Carter. All journeys are by helicopter.' '
[020] An engine started, and from near the City Hall a black _____ appeared. The
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[001] been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm. Well, let it _____ ... Nobody can have a farm without sheds (for wood, t
[002] rochure for the Hotel Miramar in Paris. Claud did not _____ her. The papers were delivered the next day. Flora br
[003] ort,' Woods said. 'Maybe I can. I'm so dose, I can't _____ now.' Tami stood up and put the manuscript back in th
[004] front door opened, and out came a figure I could not _____ to recognize, Edward Rochester. I held my breath as I
[005] her results for her English studies to the cat. 'If I _____ my English test, what can I do?' whispered Hu. Lao Ma
[006] onal Baccalaureate programme. Forty-six per cent is a _____ . You can't be a doctor unless you get the IB.' He cou
[007] . I did not write them in my diary because they might _____ . The school waited silently for several days, while e
[008] or the country, but, for some reason, I think he will _____ in the end.' 'I must be honest with you before you sa
[009] newly fired dreams, the vast majority of these women _____ to find work, city officials say. Of the 13 women who
[010] s. Or bosses who take action against subordinates. Or _____ to take action. Or, increasingly, cases in which empl
[011] injury or damage to government property, then do not _____ to report to the police as soon as possible, but no
[012] ry much. We have exams soon, and I know I'm going to _____ them. My parents will be furious, because they thin
[013] is improvement in their lives? How could the project _____ ? What was the reason? Whose fault was it? The answer
[014] s say is true - we can prove it! Try us - you can't _____ to enjoy yourself. You won't regret coming. You'll n
[015] 'excellent training'. Unfortunately, he adds: 'If you _____ , you
[016] , you _____ ' - to resit means another pounds 867. Marcela, a tran
[017] cation on which we can build. The threat is that if we _____ to respond to change, we will make ourselves poorer
[018] he pupils no other school wants. In short, they will _____ to secure the mixed-ability intake that experts believ
[019] early ahead of Europe up to the 13th-14th centuries, _____ to break into the era of modern science? So deeply im
[020] ee them in pre-war films, these visual devices never _____ to please. Until, that is, someone - let's say Dawn an
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[001] h himself. 'O' course, in don't enjoy it. But 'tes my _____ , to tell the Brothers, and Sisters' - and here he fi
[002] e, there's some truth in what ye say. Maybe it is my _____ to look for a wider field. in mun think about it.' '
[003] sist, and for whom they would gladly give up home and _____ for a moment of passion. Was it surprising, then, th
[004] iko smiled. 'The education of a white liberal? It is a _____ .' Mamphela was not amused. 'If you get caught outside
[005] ul. Prendy you've met Prendergast, haven't you? is on _____ tonight. I'm off to the pub. How about you?' All rig
[006] xt morning Henty and I followed one of them when his _____ period was finished. We were horrified to find that
[007] the poor and the sick in Morton. His strong sense of _____ made him insist on going, even if the weather was ve
[008] g to a man who always did what he believed to be his _____ , however unpleasant it was. 'God intended you to be a
[009] life on its own planet. If we find any such life, our _____ is to teach, and to learn, and to work with them. Per
[010] ards her ladyship. As a priest, moreover, I feel it my _____ to encourage all families in my area of influence to
[011] these compliments to he' daughter, and I see it as my _____ to please her ladyship.' 'I am sure you're right,' s
[012] not share her sister's happiness, and felt it was her _____ to advise her father secretly"1o refuse permission fo
[013] thlessness more public, and that therefore it was his _____ to assist us in every possible way. If he had another
[014] on die. Maximus realizes that he must perform another _____ from Emperor before he can go home. He knows it will
[015] estions: They were expecting him. Chapter 3 One More _____ The only light in the Emperor's tent came from oil la
[016] home is good something to fight for. I have one more _____ to ask of you before you go home." "What would you li
[017] mus left the Emperor's tent feeling anxious. One more _____ , one he did not want-but could he refuse? He was a loy
[018] him a drink. "Do you ever find it diicult to do your _____ ?" Maximus asked him. Cicero, a tall, thin man with lo
[019] of his decision. Finally, he said, "You will do your _____ for Rome." Commodus stood in front of him, proud and
[020] again, spreading it gently over my swimsuit. It was a _____ that I loved; partly, perhaps, because I loved Marian
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[001] ing, keeping time with the human passions above it. ' _____ !' said Judith at last, in a deep, dry voffice. 'Coward
[002] unless Elfine were accompanied by the proper sort of _____ to take on long walks. She must learn to be serious a
[003] playing at the side of the pool. Charlie, their big _____ , ran up and down, excited by all the noise. At last W
[004] , when someone banged on the front door. Charlie the _____ growled and ran to the door. 'All right, Evalina,' We
[005] at the front door. Mary ran to the door, Charlie the _____ following her. 'Mummy! Daddy!' Mary called excitedly.
[006] tely. I can't think why I keep on at politics. It's a _____ 's life, and there's no money in it either. When you're
[007] om there came an angry growling sound, almost like a _____ . 'Wait here,' said Mr Rochester, and went into the se
[008] y outside, and before I went to sleep I could hear a _____ growling in the distance. In my dream I was carrying
[009] uld see nothing except newly disturbed earth. Sally's _____ , Mitty, was very interested in the earth and put her
[010] ' She stopped suddenly, interrupted by the sound of a _____ barking angrily outside. She jumped up as the barking
[011] ollowed her. She was the first to see her small white _____ lying on the grass beside the outhouse wall. She ran
[012] nk she's dead!' She went down on her knees beside the _____ 's body. 'She is dead!' she said. 'I wonder what -' Sh
[013] at on earth -?' began her father, looking down at the _____ . 'What are all those things? Ants?' Graham bent down
[014] woman I meet is kind to me - as though I were a sick _____ . . . Oh, well, there was always the drug. And then,
[015] hing happened. At seven o'clock, a woman with a small _____ came along the street and went in through the door, bu
[016] ds, chickens looking for food in the dirt and a small _____ asleep in the middle of all the noise. Women and men
[017] The woman continued, 'I saw you when I was walking my _____ . You can't keep anything secret in this place for lon
[018] sking this question for a purpose. I said, 'If a big _____ attacked her, I would frighten it away. I could carry
[019] g a gun. Once, at the edge of the town, we saw a dead _____ lying in the street, with vultures pulling pieces fro
[020] can have some of the cold meat that we saved for the _____ . The
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[001] n very early next morning by a noisy quarrel going on _____ her window. Male voffices were raised in anger. 'Hop
[002] men and women in Sussex were dancing in the ballroom _____ , as Claud moved forward to introduce Flora, Elfine, a
[003] he music stopped and the dance ended, and the dancers _____ stood still, clapping and smiling. A sudden silence
[004] few words to his mother, Richard turned to the guests _____ , and held up his hand for silence. 'Ladies and gent
[005] staring moodily out of the window at the busy street _____ . 'in shall take her home with me, for a complete rest
[006] atched the thousands of posters of Biko's face waving _____ them. - ... ... ... Woods did not print the photo
[007] uth Africa?' Woods shouted, looking down at the river _____ . 'Thirty seconds!' Richie shouted back. 'Maseru is ri
[008] e close to Botswana. Woods looked down at the country _____ them - hills, green farms, cattle. It would always be
[009] rkness the two men crept to the window. The courtyard _____ was already a sea of scarcely recognizable faces. Th
[010] e been fired in exactly the same line from above and _____ ? No, that was nonsense, 'I've no idea what made these
[011] cent and surprised. Her ears were long, and hung down _____ her brown hair, which was touched with red. Her skin
[012] e closer and closer. Its temperature was many degrees _____ zero. There was no life of any sort on it. There was
[013] n an old shop. There was the owner's name in red, and _____ it the word Szabo in green. In the window there were
[014] ng of the men who might be caught five-hundred metres _____ the ground: 'Please God, don't let it be my husband,
[015] Brian Perkins,' Megan laughed. 'And there's me, just _____ you. We all look so young and fresh, don't we?' 'And
[016] hat would she do? Something caught her eye in the Soi _____ . A very large orange and black animal, a squirrel, wa
[017] ants from the balcony and from the gardens in the Soi _____ . 'Stupid!' said Hu again, returning to her chair. How
[018] ake a sign. Make smoke! A fire!' screamed Thomas from _____ . Sean climbed out of the water and collected some dry
[019] of about five metres, a small waterfall. In the pool _____ they could see Thomas lying in the water. He wasn't m
[020] er. Suddenly, she was in a new world. The sand danced _____ her and the sunlight shone through the waves making p
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[001] moment, the door opened and a figure in a long green _____ rushed across the room and up the stairs so rapidly t
[002] 's eyes were large, blue, and very fine, but that her _____ was the wrong green. 'Do forgive me,' she said smoot
[003] Elfine danced about on the hills in a peculiar green _____ , and Seth went mollocking. But poor Reuben didn't see
[004] ith me, to have your hair done and buy you an evening _____ .' 'Oh, Flora!' Flora was pleased to see that Elfine's
[005] and that she was talking quite naturally. A well-cut _____ and a fashionable hairstyle might make her look reall
[006] she was not brainy. She must learn to be polite, and _____ carefully, and brush her hair. And there was such a
[007] ine was more than ready to give up her strangeness of _____ , attitude, and behaviour, if something better was sho
[008] stop them. Whatever happened, they must get Elfine's _____ . She hurried away, to ask Seth to drive them to the
[009] ch at the New River Club. 'Well, do you like your new _____ ?' Flora asked Elfine. 'It's heavenly,' said Elfine se
[010] e hotel. The next morning they collected the finished _____ , and when they arrived back at Beershorn station, Fl
[011] .' She felt that her own appearance, in a pale green _____ and blue-green evening coat, was modestly pleasing.
[012] ft air breathed love. Mrs Beetle appeared in a cotton _____ , while Flora wore pale green and a shady hat. But Ju
[013] food. She went to London several times, to have a new _____ made for herself. She also instructed the female Sta
[014] next day. Flora brushed her hair, and put on a fresh _____ , and, as it was lunch-time, asked Mrs Beetle to give
[015] then went to her own room to wash and put on her new _____ . Soon she came out, looking calm, happy, and elegant,
[016] rrive to prevent it. Flossie wore a brightly coloured _____ and a hat with two pink feathers to match. During the
[017] ided to have a full church wedding, with white bridal _____ , flowers everywhere, organ music, and a huge champagn
[018] ear, how young and pure I feel. I hope you'll like my _____ . Goodbye, my sweet.' By two o'clock they had finished
[019] ies, who had unfortunately not heard his comments on _____ and hair. They all wore the most expensive clothes an
[020] ust be . . . he hesitated, looking at my plain black _____ . He seemed puzzled to know who I was, so I helped him