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[001] ecause of your pictures. Promise me something? Don't _____ those pictures to someone else.' 'All right.' 'And d
[002] work is good,' Clare said. 'You need someone who can _____ your pictures for you. How about me?' I was surpris
[003] 'No, of course you didn't. But I don't like people who _____ drugs.' He stepped towards me. I thought that he was
[004] relessly. Or wait , I've had a better idea. You could _____ your horse.'
[005] your horse.' _____ wildfire! You know how much I love that horse!' Well,
[006] ing Wildfire , the best horse I've ever had!' Let me _____ him for you , you know I'm good at buying and selling
[007] neighbours, and before the hunt started he managed to _____ Wildfire for a good price. The money would be paid wh
[008] id enough to let Dunstan have it. And he was going to _____ Wildfire and then I was going to repay you the money.
[009] iage! And Molly's asking for more money! I'll have to _____ something for cash. But on New Year's Eve, I can forg
[010] tograph of us all, and the photographer was hoping to _____ the picture to the people in the lock. I did not see
[011] e Bank of America for years. He had always refused to _____ it; he was waiting for a girl to arrive in his life.
[012] looked after their land. In the end they had had to _____ the house where they had lived for so long, but which
[013] ss.' 'Here you are, then. I'm really sorry I couldn't _____ you the idea of being an Ashby. I feel you would hav
[014] Odia family. They were kind and sympathetic. 'We'll _____ our cassava quickly in the market,' they told Ma. 'Th
[015] s them for one shilling and sixpence, then she has to _____ them in the market for three shillings. I buy them, th
[016] ofessor's talk, and asked members to provide books to _____ . So Morse was on his way to deliver some of his old
[017] you don't bake it here?) - Perhaps Cousin Amos could _____ the farm, and buy another, without any curse on it,
[018] keep him at home, where they could steal his work and _____ it as their own, to buy more alcohol.' 'Who for - Br
[019] ee, in put false information in the accounts. When we _____ twelve eggs, in write down two, see? And in keep the
[020] ve been expected, Lord Pastmaster made up his mind to _____ the house. To tell the truth, he preferred to live i
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[001] won't tell Mark that I am going, and perhaps he will _____ . But if he wakes up and wants to go to look for Col
[002] time tomorrow morning. Come on, Mark. Lie down and _____ .' 'But you can't sit there all night. You'll get cold
[003] for others to see him. Now stop thinking, and go to _____ . Did you ever hear the story of the moonspinners?' '
[004] do, I kissed his hair very lightly, and prepared to _____ . The murderer It was just after five o'clock when I
[005] on the path. I could say that I had not been able to _____ and had come for a walk. I must not be caught here.
[006] d drove into a tree.' 'Yes. We think that he went to _____ . There was a bend in the road and he didn't turn. H
[007] ?' 'He was driving home from Doncaster and he went to _____ and ran into a tree.' 'Is that all?' I thought. 'W
[008] had Finished. Leon was very tired, but he could not _____ ; his mind was still too busy with the problems of the
[009] sky bright with unknown stars. Still too restless to _____ , Leon left the simple rest house that had been prepar
[010] o wanted only to be left alone until he felt ready to _____ . In the quietness of the night he could hear the soft
[011] g has happened.' And soon you'll join them again, and _____ your way on to the stars for another two hundred yea
[012] ssa would seem like a dream that had come in his long _____ . This wild and desperate love, for example; he had n
[013] . What were they dreaming in their three-hundred-year _____ ? Did they dream at all in that half-world between lif
[014] at will make us hungry, so we'll enjoy our food. We'll _____ well, too.' Harris replied, 'Well, you never have a
[015] e sleeping, anyway. In fact, you're always going to _____ !' But, in the end, Harris agreed that it was a good i
[016] leave the City until the afternoon. (George goes to _____ at a bank from ten o'clock until four o'clock from Mo
[017] meet us at Chertsey. The next question was where to _____ at night. George and I did not want to
[018] at night. George and I did not want to _____ in hotels at night. We wanted to
[019] in hotels at night. We wanted to _____ outside. 'How beautiful,' we said, 'in the country,
[020] ful sound of the water against the boat sends us to _____ and we dream. We dream that the world is young again.
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[001] is had gone. 'He's told you about it? About Colin?' ' _____ , Mark. You're Mark what?' 'Langley. When will Lambis
[002] xiakis, back from London to his home village.' 'Ah, _____ . Does he have a family here?' 'Well, there's only a s
[003] two English ladies,' she continued. 'You are one?' ' _____ , that's right. My cousin will come later,' I replied,
[004] but she was worried about what he could be doing?' ' _____ , and there are only two things he could be doing,' I
[005] a lot,' I said. 'Anyway, I can look for Colin, can't ' _____ . And if he's alive, he's got to have food. Watch Sofi
[006] ' I said, 'and I'll see if there's anyone around.' ' _____ ,' Frances agreed. 'Look,' she added, 'there's someone
[007] oat - a big one, the Eros. That's where Colin is!' ' _____ ,' she said. 'Well, if they won't let us go near it, th
[008] you don't mind photographs. Is this your windmill?' ' _____ ,' Sofia replied. She looked a little worried. 'Could
[009] for the bread. Frances, I'll have to tell Mark.' ' _____ ,' Frances agreed. 'You'd better go at once. I'll spend
[010] can tell me as we go. Were you in the windmill?' ' _____ , I was,' Colin said. 'They tied me up and left me ther
[011] d you when he came back, and sent me for the food?' ' _____ . That's why we couldn't go to the police. We didn't kn
[012] blood in the shed. Are you really all right?' 'Oh, _____ . I banged my shoulder and it started to bleed. That's
[013] you asking Miss Ferris about the fishing?' he said. ' _____ , I was going to. Would you like to come out tonight, M
[014] n the end of it, and there's something inside it.' ' _____ ,' I said, 'Stratos has pots along here, to catch the f
[015] rk! Wake up! We've forgotten Frances!' 'Good heavens! _____ . But she saw what happened. It was Frances who shout
[016] l, Nicola, so this is your Mark?' Frances said. 'Why, _____ ,' I replied. So here I was, with an extra day, in the
[017] icked up his helmet. 'There's always another day.' ' _____ .' He went off to ride and I changed my clothes. The e
[018] agree. I saw that his shoulder was hurting badly. ' _____ , all right.' I took a photograph of him. 'What do you
[019] d?' I asked. 'You said your Dad drove into a tree.' ' _____ . We think that he went to sleep. There was a bend in
[020] s face was white and his expression was desperate. ' _____ .' 'It happened yesterday. The whole place has gone.'
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[001] hide it, but some had fallen, and we could see the _____ of a foot. Colin was already going towards it. 'It's
[002] back at him. He could just see Chuck's face, a white _____ turned towards the sky. Look,' whispered Chuck, and G
[003] at was the use of riches unless they could be used to _____ one's dreams? So Shervane wrote to Brayldon, now an a
[004] ined the two ends together so that the strip had the _____ of a circle. The scientists of the First Age,' he wen
[005] into space, where the engineers would freeze it and _____ it, and turn it into a travelling shield for the stars
[006] s square. We hit it with the wood until it was every _____ there is - but we could not make a hole in it. Then G
[007] e in it. Then George tried, and he knocked it into a _____ which was strange, and terrible, and ugly. It frighte
[008] . s gone in! Harris said. We beat that tin into every _____ there is - but we could not make a hole in it. Mont
[009] as certainly some one and not some thing, because the _____ of the head and body was clear under the blanket. How
[010] at it made him look up, just in time to see the white _____ of a seabird's wing outside the window. He was so in
[011] e were two shapes in the dark apartment. The smaller _____ , the woman, said, You have to do the tests.' It's to
[012] ouldn't be any fun, would it?' Brat could see Simon's _____ against the sky. He seemed to be half kneeling on t
[013] Brat's arm and body, it was fatal. Brat saw the dark _____ of Simon's body fall forward on top of him. It knock
[014] nothing - just the occasional light on a hill or the _____ of a tree. In the carriage next door the young men w
[015] ad shown him. After a few steps he turned. He saw a _____ through the mist, standing and watching him. He wave
[016] through the falling snow. Suddenly I saw a big black _____ in the darkness. A huge dog came running towards me.
[017] noiselessly over the snowy road. I saw the huge dark _____ of the coach with its driver on top and its four fine
[018] f me again. Unable to move, I stared in horror at the _____ behind the glass, and screamed. There were rapid foo
[019] k in the trees I stopped, nodding towards the black _____ of a house. 'That is your ' Her laugh stopped me. Sh
[020] I turned down to the water's edge. I had seen no dark _____ on the water that could have been a boat. There had
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[001] rts, a jacket, a pair of jeans, and a three-hundred _____ Smith and Wesson were all lying hidden in fifty thous
[002] ked to see the person dealing with the fifty million _____ bill Ajax was going to pay for the Lucella. Finally,
[003] It sounds crazy, but in the book it was as real as a _____ . 5 Hogarth was still winning when the lights went out
[004] here to oer to buy this place, but I won't give you a _____ now! I'll buy it cheap when it's sold for taxes!' 'I
[005] was pleased to come.' 'Well, you'll never get another _____ out of me,' said Rhett. Be looked down at the baby. '
[006] lves together very much. Introduction Mark pulled a _____ from his pocket and handed it to her. 'This is all I'
[007] handed it to her. 'This is all I've got.' She put the _____ on the desk and said, 'Okay, now I'm the lawyer and y
[008] ess you don't have much money, do you?' Mark pulled a _____ from his pocket and handed it to her. 'This is all I'
[009] handed it to her. 'This is all I've got.' She put the _____ on the desk and said, 'Okay, now I'm the lawyer and y
[010] k for nothing, Mark.' 'Don't worry, Mom. I paid her a _____ .' 'She's working for a
[011] .' 'She's working for a _____ ? She must be a great lawyer. What has she done so far
[012] mmscan Debtdesk, a financial research firm. And when _____ -denominated bonds of emerging- market countries are
[013] n Manhattan office. "The state rounds to the nearest _____ so I wrote them a letter saying the notice must be a
[014] palm. It was a 100-yen coin, worth a bit less than a _____ . I vowed to do the same. Gregory would be thrilled,
[015] th Avenue, at 96th Street, and a trio of multimillion- _____ duplex penthouses will take their place. The stuccoed
[016] e, about $10,000 a year in property taxes per million- _____ home. Mr. Colonnese is also a golfer, though he migh
[017] rds, on mock-green rectangles that litter the million- _____ landscape. He would take in the breathless and someti
[018] nggit rebounded to an intraday high of 2. 8630 to the _____ from a record low of 2. 9650 to the
[019] from a record low of 2. 9650 to the _____ earlier in the day. By the close of trading in Malays
[020] ng, popcorn, and spaghetti sauce, now a multimillion _____ business, goes to charity. He is more than just a mo
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[001] make a sign that I had news for them. It was already _____ , and the path was rough. I stopped to rest by a pool
[002] he shepherd's hut. I followed the narrow path. I was _____ and tired, so I stopped to eat the lunch that Frances
[003] ll right?' he asked. 'You're shaking.' 'I'll have a _____ bath,' I replied. 'Thanks for the lift home.' 'You'll
[004] Come tomorrow.' I went to the bathroom and lay in the _____ water for a long time. There were bruises all over m
[005] right light, and the diazo paper is then developed in _____ ammonia.' 'What does diazo paper look like?' 'It lo
[006] ad an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat _____ meat, which was unusual for him. And it would cost hi
[007] No, I haven't asked her,' said Godfrey, feeling very _____ and uncomfortable, but I don't think she'll accept m
[008] d read our books. At twelve o'clock the room was too _____ , and the sun was still shining 'Well, it will rain t
[009] rning, we read that it was going to be sunny and very _____ . So we dressed in light clothes, and we went out. H
[010] d then we started to prepare supper. We needed some _____ water to make tea, so we put the water on the stove a
[011] all. We wanted it to think we did not care if it got _____ or not. We began to get the other things out. That
[012] t the other things out. That is the only way to get _____ water on the river. If the water knows that you are
[013] knows that you are waiting for it, it will never get _____ . You have to go away and begin your meal without it.
[014] milk.' This makes the water very angry, and it gets _____ very fast. We did this, and, when everything else was
[015] The room had two windows looking south and west, and _____ bright sunshine Filled the room. Here there was no c
[016] sant surprise. The hand seemed unnaturally rough and _____ . As Mr Dunning walked on, he looked quickly at the le
[017] vements or footsteps, but he suddenly felt warm, even _____ , air round his legs. He went back and decided to lock
[018] Suddenly the compartment seemed to grow dark and very _____ , but already Harrington and Dunning were opening the
[019] , alone on the hill, he began to climb again. It was _____ now. Obviously time had passed. And he was hungry; go
[020] up. Feeling better, she made herself another cup of _____ , black coee. Level 5 Oxford Bookworms 5bratfar. dos
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[001] u want us to believe you. And sit down by the Fire to _____ your clothes. You're very wet.' That's right,' said
[002] arry. Well, as a result, the quarry has suddenly gone _____ , and we've found him lying at the bottom. We know it'
[003] enough as it was.' Be quiet!' said his mother through _____ lips. It was you as much as I. But why spend time tal
[004] and a picture began to form on the screen. There on a _____ , brown hillside under a dark sunless sky was an old m
[005] see here that the moon is obviously painted, and the _____ ground is false. It is quite possible that the stones
[006] to Aku-nna. He looked at her kindly. 'Your wood isn't _____ enough,' he said. 'Here, move your pot onto my stove.
[007] eautiful and peaceful lying there. He took her small, _____ hand and held it. Aku-nna was dying. Chike called Nna
[008] rf but someone put water in our holds and we had to _____ them out. Your cousin said he knew something about th
[009] Jim rode beside me, white-faced. He kept licking his _____ lips. We had not spoken much since dawn. 'My stomac
[010] keep the sun out of her eyes, and looked out over the _____ , burnt paddocks. In the distance along the dusty road
[011] eer untouched, he walked quickly out. His throat was _____ and he wanted to run. But somehow he knew that he wa
[012] she ran into the front bedroom. Edward's mouth felt _____ . A few minutes later he heard her call. 'Edward? Edw
[013] y am... He put a hand on her shoulder as she tried to _____ her eyes. 'I haven't helped you much lately, have l?'
[014] e fallen down! Ellen, please ask a maid to find some _____ clothes for me, and then I'll go on to the village. I
[015] my dear young lady,' I told her, 'you'll get warm and _____ , and I'll put a bandage on that wound. Then we'll hav
[016] ions above it. 'Dog!' said Judith at last, in a deep, _____ voffice. 'Coward! Wicked one! Will you ever lead a mo
[017] kadder was in heaven. Adam laughed. It was a strange, _____ sound. 'Nay, she's alive, all right. Her hand lies o
[018] lometres from King William's Town, in hill country so _____ that there were no farms in sight. Biko's 'minders' -
[019] lothes and now began to hang them above the cooker to _____ for tomorrow. 'We know the great white powers have gi
[020] ghed and opened the door of the car. 'This ground was _____ when I parked here. Now it's going to be diicult to g
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[001] rs poured down her face like rain water. She let them _____ . It was quiet and private under the orange tree. She
[002] uggling with tears for some time and now I let them _____ freely. It was a great relief. 'Don't cry, Jane, plea
[003] e other plate. When they connected, electricity would _____ along the wire to the box that would set off the expl
[004] is the first authoritative estimate of the net annual _____ of illegal Mexican workers into the United States, wh
[005] nts, to rebuild barnyards and pastures to control the _____ of manure, and to buy tens of thousands of acres of l
[006] nt. Now, on their way to Narragansett Bay, the rivers _____ un obstructed past gleaming office towers, parks, 18t
[007] wn to the local Cyber-Chai shop, where my data would _____ by satellite to the Net, while I smoked some Shiva- w
[008] d steam began in July 1995. And the first pyroclastic _____ triggered an evacuation of the southern end of the is
[009] o the side of the road so as not to obstruct traffic _____ , especially on a crossroads. Allow movement to retur
[010] another's company. Everything your children learn will _____ from that.' ! The Independent on Sunday CHILDREN 77
[011] iticise as soft but others will see as going with the _____ of his obvious talents for travel and adventure. Give
[012] ife's beauty, That no river is a river which does not _____ . In their different ways, all these poems justify Mac
[013] boats. I expected to see the hole widen and the water _____ over them as they lay sleeping... What could I do?'
[014] s you I have to thank...' I spoke quickly to stop his _____ of words. 'Stein was helped when he was young, and no
[015] rs poured down her face like rain water. She let them _____ . It was quiet and private under the orange tree. She
[016] uggling with tears for some time and now I let them _____ freely. It was a great relief. 'Don't cry, Jane, plea
[017] e other plate. When they connected, electricity would _____ along the wire to the box that would set off the expl
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[001] s neither. For a long time den Relgan had wanted to _____ the Jockey Club but the Club had always9 refused. An
[002] lgan. Had the Jockey Club allowed Ivor den Relgan to _____ because Lord White had fallen in love with Dana? Eve
[003] daughter. Why are you pretending? Are you hoping to _____ the Jockey Club - by trapping an important person?
[004] id, 'Sir, why was Ivor den Relgan at last allowed to _____ the Jockey Club? Because you were fond of Dana den R
[005] avy wooden door bang in the wind as Chuck came out to _____ him by the wall. As usual, Chuck was smoking one of t
[006] y lands for his wonderful buildings, and asked him to _____ in his old friend's dream - and his plan. Early the n
[007] 't know that anything has happened.' And soon you'll _____ them again, and sleep your way on to the stars for an
[008] ourself on a list like this. I've asked Phil Resch to _____ us. I want to see his list.' Do you think I'm on it?
[009] xpected surprises or hidden problems. He went back to _____ the rest of the family for lunch and afterwards found
[010] nowhere in the hotel; even in his bedroom Simon could _____ him at any moment. He would have to go out. On his wa
[011] ust, singing loudly and wildly. The women came out to _____ their men. Soon the circle became too large and broke
[012] gan to cry loudly. Other people heard him and came to _____ in. It became a day of mourning for Okonkwo's brother
[013] t allowed to play rough games in the moonlight, or to _____ in the dancing at Christmas. She's too soft and quiet
[014] id her mother. 'No girl likes to be kidnapped. Go and _____ in the celebrations.' Soon most of them left. But man
[015] 'Mr Grafalk would like to invite you and the lady to _____ him and Mr Phillips at his table.' Sheridan and I l
[016] le. 'I'm Niels Grafalk's niece. He's expecting me to _____ a party on his yacht.' 'Down to the wharf, then turn
[017] t,' said Isabel, 'because I'm the eldest. You two can _____ in, but I must speak first.' Lottie and Kezia said no
[018] He will challenge and receive no answer, and he will _____ the first two. This goes on until all the players are
[019] sed to see her coming towards him. 'Do you mind if I _____ you?' she asked. 'Not at all,' he answered. 'I just t
[020] e going home. Perhaps his friend the chairman would _____ him. Sitting there alone with his beer, he heard the