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[001] ill see.' I would rather not ask him, if there is any _____ of his saying what you think.' Morris gave her a sad
[002] No.' Perhaps she's a special and she's imagining the _____ , he thought. I'll get them first if they come here,'
[003] again.' I was young and healthy and I was soon out of _____ . But while I lay in my bed I thought about the accid
[004] his trouble is because of Isabella! Tell Edgar I'm in _____ of becoming seriously ill. I hope it's true, I want
[005] he nursery window, before she rushed in, so that the _____ would be at its highest. A smile came to her mouth,
[006] 'Because you wouldn't leave things alone. You were a _____ from the minute you insisted Elinor had been murdered
[007] door of one of the houses. He checked the street for _____ - looking at Woods and Biko - and then ran as fast a
[008] a black football match,' Mapetla answered. 'The only _____ is that you will lose your idea that whites play the
[009] clearly frightened by the closeness of authority and _____ . Woods got out of the car and walked a little way thr
[010] to rescue her girls from this place of temptation and _____ . How typical of her, that in all her world of luxury,
[011] taken himself away from her. He must think she's in _____ if she's with him.' 'I suppose you could be right, b
[012] ant man. I don't know why. But he could be going into _____ without realizing it. My job is still to find him an
[013] at once,' said Ogilvie. 'Who are the three people in _____ ?' 'The serious case is Penelope Ashton.' There was a
[014] eded Benson to persuade Ashton that his girls were in _____ and that my department had a safe house for him in
[015] think master would have laughed, when he was in such _____ ,' she said. 'You must have been dreaming.' 'No, I wa
[016] nd nobody else, with no to make me suer.' trouble or _____ or terrible memories you, sir? I'd give my life to he
[017] 'But I'd locked her door. I would never leave you in _____ .' 'Will she go on living here, sir?' I asked. 'Oh yes
[018] Don't think about her.' 'But I'm sure your life is in _____ while she's here.' 'Don't worry, I can take care of m
[019] 'Don't worry, I can take care of myself. I'm in more _____ while Mason's in England. I live in constant fear of
[020] silence of the room was broken as people realized the _____ they were in. Someone else asked a question: 'Does th
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[001] apital, expanded its factory, broadened its investor _____ and is poised to make a big acquisition, according t
[002] contractors. Every person will be a microbusiness. I _____ this prediction on two forces. The first is economic
[003] hir in the west and Urgup in the east. Visitors often _____ themselves in or near Goreme, which lies near the ce
[004] Bay of Fundy Coast. So Annapolis Royal is the perfect _____ for day-tripping on the Fundy shore, up the Evangelin
[005] and Saugatuck Reservoirs, will generate a healthy tax _____ , about $10,000 a year in property taxes per million-d
[006] hat he said had been smuggled out of the U. S. naval _____ in Guantanamo Bay. Ortega knew that defection would
[007] hought they could get more production from the first _____ position with Darin Erstad. The two-time Gold Glove
[008] m recurred this morning, the backup data from the air _____ were relayed promptly after the initial disruption a
[009] contributed to a 4-3 Yankee defeat. But Sanchez's two- _____ throwing error at second last night, on what would h
[010] because of its healthy economy and affluent consumer _____ . But if they have a quibble, it is that Barnett, whic
[011] to 3-2. In the eighth, Ripken - who'd stranded five _____ runners in his previous two at-bats - got his 15th h
[012] ouring abroad we usually rent a house and make it our _____ so we can return to the kids each night. We're all
[013] d Italy will join them. As soon as they get to their _____ camp, Eureka, inside the Arctic Circle, they will hav
[014] n the south of England. I live near the big military _____ in Aldershot. I: What time of day was it? B: It was
[015] dislikes him. Yet the Piedmontese cardinal has a wide _____ of support. He is a former rector of both the Gregor
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[001] ovies alone, of course, especially not back to the ' _____ of the crime'. But he was away, and now she knew a th
[002] at the final preparations. Mrs Holding looked at the _____ and felt a fierce, hopeless hatred for the ship and a
[003] th my dream. My dreams usually jump suddenly from one _____ to another, and seem quite unreal. I was convinced th
[004] wished I'd brought my painting equipment with me; the _____ would make a lovely picture. BUt as I didn't have my
[005] uted. Lucilla with the senators could not believe the _____ happening in front of them. Another shocked face was
[006] iousness. I thought that he was trying to imagine the _____ . I said, 'Sometimes we sit together, after dinner per
[007] er now, at least in England.' I tried to imagine the _____ of the fight. It was probably a lonely place with cup
[008] Marcus, although he already had one. I imagined the _____ when I arrived home with my bicycle. Everyone would a
[009] 'The heat in those shops is terrible.' I imagined the _____ : Marian was in a busy bicycle shop. Everything was c
[010] hade. (I knew that a murderer likes to go back to the _____ of his crime. ) If! went there, I would certainly imag
[011] hts she had died immediately after that last terrible _____ at the huts. I did not think that she could ever go o
[012] sights. His destination was the ruined city of Troy, _____ of the legendary Trojan War, where Greeks and Asians
[013] over from Mr. Weld. The rest of the state political _____ is shifting and swirling around Mr. Cellucci, a Repub
[014] h Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow..." The _____ , filmed last winter, is one of the climaxes of the su
[015] nd as scary as it looks. From its unsettling opening _____ , in which a team of scientists tour a hospital ward f
[016] releases present Mr. Vickers in Florestan's dungeon _____ "Gott! welch Dunkel hier " ("God! what darkness here
[017] her first television commercial; it featured a staged _____ of a class being taught in a crowded bathroom. Her e
[018] viciousness of the training scenes. In one particular _____ , an instructor slams his fist into Ms. Moore's mouth
[019] has perennials and annuals, the Hamptons' restaurant _____ is a mix of brightly colored beauties that fade with
[020] and that one of the photographers was beaten at the _____ by horrified witnesses. It is possible that on so
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[001] ly marry.' So you will go off with him as soon as you _____ ?' Catherine did not like the way he said this. I cann
[002] like the way he said this. I cannot tell you until we _____ ,' she said. If I am going to lose my only child, I wo
[003] killed me when it pretended to be...' Wait until we _____ at the police station.' He led Rick to the police car
[004] ways refused to sell it; he was waiting for a girl to _____ in his life. That had never happened, not until now.
[005] I'll also organize some alarms. If he's coming, he'll _____ soon, because that's how they work. If he doesn't com
[006] e St Francis Hotel. But you won't do anything until I _____ ?' I'll sit in the room and watch Buster Friendly on t
[007] ning and on the following Sunday Charles Ashby would _____ in Southampton and nothing would stop the celebration
[008] expecting visitors and I have things to do before they _____ .' He showed me to the front door and watched until I
[009] bout the accident. Soon after that, people started to _____ . The band began to play; the hired waiters ran from t
[010] the Hotel Grunewald is only one minute away. She will _____ at six the same evening, so you can have a nice quiet
[011] ts for meeting her in Munich. Frau Arnholdt would not _____ until the evening. He listened, and then he said, 'I
[012] had arrived there the previous day. I was the last to _____ , and I was only just in time for dinner. I said 'Hul
[013] the kitchen, but he wasn't hungry. He saw the police _____ , then a doctor, then two more policemen, then a man
[014] n near Oxford, Celia Richards heard her husband's car _____ . He was very late, and dinner had been ready for a
[015] ary of the Oxford Book Club to say that he could not _____ early to meet the members before his talk on Friday.
[016] meet the members before his talk on Friday. He would _____ at ten to eight, just in time to give the talk. Eve
[017] Book Club was glad to see the light-blue Rolls Royce _____ in the car park. It was nearly p. m. , and Charles Ri
[018] ll!' shouted Joseph, as he walked out. 'If he doesn't _____ early in the morning, Heathcli will come for him!' H
[019] se today was the day the invitations were supposed to _____ from Hightree Hall. It was a relief to see that none
[020] d without any problems, as Grimes' Irish wife did not _____ to prevent it. Flossie wore a brightly coloured dress
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[001] nd he took his hands o the handles. His head hurt and _____ was running down his face. Iran cleaned it for him.
[002] The rocks they threw at him were in fact plastic, the _____ was paint, and the only pain that Mr Jarry experience
[003] And you're bleeding.' He lifted his hand and felt the _____ . You look,' the secretary went on, like Wilbur Mercer
[004] and opened the door wide. Hello!' he said. There was _____ on his face and dust in his clothes, but his eyes sho
[005] uch better.' Starting from the idea that he has Ashby _____ in him?' 'Yes. I can't believe that he isn't an Ashby
[006] sharply at Aku-nna. 'Child, you're bleeding! There's _____ on your dress.' She turned round quickly and saw the
[007] on your dress.' She turned round quickly and saw the _____ . At first she thought that she had hurt herself. The
[008] n her back, but she still felt very conscious of the _____ on her dress. Her mother's hut was a mile from the sc
[009] told her mother, but she knew she could not hide the _____ from her friends this time. Aku-nna sat on the groun
[010] hi lying on the mud floor with his mouth covered with _____ . She gave a little cry and turned to Chike. 'If you
[011] dsoe. He had crushed his wine glass in his hand and _____ was pouring on to the tablecloth. As I jumped to my f
[012] with coal. The pale brown eyes were open. There was _____ on his face and a large hole in the left side of his
[013] . I passed a hand across my eyes, expecting to find _____ . I was crying. After a while I looked at my watch. I
[014] small knife to cut up a piece of deck or carpet with _____ on it. Then I went out to the car and drove to the l
[015] here was a strong smell of cleaner, but there was no _____ . I found another hair. Perhaps the police with their
[016] the police with their equipment would be able to find _____ . With my knife, I cut a small piece of carpet from th
[017] my shirt with the knife as I ran. I cut my arm and _____ rolled down it to my hand. In the dining room I kicke
[018] he could just go out and kill someone else. There was _____ all over the place. Willie Cox said he got such a sh
[019] n he saw it, that he picked a cigarette up out of the _____ and smoked it. My word! He must have been half crazy.
[020] dust. He wore a cotton shirt and trousers; there was _____ on one of his trouser-legs. 'I can't,' said Millie,
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[001] ry happy; that is all I can say.' Townsend wants to _____ her is that what you mean?' He admires Catherine grea
[002] hat. I only say that you are the wrong kind of man to _____ my daughter.' A man who loves and admires her deeply
[003] she answered; and then, very suddenly Don't let her _____ him!' And Doctor Sloper went away with these words ri
[004] n was silent for a moment, then she smiled at Morris. _____ Catherine first, and tell him afterwards!' she cried.
[005] ng man stared at her. Do you advise me to do that? To _____ her without her father's consent?' She was a little f
[006] nt?' She was a little frightened, but went on, If you _____ Catherine, you will show my brother that he has been
[007] What did he say?' she asked. He said he is ready to _____ you any day.' Catherine made no answer to this, and a
[008] . Suddenly, however, an idea came to her. If I don't _____ before your death, I will not after,' she said. But I
[009] tell Mr Townsend when you see him again that if you _____ without my consent, I will not leave you a penny of m
[010] Catherine. Morris watched her for a moment. Will you _____ me tomorrow?' he asked, suddenly. Tomorrow?' Next w
[011] ose between us.' I have chosen you,' she said. Then _____ me next week!' She stood staring at him. Isn't there
[012] while she told Morris what her father had said. If I _____ without his consent, I shall not inherit any of his
[013] ever change his mind about disinheriting you?' If I _____ you, he will think I am not good.' Then he will never
[014] on his shoulder, you must love me very much. I will _____ you as soon as you want!' My dear good girl!' he crie
[015] her. I think you should wait for a while before you _____ ,' she told Morris. Wait until my brother is less ang
[016] ung man was very annoyed. Last week you advised me to _____ immediately!' he said. Catherine has already agreed
[017] he had seen Morris Townsend again. I think we shall _____ before very long,' she said. The Doctor looked at her
[018] r,' she cried, don't you care?' Not at all. Once you _____ , it is the same to me when, or where, or why you do i
[019] ay he spoke to her in a dierent way. Are you going to _____ in the next four or five months?' I don't know, fath
[020] iting you.' And not get married for so long?' We can _____ when you come back,' said Morris. You can buy your we
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[001] iss?' Of course she knew them. 'Well, there's a young _____ living there, Scott he's called, he's got a horse and
[002] in town this morning, the cart turned over, and this _____ Scott was thrown out. He fell in the road on the back
[003] was a horrible thing, though,' said Mr Sheridan. 'The _____ was married, too. Lived in one of those cottages dow
[004] was a sudden silence before one of them, a tall thin _____ with black hair, threw open her door. 'We invite yo
[005] r years. I used to know the husband well. A fine, big _____ . And she worked in bars on the West Coast - she was
[006] ed to her. But she didn't wave back. Not a bad young _____ , Willie Cox, but a bit too free and easy in his ways.
[007] wn with four of the farm boys, to help find the young _____ who'd murdered Mr Williamson. Such a terrible thing!
[008] dings, shot bang through the head. The young English _____ who was with the Williamsons to learn about farming h
[009] ding the plate, staring. He was Harrison, the English _____ who'd killed Mr Williamson. 'I know who you are,' she
[010] illie. 'What's that dog doing? What a fool that young _____ is with a dog here. Why doesn't he lie down and sleep
[011] discussing changes in the agricultural system with a _____ author, and Yury wandered around, listening to the bi
[012] r Maine cubed. "It looks like the Hebrides, " said a _____ I'd met on an August morning in Margaree Harbour, a o
[013] mulling a challenge to the Vice President, like his _____ Democrats Dick Gephardt and Paul Wellstone. Along wit
[014] eces like Dimitri Rotov's photo essay on his offbeat _____ Trentonians, a sculpture titled "Angst " by Brad Hof
[015] River in the American Revolution " (Lyle Stuart). A _____ of the Royal Society of Arts, he is editor emeritus o
[016] ived on the streets in San Francisco with hundreds of _____ homeless veterans, pushing a shopping cart as he cont
[017] being a suave rakehell, the much-married, 'gnome-like _____ ' simply placed advertisements for wives, counseling h
[018] icer can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from _____ officers," I said. "Police corruption cannot exist u
[019] sonify the typical reaction to Fela, as he is known, a _____ Nigerian and a chief architect of contemporary Africa
[020] . It's a lovely opportunity to do something for your _____ man. Insist that your friends join you. It's the leas
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[001] oncert pianist and he grew up in a world of music and _____ . He originally studied music but gave it up to write
[002] appeared in Italy in 1957 and won the Nobel Prize for _____ in 1958. Because of his problems with the Soviet gove
[003] s and religion. They shared the same taste in art and _____ and laughed at the same jokes. They were part of the
[004] ired at him. many things in the last ten years - from _____ , art, history, the Bible - and felt that he now under
[005] e Euripides are still performed today. Other forms of _____ were popular too. The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
[006] ng wine. They did not share other Greeks' interest in _____ , science and philosophy. Macedonia was ruled by a roy
[007] ould not hide food in them. Alexander loved music and _____ , but his favourite hobby was hunting. He hunted with
[008] the sea shapes the land. He wrote about politics and _____ . The list of his interests and achievements is extrao
[009] reek, and Egyptian gods. They were very interested in _____ , philosophy and science, and invited the most famous
[010] recklessly throws his edgy life and boundary-pushing _____ into a Cuisinart, decanting a titillatingly toxic slu
[011] s. Among these a few - mostly rebels - have produced _____ treasured independent of their political careers (th
[012] n, 'a true artistic achievement,' merging elements of _____ and pulp fiction to become a hybrid of both. That's a
[013] with nature-a recurring theme in American thought and _____ . Both men were deeply suspicious of the urban model
[014] le of Indo chic can be found in the new popularity of _____ out of India and its diaspora. Flip through a major A
[015] she's a bit too serious for me. You know, politics, _____ , human rights, things like that. Always walking arou
[016] ing ideas. I've been reading a lot of novels, classic _____ . I am on Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Hitchhiker's G
[017] all, Nietzsche. At 17, he enrolled in the Faculty of _____ and Philosophy in Bucharest, where he gained the repu
[018] tters graduated with a First in Modern Languages and _____ from Queensland University in 1952. After lecturing i
[019] eith Gordon McWatters, teacher and scholar of French _____ : born Maryborough, Queensland, Australia 7 September
[020] nthia Marsh, senior lecturer in Russian Language and _____ , says: 'I forgot my assessor was there. When you are
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[001] you ride a horse - drive a car - dive - fly a plane - _____ ?' Miss Moss read. She walked along the street, askin
[002] I never ought to draw. I drew the one she said she'd _____ me if I did. I don't care! I don't care!' The kid ha
[003] t farming had disappeared. Strange! Why would anyone _____ Mr Williamson? He was so popular. My word! What would
[004] him, after him, Sid! Catch him, Willie! Go on, go on! _____ him down!
[005] him down! _____ him!' The Lady's Maid Eleven o'clock. A knock at the
[006] therine. If I meet Edgar Linton or his servants, I'll _____ them. But don't you think it'd be better to avoid a f
[007] He went crazy and ran at Curtis, and Curtis had to _____ him. Then the woman went mad and ran at Curtis, and C
[008] for more than twenty five years. 'They're going to _____ Curtis full of electricity next Saturday, Mr Nudger,
[009] g for a long time. Then she said, 'I didn't want to _____ that old man, but he didn't leave me any choffice. Th
[010] ooked at the inquest. I was afraid he might - well, _____ himself.' 'You couldn't stop it, standing outside,' I
[011] ew he was on the way back. Fred had lifted his gun to _____ me when he grabbed him. Suddenly I found I was crying
[012] azy Susan NANCY PICKARD I want you to teach me how to _____ a gun,' Susan Carpenter said to her husband at break
[013] e said. 'I'm as strong as you, and quicker, and I can _____ .' We hurried on. Occasionally dark figures moved on
[014] get out, because I've only got one leg - but I could _____ as good as anybody, if only I had something to
[015] as good as anybody, if only I had something to _____ with.' 'You can do something for me,' I said. 'You ca
[016] et every man and every gun you can find down there. _____ at the boat from the roofs if you can. When the bandi
[017] roofs if you can. When the bandit's car comes down, _____ into it. You'll do better from the buildings than fr
[018] t. She had given him the gun so that he could either _____ his way out, or get himself killed trying. Flippo to
[019] is broken. You can't run after me. You pretend you'll _____ me, but I don't believe you.' She looked over her sh
[020] -like arms. Madmen!' cried Philbrick. This is where I _____ !' I refuse to believe the evidence of my own eyes,' s