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Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
Which
word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
scale
slip
stem
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2. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
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[001] r example of an economic effect that perhaps does not _____ into public consciousness for years. As of 1993, I ha
[002] g. This new wave of anonymous buildings, designed to _____ as quickly as possible through local authority planni
[003] hich Lodge gave two of his keenest preoccupations the _____ - the university, partially, and Catholicism, totally
[004] k a wicket with his first ball, Gooch trotted up from _____ and asked him, Who writes your scripts?" Whoever it w
[005] ddenly hooked the ball over his head and ran free to _____ the ball between Paul Sansome's legs. By now Spurs'
[006] ite of their guards, they might approach the balloon, _____ into the car, and then cut the cords which held it. T
[007] Granite House. At this moment the ladder was seen to _____ over the threshold, then unroll and fall to the groun
[008] immediately produced, which was transmitted from the _____ of zinc in the bottle to that in the tube, and the tw
[009] o slips having been connected by a metallic wire the _____ in the tube became the positive pole, and that in the
[010] her boasted a strip tease (carried as far as a black _____ ); a lady drunk on her hands and knees who carries th
[011] he growing numbers of youngsters, and St. Louis will _____ into second-class status. #AN EXCESS OF ZEAL# Many
[012] make even thickness. Place clay piece A inside; use _____ to join overlapped ends together. Join B to bottom
3. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
scale
slip
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[001] oo was four years ago. First Mrs Villemin's husband's _____ , Bernard Laroche, was charged with the murder. Then
[002] last weekend and has not been heard from since, his _____ said. ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 10 891012 Soviet budget M
[003] teamster union slugger who is a buddy of Stein and a _____ of Tony Accardo, onetime gang chief; and Frank W. Pe
[004] ked on the half-mile in 2:30-:36. Riverboat (Dalzell- _____ Rachel) has gone in 2:38 h. Sam is having his troubl
[005] ing is something you can afford. Like its long-lived _____ , the refrigerator, a conditioner can be expected to
[006] headaches when an employee wants off for his fourth _____ 's funeral. Also, reserve the right to demand proof o
[007] to his recall in 1724. For two years his friend and _____ , Boisbriant, remained as acting governor and could d
[008] unger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's _____ and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy comp
[009] 592, but gave it at the request of the recorder, his _____ Sir Fulke Greville. The corporation entertained him
[010] (Thomas Greene of the Middle Temple, Shakespeare's " _____ "), Quiney tried to consult Sir Edward Coke, attorney
[011] stunned already. Most of them had seen Our American _____ before, and unless Miss Keene was on stage, there wa
[012] e of the road, not five paces from where we were. My _____ Simmons carried a musket, but he had loaded it with
4. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
scale
slip
stem
[001] uld be issuers too. However, it may yet be tempted to _____ the rules to admit the two newcomers. Its problem is
[002] n continued their exploration. The stream here made a _____ towards the south, but this detour was probably not
[003] continued to explore the bank, which, after a slight _____ , descended parallel to the shore. On this side the ba
[004] these bones, my friends; well, when it freezes, I will _____ them, and then wet them with water till they are ent
[005] oment to be lost. The colonists left the Chimneys. A _____ of the cliff prevented them from being seen by those
[006] despaired of the result. The cart was brought to the _____ of the river. There some branches, disposed as a lin
[007] age problem, no injuries and they also have Vinegar _____ Mizell for the full season, along with Bobby Shantz".
[008] bster, of Hood River, and Dr. Ennis Keizer, of North _____ , approved a year's contract for a consultant in the
[009] r, lebensraum specialist- tries to take over Catfish _____ in this third relaxed allegory from Mr. Burman's ref
[010] r. Burman ought to win a Nobel Prize for the Catfish _____ series. He may have a point in urging that decadent
[011] ds the stars in their orbits, but allows the wind to _____ a blade of grass. It is the whisper in the heart tha
[012] n the front knee is straight and locked, allow it to _____ again until you feel the bar come lightly into conta
5. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
scale
slip
stem
[001] igarettes as ever. Seventy percent say the price of a _____ of cigarettes would have to rise by more than $1 - mu
[002] . But the only thing he remembered about his friend's _____ was that it was 'shiny and big. ' That wasn't much h
[003] osting $50. There's the practical matter of finding a _____ large enough to carry books, tapes, lunch, computer
[004] lasses. The unit consists of video eyewear and a belt _____ containing a TV tuner, a battery, and an interface s
[005] tate television cameras carried in a belt or shoulder _____ . These images will be processed by a small battery-
[006] d by a small battery- powered computer system in the _____ and then displayed on the television screens. Develo
[007] ices a character he dimly remembers. Through his body- _____ radio he calls police headquarters and gets switched
[008] r the rights to the play, but "they envisaged a Brat _____ movie, packaging first and script later," and he turn
[009] British Airways was, shall we say, a bit ahead of the _____ . Even 17.8 per cent, however, was still more than dou
[010] s &Spencer retreated with the rest of the high street _____ . Mark Husson and Nick Bubb at Morgan Stanley are wor
[011] 's plan to launch 48 pounds of plutonium in the power _____ of the Galileo space probe, said it could cause a nuc
[012] etested by the increasing army of fans who continue to _____ the ground. But whatever their collective response t
6. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
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[001] thout the right attitude and the energy to go out and _____ , present- day prospectors will be like those who sat
[002] rect experience, I became part of a control group to _____ this most important territory. It couldn't have been
[003] n-air market in the shadow of old St Martin's church, _____ the curving three- storey shopping halls or snack in
[004] n climbing up the wall will indicate that you should _____ no further. But if you are in mellow frame of mind, t
[005] ad now only to descend the mountain slopes again, and _____ the soil, in the triple point of view, of its minera
[006] yet, in different parts of the forest which we shall _____ later, the creeks which afterwards will he discovered
[007] t, while Cyrus Harding and the reporter continued to _____ the islet. The sailor and the Negro cleverly performe
[008] avages with four. But, captain, will it not be best to _____ every part of the island before undertaking anything
[009] this were discovered, and the colonists continued to _____ the bank, which, after a slight bend, descended paral
[010] rushed through it, and it would doubtless be easy to _____ the interior. In a few minutes the settlers had reach
[011] ve of aquatic game. At some future time they meant to _____ it more carefully, and it was probable that some of t
[012] Cyrus." "Well, then, it is this: however minutely we _____ the island, we shall find nothing." The next day Penc
7. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
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relief
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[001] o the flowers and fruit are borne up the single main _____ . Scientists found that when the wijcik was crossed wi
[002] odel, a rotating lip goes behind the fruit, clips the _____ , and lets the fruit drop into the waiting receptacle.
[003] own as a "proceso 500," and earns 80, 000 Kwanza, To _____ the flow of MPLA party workers, state employees, and
[004] , rather than a tree, for it was composed of a single _____ , covered with a scaly bark, which bore leaves streak
[005] companion. "No, captain," replied Herbert; "but its _____ contains a flour with which nature has provided us a
[006] not mistaken!" Herbert was not mistaken: he broke the _____ of a cycas, which was composed of a glandulous tissu
[007] long, furnished with a stern-post at the stern and a _____ at the bows, lay along the sand. Cyrus Harding was not
[008] keel, seven or eight feet from the beginning of the _____ , the sides of the brig were frightfully torn. Over a
[009] f the new vessel lay along the dockyard, and soon the _____ and stern- post, mortised at each of its extremities
[010] and nailed. It is over this piece that the laminated _____ and keelson are spliced. The keelson, made of t
[011] e-inch, No. 10 screws are used in both cases. A _____ jig is next cut to the proper shape and temporarily
[012] per shape and temporarily fastened to frame one. The _____ is laminated from four pieces. Take two three-inch-w
8. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
scale
slip
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[001] his or her forebears in history. There is plenty of _____ capacity that we have not yet learned to use. The ti
[002] r Industrial Age institutions, including schools. The _____ Humans have learned more about the human
[003] Humans have learned more about the human _____ during the past decade than ever before. "Informatio
[004] s a myth. We are probably using only 1 percent of our _____ power and it's time we learned to use the other 99 p
[005] has shown us where we think (a different part of the _____ lights up when we think work rather than play). Now Q
[006] 10 the planet will be "alive". The billions of human _____ cells in each of us, connected via computer and fiber
[007] ane while en route. ’Ä¢ 5 Medicine and Biotechnology _____ Scans We know more about outer space through the use
[008] about a mysterious terrain closer to home: the human _____ . This land has its own mountains and valleys and mys
[009] gh it makes up but 2 percent of our body weight, the _____ consumes 20 percent of our energy. This strange elec
[010] (PET) scanner -- to see what is happening inside the _____ as it happens. Long a believer in direct experience,
[011] nutes for the radioactive material to collect in the _____ cells. Outwardly, the subject should appear and feel
[012] ese see inside the cranium but cannot discern if the _____ is actually functioning. They see the territory but c
9. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
pack
relief
scale
slip
stem
[001] ed" electronically? Control fluctuations in currency? _____ borders against illegal or unwanted immigrants? Preve
[002] munications. Why? Because they have no status quo to _____ , no locked- into-the-past management, no rigid unioni
[003] press the dollar, and also _ on its own account _ to _____ the weakening pound. For a start, the figures exclud
[004] the Bank of England all stepped into the markets to _____ the pound. Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister, yes
[005] highlighted the conflict between official efforts to _____ the pound and weaken the dollar. The Bank's sales of
[006] wards the rebels asked for US troops to help them to _____ the routes to the military headquarters they had sei
[007] e". The Commission is planning a last-ditch battle to _____ tax proposals which it considers essential for comple
[008] inspect state finances; constitutional guarantees to _____ the rights of ethnic and religious minorities; and a
[009] his week. Derby start 2-1 down to Cambridge and Villa _____ the same score at Wolves, where Taylor may have to t
[010] to Brighton Road Race on Sunday. Hilary Walker will _____ the women's title. ’Ä¢Sport Page 39 891004 ’Ä¢Sport i
[011] n Tuesday, both beat members of the Pakistan team who _____ the world title next week, in Singapore. Was Brett up
[012] ham and Russell, if anything more composed, made them _____ that advantage, and the Chelsea defence responded wi
10. WORDS
bend
brain
cousin
defend
explore
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relief
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[001] but it might be green or red, and it might also offer _____ from a particular allergy. The technique of transferr
[002] as said the write-off against its reserves after tax _____ will have to be £185m. There had been suggestions th
[003] rsh dose of economic austerity yesterday, but said no _____ from soaring prices and food queues could be expected
[004] al margin needed and Wasps, breathing a huge sigh of _____ , were through. With victory over the Racers, Clevela
[005] ke has been wearing a bit thin, and it was with some _____ that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied o
[006] st five hits over eight innings, before giving way to _____ pitcher, Dennis Eckersley. Toronto had scored on a s
[007] y were not going to get everything their own way. Any _____ Widnes might have felt at the non- appearance of the
[008] town, so as to hasten the march of the army to their _____ . Thus Jonathan Forster accordingly conceived the idea
[009] sland was displayed under their eyes, like a plan in _____ with different tints, green for the forests, yellow f
[010] MARCH 17 ( AP)_ - Bobby Waters of Sylvania, Ga., _____ quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the Natio
[011] 237% at mid-July. KENNEDY OPPOSES any widespread _____ from a High Court depletion ruling. The Supreme
[012] raw clay alone. President Kennedy, in signing the _____ measure into law, stressed he regarded it as an exce