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[001] d the countryside he looked for a good place for this _____ , but could find none on Latchetts land. He thought o
[002] iting moments . When he arrived at her house for his _____ last Wednesday afternoon the front door was locked,
[003] ied hard to concentrate on Kafka for the rest of the _____ . That was a week ago. He had been looking forward to
[004] s a week ago. He had been looking forward to his. 30 _____ with her today, but at about 7. 30 this morning a l
[005] I'm sorry but I won't be able to see you for our usual _____ today. Go on reading Kafka - you'll discover what a
[006] to ask a direct question. 'Were you going to have a _____ with Miss Scott the day she killed herself?' He did
[007] Anne on the day of her death, cancelling his German _____ , had been delivered to his house by hand. At the next
[008] ou lied to me. You told me Miss Scott cancelled your _____ the week before she died. That's not true. You got h
[009] e a note to Edward Murdoch, cancelling his Wednesday _____ . In the morning she received a letter from the Jeric
[010] elf on Wednesday morning, why had she cancelled her _____ with Edward, the evening before? Another strange thin
[011] erely J. Burkitt (Manager) So she cancelled Edward's _____ because she was expecting men from the curtain compa
[012] e break. By the time the bell rang for the end of the _____ , Clutterbuck had written sixteen pages, and was given
[013] organ in the village church. It was his second music _____ with Paul. Do you know, sir, the fifth year really
[014] ater Beste-Chetwynde and Paul were having their organ _____ in Llanabba village church. I don't think I played th
[015] ins.' They went back inside to begin another spelling _____ . As the last of the guests departed, Mrs Beste-Chetwy
[016] hap. All I can say is, it was time the Governor had a _____ . It's all his fault.' It might easily have been one o
[017] a bench near the door, with my slate. 'Put away the _____ books and fetch the supper trays!' called Miss Mille
[018] Oliver together. Every day St John taught one Bible _____ at the school, and Miss Oliver, who knew her power ov
[019] you, dearest, loveliest Elizabeth, had not taught me a _____ . I owe you a great deal for that.' 'And I, how soon I
[020] er going to say? She tried to concentrate on her Thai _____ . Sharing troubles 'But, Mr Stanyer? Forty-six per ce
[021] omorrow Mr Stanyer wants me to have my first private _____ . But we can start next week' That's agreed then,' sai
[022] r Stanyer had said he would want the money after each _____ , twice a week. Without good results in English, she c
[023] wo policemen entered the classroom during her English _____ . One was fat, his stomach tight in his brown uniform,
[024] es and the amounts she paid to Mr Stanyer after each ' _____ '. She would only spend what she needed to. She felt v
[025] er gave her from the workbook at the beginning of the _____ , and then when he went to 'make a telephone call', sh
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[001] lis there is a path which is a short way down to the _____ .' 'The
[002] .' 'The _____ ? You mean ' 'Patrick was running away. That's what th
[003] ent to Le Havre and worked on a ship that was leaving _____ . I didn't have a passport, you see. That made it diic
[004] ? Who says so?' 'He does. And the captain of Westover _____ says that a ship called the Ira Jones did leave West
[005] , just where the path from Tanbitches led down to the _____ at Westover. There was a note in the pocket of the j
[006] he evidence which would prove it. He went down to the _____ and found a shop where he bought a long piece of rop
[007] nning shoes and did eight kilometres around Belmont _____ and back. I had breakfast, picked up the Lynx from th
[008] he water is too shallow here. I keep my yacht at the _____ in Lake Blu.' I sat down and Grafalk brought me a gla
[009] early the next morning. I ran slowly over to Belmont _____ and back. I only did three kilometres instead of my
[010] Road and turned left, following the road up to the _____ . A guard was on duty at the entrance. I gave him a br
[011] afraid, aren't going to be with us when we return to _____ . So you won't.' He was trying to frighten me and suc
[012] He was tall with short grey hair. From the top of the _____ building Monika and Lars watched cars drive onto the
[013] driver stays with the coach.' Monika and Lars left the _____ building and went on to the ferry. They met the other
[014] d coach floor of the ferry. When the ferry leaves the _____ , the doors to the car and coach floor will be locked,
[015] this is the key for Dolphin Cottage. Go down to the _____ , turn right and follow that little road shoulder unti
[016] m with the fishermen trying to get up and down to the _____ in their vans, and visitors parking on the streets. S
[017] when the sea was rough and the waves crashed over the _____ wall. It was impossible then for any of the fishermen
[018] e wind. The tiny garden at the front looked over the _____ . 'I can't believe our luck. Can you imagine anything
[019] metres above the sea, looking back down onto Polreath _____ . It was a wonderful view - one he felt he'd always re
[020] r. There were one or two people on their boats in the _____ , including a blond-haired man. 'I wonder if that's Tr
[021] an,' thought Stephen. He watched the activity in the _____ and slowly the tightness in his stomach started to go
[022] k back along the path when he heard voffices from the _____ below. He turned and saw a dark-haired man standing a
[023] t him! And he watched as the two small boats left the _____ . When he got back to Dolphin Cottage with some fresh
[024] is like.' Stephen told her about the argument in the _____ , and how he was sure one of the men was Tristan, but
[025] s, looking at everything. Most of the houses near the _____ were like theirs - old stone cottages. There were one
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[001] enthusiastically. 'I knew that he would. Isn't he a _____ old boy!' '
[002] old boy!' ' _____ ,' I agreed. 5 'This is his last season, you know. His
[003] thing ends, doesn't it, old boy? But today it's been _____ .' I went into the weighing room and her words came wi
[004] came with me: everything ends, but today it's been _____ . Ten years had been
[005] . Ten years had been _____ , but everything ends. Life changes, everything ends.
[006] being held in Godmere, a town near Beershorn, in the _____ Hotel there. Flora's driver stopped near the main en
[007] t is that man who sees a beautiful woman descending a _____ staircase', and did Flora not have both these things
[008] That's my good boy,' the old woman murmured. 'But how _____ you are tonight! What's all this?' And she pulled at
[009] I don't know anything about art, and I haven't met any _____ people, and I don't wear expensive clothes, but up to
[010] he was unshaven, but there was still something of the _____ manner about him. Thought I'd be seeing you soon,' he
[011] e was, of course, something to be taken away from the _____ total - a matter of 2,310. SURVIVAL As the bus drove
[012] nts him to marry Miss Darcy. We aren't rich enough or _____ enough for them, and she is eager to have a family c
[013] said. Sitting at the long table in Mr Grisman's very _____ office were three other men in suits. By the door Mr
[014] ttractive.' I looked away, suddenly feeling nervous. _____ ideas about the sense of spending some time on my own
[015] have been here and I think I should go back to see my _____ mother now.' It was a long I walk to Highbury and Em
[016] family of Markel who had been the chief servant at the _____ home of Alexander Alexandrovich Gromeko - Tonya's hom
[017] 120 of her closest friends to a private dinner on the _____ promenade of Avery Fisher Hall. What better way to h
[018] Fundy shore, up the Evangeline Trail to Wolfville and _____ Pre, and, in fact, across the peninsula to Lunenberg
[019] of those things. And it was special enough to win the _____ prize in the 11th annual Jersey Fresh Dairy Recipe C
[020] ment despite a rule preventing girls from playing in _____ Slam events until they are 16, was the star of the ev
[021] rate Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg. The Los Angeles _____ Prix sputtered to a start Saturday as construction cr
[022] '50s, was considered the West Coast's answer to the _____ Ole Opry. Moore was born on a livestock farm in Algon
[023] rr, had appealed a lower court's refusal to enforce a _____ jury's subpoena for James Hamilton's notes, arguing t
[024] ence statements that Harris made to detectives and a _____ jury before he was slain. Harris, 19, of Southeast W
[025] police a videotaped statement and testified before a _____ jury, saying he was with Hager when Hager allegedly
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[001] her prisoner a small figure of Mapetla hanging from a _____ .' Woods sank back in his chair, overcome by this exam
[002] I sometimes feel as if you and I were connected by a _____ tying our two hearts together, and if you went to Ir
[003] ts together, and if you went to Ireland, I think that _____ might break and I might bleed to death.' I wish ...
[004] or six red sticks around his waist, tied there with _____ . 1 had never seen dynamite before, but they looked li
[005] tomin will play Beethoven's piano music; the Guarneri _____ Quartet and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio will
[006] tion only Haydn, with his hundred-plus symphonies, 67 _____ quartets, 50-odd piano sonatas, 20 operas and thousan
[007] tivity and participation.' He is wearing a fake-fur G- _____ , rubber boots and a Mickey Mouse mask. ** NOW REAL
[008] them look 'interesting'. Boys and girls alike wore a _____ of beads around their necks. They used to wear flar
[009] ght. They had no fishing net, but they had a piece of _____ they used as a fishing line, and a machine to make s
[010] e's a revival of the stage adaptation on the cards, a _____ of Ginger Man pubs springing up across the States and
[011] a well-regarded contributor to the New Yorker with a _____ of credits for book and CD covers. They collaborated
[012] the choral work Scale (1988) and the delicate Second _____ Quartet (1986) revealed a more intimate side to his
[013] pital's turnstile, with half a golden coin tied to a _____ round her neck. Two years later, a couple arrived to
[014] her prisoner a small figure of Mapetla hanging from a _____ .' Woods sank back in his chair, overcome by this exam
[015] I sometimes feel as if you and I were connected by a _____ tying our two hearts together, and if you went to Ir
[016] ts together, and if you went to Ireland, I think that _____ might break and I might bleed to death.' I wish ...
[017] or six red sticks around his waist, tied there with _____ . 1 had never seen dynamite before, but they looked li
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[001] at. They stared across the fields, where the Logans' _____ were eating grass. What were the little Kelveys thin
[002] u draw? Leave your ear alone!' 'Pictures.' 'What of? _____ and sheep?' 'Everything. I'll draw you when you're go
[003] the animals were kept - cowsheds for the thin, bony _____ , stables for the horses, and a separate, windowless s
[004] old grey head rested against the side of one of the _____ , whose name was Careless. As he milked her, his fing
[005] water, hung in the thick, damp air. The three other _____ , Pointless, Aimless, and Hopeless, were waiting, with
[006] uddenly a shadow fell across the door. At once all the _____ lifted their heads, and Adam stood up fearfully. 'A
[007] thoughts, he went slowly to the cowshed, and led the _____ out to the field. He did not notice that Hopeless's l
[008] ! Shame on 'ee, counting every mouthful o' grass the _____ eat! Who should know the dumb creatures better than m
[009] ling of seeds into green plants, the smell and cry of _____ ... They were his, all his . . . 'Here is your tea,'
[010] spring... Rubbing the walls of my house like sleepy _____ ... in am sleepy myself... The spring is coming... Wh
[011] ave a farm without sheds (for wood, tools, bicycles, _____ , the garden), and where there are sheds, things are
[012] ben's face went a dull red. 'in don't mean, with the _____ ,' Flora added. 'in meant simply for air and exercise.
[013] and live at Hightree Hall with us and look after our _____ . May he?' 'Of course, my dear,' said Aunt Ada generou
[014] otel near the beach at La Ceiba. The beach was dirty. _____ walked on it. There were small houses close to the wa
[015] from the hills later in the evening. We talked about _____ and sheep and markets, and I tried to remember some o
[016] at. They stared across the fields, where the Logans' _____ were eating grass. What were the little Kelveys thin
[017] u draw? Leave your ear alone!' 'Pictures.' 'What of? _____ and sheep?' 'Everything. I'll draw you when you're go
[018] the animals were kept - cowsheds for the thin, bony _____ , stables for the horses, and a separate, windowless s
[019] old grey head rested against the side of one of the _____ , whose name was Careless. As he milked her, his fing
[020] water, hung in the thick, damp air. The three other _____ , Pointless, Aimless, and Hopeless, were waiting, with
[021] uddenly a shadow fell across the door. At once all the _____ lifted their heads, and Adam stood up fearfully. 'A
[022] thoughts, he went slowly to the cowshed, and led the _____ out to the field. He did not notice that Hopeless's l
[023] ! Shame on 'ee, counting every mouthful o' grass the _____ eat! Who should know the dumb creatures better than m
[024] ling of seeds into green plants, the smell and cry of _____ ... They were his, all his . . . 'Here is your tea,'
[025] spring... Rubbing the walls of my house like sleepy _____ ... in am sleepy myself... The spring is coming... Wh
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[001] s a diicult time for those responsible for university _____ . In fact, it is not accurate to call this an annual e
[002] 't hurt much,' said the boy, and went out. There's no _____ in the place,' said Grimes, and then he went out too.
[003] dergast. A nasty little boy, if ever there was one.' _____ w All the boys and masters were required to attend p
[004] !' What's the matter, Prendy? Doubts again?' No, no, _____ , my old trouble. Criminals are just as bad as boys, I
[005] ef Warder has said some very stern things to me about _____ .' At this moment a warder's face appeared at the smal
[006] yed the beautiful summer weather, with no lessons or _____ at all. Helen Burns could not come walking with me, b
[007] anything for long, as she was clearly not used to the _____ of lessons. One day I took the opportunity of asking
[008] r's philosophy: that dance should always be fun, that _____ does not mean drudgery and that there is no call for
[009] icient means for inculcating in the young a sense of _____ and responsibility. (Which is why, in accordance with
[010] nt of it all is. You know, I miss the direction and _____ that work gives you. So I just take each day as it co
[011] There are about forty pupils in each classroom, and _____ is quite strict. Students never speak without permis
[012] el, and physical exercise as a means of learning self- _____ . But attitudes have changed. Inter-church leagues fo
[013] wonderful',' says Robert, a pathologist who finds the _____ of translation surprisingly congenial. 'My wife's ver
[014] m. He was very complicated, found it hard to sustain _____ , but then there was a whole lot of things that went i
[015] tugal. Britain is unusual, too, in seeing maintaining _____ as a top priority, though Finland, France and the Un
[016] ial visits or work experience in the local community. _____ is a big question for many parents. Watch the way pup
[017] ncentrate more on the next one. The problem is self- _____ , which has never been my strong point - it might be t
[018] s a diicult time for those responsible for university _____ . In fact, it is not accurate to call this an annual e
[019] 't hurt much,' said the boy, and went out. There's no _____ in the place,' said Grimes, and then he went out too.
[020] dergast. A nasty little boy, if ever there was one.' _____ w All the boys and masters were required to attend p
[021] !' What's the matter, Prendy? Doubts again?' No, no, _____ , my old trouble. Criminals are just as bad as boys, I
[022] ef Warder has said some very stern things to me about _____ .' At this moment a warder's face appeared at the smal
[023] yed the beautiful summer weather, with no lessons or _____ at all. Helen Burns could not come walking with me, b
[024] anything for long, as she was clearly not used to the _____ of lessons. One day I took the opportunity of asking
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[001] ora Grain and got Phillips's address from Janet. My _____ company had provided me with another car, a Chevette,
[002] e a chicken sandwich at a little bar behind the Ajax _____ Company building. Then I went into the Ajax building
[003] er Ferrant had come over from London to deal with the _____ problems of the Lucella. 'I may have some informati
[004] usiastic. 'Now we'll see the whole picture: workers' _____ and cargo
[005] and cargo _____ as well as the ship
[006] as well as the ship _____ which I deal with. You go through the workers'
[007] which I deal with. You go through the workers' _____ files and find out how many people sail for him ever
[008] en we can guess his costs. I'll go through the cargo _____ files and see how much he's earning.' I sat down at
[009] wished I could blow up all my ships and collect the _____ . Then I had a better idea. Get rid of the Lucella and
[010] 'No, my dear. That won't do. The president of Ajax _____ Company came to visit me two days ago with an extraor
[011] . And we were attacked and burnt out of our houses as _____ . Strelnikov won't have any more trouble in this distr
[012] price-earnings ratios, especially in the oil, paper, _____ and specialty retail sectors. "We think buying cons
[013] a former accountant with a major firm who now sells _____ as an independent broker from a midtown Manhattan of
[014] t instead of the code for Medi-Cal, the state medical _____ agency that she believed would pay the bill. The upsh
[015] seven-foot copper pole. ") I then bought a special _____ policy to protect my equipment from the ravages of th
[016] places severe restrictions - like astronomically high _____ premiums - on the ownership of specific breeds like
[017] are torture). WE are often reminded by health care, _____ , and risk management experts that managed care is the
[018] residents and merchants, led by the owner of a local _____ agency, says Old Town is the last stronghold in this
[019] and a degree from George Mason University in Hispanic _____ agency studies, an interdisciplinary major he concoc
[020] pension and retirement savings plans, not to mention _____ against ill health, disability and death. When you li
[021] hearing Terry's work. When you ask about things like _____ , you will hear his worries. ''For the self-employed,
[022] k on, but it would be ugly.' Bill Conroy, a Riverdale _____ agent, suggested another money-saving maneuver: Shop
[023] with high deductibles -how much you pay before your _____ kicks in -and high co-
[024] kicks in -and high co- _____ rates. The latter means that even after the
[025] rates. The latter means that even after the _____ starts paying, you pay a higher percentage yourself.
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[001] into bed with him and become pregnant. Her father, a _____ man, refused to see her ever again, and died soon a
[002] ly. But at the moment the Government rules are rather _____ . For the first four weeks you'll have to stay alone i
[003] ruel to you!' I burst out. 'Cruel? Not at all. She is _____ and she sees my faults.' 'If I were you, I'd hate her
[004] s Scatcherd is right to scold me.' 'Is Miss Temple as _____ as that?' I asked. A soft smile passed over Helen's n
[005] is body. He was strong and healthy as a result of the _____ training he did every morning. His training program w
[006] r, and relations between the classes were governed by _____ rules. Certain behaviour was unacceptable and if the
[007] tay seafood industry was battered by bad weather and _____ new fishing regulations. 'Now I think we're facing tw
[008] ty pupils in each classroom, and discipline is quite _____ . Students never speak without permission - they put
[009] by Catholic nuns in Ireland and at 17 joined the very _____ St Clare order of nuns. These nuns are so
[010] St Clare order of nuns. These nuns are so _____ that they never go out, laugh, or even speak unless
[011] into bed with him and become pregnant. Her father, a _____ man, refused to see her ever again, and died soon a
[012] ly. But at the moment the Government rules are rather _____ . For the first four weeks you'll have to stay alone i
[013] ruel to you!' I burst out. 'Cruel? Not at all. She is _____ and she sees my faults.' 'If I were you, I'd hate her
[014] s Scatcherd is right to scold me.' 'Is Miss Temple as _____ as that?' I asked. A soft smile passed over Helen's n
[015] is body. He was strong and healthy as a result of the _____ training he did every morning. His training program w
[016] r, and relations between the classes were governed by _____ rules. Certain behaviour was unacceptable and if the
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[001] we began to talk. George told us about something very _____ that happened to his father once . . When he was yo
[002] so quickly. I tried to make him see that it was very _____ , but he did not agree with me. After that, it was ti
[003] y serious young man - quite unable, sadly, to see the _____ side of anything, but at the same time very brave and
[004] am looked on and was well satisfied with the result. ' _____ ,' he said, 'if any Ashby was going to earn his living
[005] y laughed. Only sometimes, when she told him about a _____ little cat she once had, who used to scratch and pret
[006] Oh!' cried the girls. 'Isn't he a scream? Isn't he too _____ ?' A dark girl with a sad face touched Miss Moss on th
[007] eet and round the corner. Oh dear, I must have looked _____ , with my hand rolled up in my skirt and my hair stick
[008] tart. . Oh yes - once I felt like a child! That was - _____ ! It was like this. My lady had her two little nieces
[009] ounger. But I never did. He had a little flower-shop. _____ , wasn't it? I've always loved flowers. We were having
[010] ' 'No hurry, sir. It's not really important. But it's _____ , you know, people's memory of events often changes
[011] im and rushed up to kiss him. Then she laughed. 'How _____ and black and cross you look! But that's because I'm
[012] rying to read to himself sometimes and it's extremely _____ ! He makes some terrible mistakes!' After a moment's s
[013] or me.' Mrs Christiansen looked surprised. 'You are a _____ girl, Lucille! You want to be with the children day
[014] at the kind of joke other people didn't think at all _____ , and going for country walks, and not being asked to
[015] choffice,' said Flora, with approval. 'He has such a _____ little nose.' Later that evening they all drove away
[016] But it's not a good idea to tell everyone about that. _____ thing, but I feel I can trust you. I think we're goin
[017] of term I've seen for two years,' he said dreamily. _____ thing, I can always manage all right for about six we
[018] een telling you about his Doubts?' Yes,' said Paul. _____ thing,' said Grimes, but I've never been worried in t
[019] lled Line.' No, sir, I'm Line. He's just trying to be _____ .' Me trying to be
[020] .' Me trying to be _____ ! Please, sir, I'm Line, really I am.' Well, if it com
[021] y keen on poems when I was younger love and all that. _____ how one grows out of that sort of thing.' Inside the
[022] aying his bill. Been doing this all over the country. _____ thing is, I think he really believes his own story.'
[023] est Rolls Royce was waiting outside the hotel. It's a _____ thing,' said the best man. No one could have guessed
[024] ir's pink face showed amazement. Good God! How damned _____ ! At least it would be, at any other time.' But Peter,
[025] avers?' Yes. He's called Lord Metroland now.' What a _____ name!' They walked back to the villa together. I thou