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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.
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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
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2. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] lood-specked, with the village burning about him and _____ exploding. CHAIRS SCRAPED BACK and customers hast
[002] t. But in the 18th and 19th centuries, collectors of _____ , fossils, minerals and curious bits of bone, like Sir
[003] ank because I'm small. I could pick up those 90-pound _____ without any trouble. ' The Navy has the most opportun
[004] urned to death there in a blaze ignited by artillery _____ from their own side. If Syria proves supportive, he s
[005] hmer Rouge were bombarding the town with up to 1,000 _____ a day. But reporters who visited Pailin last week fou
[006] staken in this instance. These lithodomes were oblong _____ , suspended in clusters and adhering very tightly to
[007] never to have been visited by a human creature. The _____ , those which the sea had not reached, and which migh
[008] ran to the beach and returned with two large bivalve _____ . The sailor concocted something which he introduced b
[009] t to the islet. The beach was strewn with innumerable _____ , some of which would have rejoiced the heart of a con
[010] th Mandible. Nothing could be seen there but sand and _____ , mingled with debris of lava. A few sea- birds freque
[011] he creek. A bag was filled with the crustaceae, whose _____ were of a cobalt blue. The settlers then pushed on. T
[012] g perfectly spherical turtles' eggs, with white hard _____ , the albumen of which does not coagulate as that of
3. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] he good one, or, if not always good, less frequently _____ . Their childhood would have been quite circumspect w
[002] ming and he answered, "Don't feel like it", he was _____ to tell her about being scared. But Victoria began y
[003] amounts of herbal remedies. Some people may also be _____ to substitute herbal remedies for more conventional
[004] ventual inclusion. And it ensures that Germany is not _____ to take its own steps to project stability to its ea
[005] And the way the unionized workers swept to victory _____ some analysts to rethink earlier assessments, and to
[006] al connections), might the present Prince of Wales be _____ to adopt as trenchant and unswerving a modernist arc
[007] quirers should be issuers too. However, it may yet be _____ to bend the rules to admit the two newcomers. Its pr
[008] f recouping anything from Barclaycard, many have felt _____ to play. When full details of the draw were finally
[009] sted in a tougher economic climate. They may well be _____ to take their businesses private again. ’Ä¢Business &
[010] o develop as a broadly-based leisure group, could be _____ to sell its 20 Wimpy restaurants. There is speculatio
[011] ions. As with a privatisation, small investors may be _____ by short term profits and, like Eurotunnel, the issue
[012] would generate. Without border checks, traders may be _____ to claim exemption from VAT on goods ostensibly dest
4. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] inutes before to set a new depth record for the free _____ , was already back on the surface. He and his sa
[002] you. Personally, I don't blame him for giving up the _____ , much as I regret losing the story". "Nobody's
[003] m even to wonder whether it was wise for Robinson to _____ again: Rob was his boy, the kid he had rescued from
[004] he went on, "when Rob asked me if he could make his _____ on this trip, I didn't think twice about it. I've he
[005] bridge. He was disturbed by what had happened on the _____ and by what he remembered of a conversation he had
[006] b tells me he's using your Atlantis equipment on the _____ ". "Yes", Herr Schaffner had said. "He's one
[007] like that kid". "I agree, yes". "And if the _____ goes OK he has the exclusive import rights to your
[008] told me. Why, that's his main reason for making the _____ ". Shaffner looked at him, altogether without guil
[009] the need for advertising, and I agreed that the deep _____ would be most useful for publicity. He was most eage
[010] useful for publicity. He was most eager to make the _____ ; of course, I was willing. But there was no definite
[011] be better if not. Mr. Roy is determined to make this _____ . Whatever you tell him he will
[012] . Whatever you tell him he will _____ . I know this from my talks with him". "Well, le
5. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] lasting one-two-three, one-two-three. There had been _____ parties and teas, fetes and little balls, Mama small
[002] up to connect the ship with the Base exchange. After _____ , Doc called Whitey Gresham, who was now a lieutenant
[003] rise lay people and deacons to administer the Lord's _____ . The disagreement is relatively minor. It is over whe
[004] rize lay people and deacons to administer the Lord's _____ . The disagreement is relatively minor. It is over whe
[005] now had only to make a fireplace and to prepare the _____ -- an easy task. Large flat stones were placed on the
[006] ht was to use the fire by preparing a more nourishing _____ than a dish of shell- fish. Two dozen eggs were broug
[007] seaman invited the reporter to take his share of the _____ . Such was the first repast of the castaways on this
[008] was impossible. The game constituted the only dish at _____ ; the meat was excellent, and Pencroft and Herbert, w
[009] having put up in his handkerchief the remains of the _____ . The storm was then in all its violence, and perhaps
[010] that they could not now appeal to his ingenuity. The _____ must necessarily be very meager. In fact, all the gr
[011] refully covered him with their coats and waistcoats. _____ , this evening, was of course composed of the inevita
[012] some dozens of the stone- pine almonds formed their _____ . It was not half-past six when all was finished. Cyru
6. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] are" much as Mrs. Whipsnade spoke of "the Queen, God _____ her". ... He, with fifteen or twenty horses or mares
[002] eating breakfast. "We beseech thee, Lord Gord, to _____ this food"- that was Victoria saying grace while the
[003] At least, we were together and we had Mrs. Hodges, _____ her, to look after us- no mother could be fonder of
[004] but the perforation of this organ is not fatal." "God _____ you!" answered Pencroft. As may be believed, during
[005] eyes of the dying man. "My child," he said, "may God _____ you!" Chapter 17 Day had returned. No ray of light p
[006] , that most people are noble, helpful and good. _____ you my friends, for it is through love and service t
[007] glas. But when you write to Congresswoman Church, _____ her heart, your letter is answered fully and complet
[008] history and to do so in such fashion that God could _____ it. Later in the century the dream again found expre
[009] s in people, and strength and love in God. May He _____ you all. HAVANA was filled with an excitement whi
[010] f these young people. So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God _____ you and keep you for many years not only for this bo
[011] and served so long. May the Divine Speaker in Heaven _____ this country with SAM RAYBURN'S continued service he
[012] are" much as Mrs. Whipsnade spoke of "the Queen, God _____ her". ... He, with fifteen or twenty horses or mares
7. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] and we all lived within walking distance of it, in _____ lodgings of one kind or another. Attending the li
[002] be so. Just then a man approached her with a tray of _____ cameos, Parker fountain pens, rosaries, papal portra
[003] lf as the bargain shopper's alternative, advertising _____ wine and beef. Publix has simply bullied its way int
[004] e was the time he bought a motorcycle because it was _____ and ended up biking to every state capital in the 48
[005] irlie Street and shouting on Walton Street and buying _____ wine and single beers at the Walton Food Market amon
[006] otal cost of the waste is minimal because kenaf is so _____ to produce. Kenaf is already being planted in quanti
[007] ica. In times when large companies are shrinking like _____ shirts and laying off staff, when such giants don't
[008] factories in northern China where there is plenty of _____ land, fresh water, and skilled farm labor available f
[009] expensive today, but within five years it will be as _____ as the first cellular phones. The MagnaPhone, a port
[010] , which means building underground is now relatively _____ , an idea whose time has come. The Taisei Corporation
[011] ntre would meet their needs. There was on its site a _____ cafe, a fish and chip shop and a low- price vegetable
[012] s from all periods of the eighteenth century, and the _____ and nasty materials used. In the end, greed, short-te
8. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] long a waiting line", Ramey answered, pretending to _____ . A few minutes later the insurance man, a road ch
[002] eness, concluding that he was the butt of a devilish _____ . Five or so minutes later the marine abruptly pul
[003] up. Unusual in a case like this, but"- "You can _____ ! Didn't you read it? She's married that tenant!"
[004] "Does it"? he asked. "Yes, perhaps. I'm supposed to _____ about things, aren't I? ... But sometimes life can b
[005] funny as Ed Wynn. But, like Caesar, he has only one _____ , so far as I can find out. It consists in saying, 'T
[006] e General Motors Corporation, thought the idea was a _____ at first. After all, Camrys and Accords are synonymo
[007] l act, with its slow playing out of Scarpia's macabre _____ , is beyond redemption dramatically; but how, pray, doe
[008] radbury and David Lodge, it may yet turn out to be a _____ played by Bradbury. Lodge, an amusing and amiable 54
[009] to disarm your critics is to make em laugh, but the _____ has been wearing a bit thin, and it was with some re
[010] confidence, even gaily, Pencroft always having some _____ to crack, sometimes carpenter, sometimes rope- maker
[011] way up, that was impossible in the dark. "If it is a _____ ," cried Pencroft, "it is a very stupid one! To come h
[012] fled even their intelligence and experience. "It is a _____ ," said Pencroft; "it is a trick some one has played us
9. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] was accomplished was adding Mrs. Beige's tray to the _____ pile, and by means of repeated threats, on an ascend
[002] calamari is the standout appetizer. This often-dreary _____ is a crowd pleaser here. The crisply fried rings do
[003] e. A new learner fortunate enough to have a satellite _____ can access more information in one evening than all
[004] system that connects to VCRs, camcorders, a satellite _____ , or cable TV. The viewer perceives a big-screen TV im
[005] g broadcast, taped, picked up on your home satellite _____ , or sent via your local cable channel can be easily s
[006] of the magnetic field directs the flow. A fluid in a _____ can jump out toward a nearby magnet! If an object he
[007] you're living next door to the transmitter). Present _____ size is about that of a cafeteria serving tray. Other
[008] 90 gigahertz range, now in the test stage, will use a _____ the size of a dinner plate and later still the size o
[009] oof of the "farm" by a device, similar to a satellite _____ , that tracks the sun. Fresnel lenses collect and inte
[010] der from an attach_ case containing a small satellite _____ and transmitter, while more senior news network repor
[011] elieved to watch CNN in Canada via private satellite _____ than watch CBC Newsworld. CNN goes into fifty-five m
[012] digitizing my television signals from stick antennas, _____ , and cable connection and throwing them on my compute
10. WORDS
anxious
bless
cheap
dish
dive
flame
joke
shells
supper
tempted
[001] dge them. I heard a cry from a stoker as a pillar of _____ leaped from a hatch and tongued the man's bare back.
[002] like a ringing in his ears, he heard the wooooosh of _____ -throwers squirting great orange billows. A wave of
[003] -throwers squirting great orange billows. A wave of _____ rippling through their cave had reached Nagamo, his
[004] The marine shut his eyes. "Are you a thrower of _____ , marine"? Matsuo took the small knife from its scabb
[005] , dropping them into it, touching the little pyre to _____ , watching it curl, the red sealing wax melting and b
[006] turned to Sam. "It means so much to her. It's like a _____ , I guess", she said in a dreamy tone. But one n
[007] necessary to resort to magic to achieve a perpetual _____ . Subtlety of design and purity of ingredients were al
[008] ture in Britain is that those who could have kept the _____ alight died prematurely - McMorran in 1965, Whitby a
[009] tor and two new principals, once again headed by the _____ - haired Tosca of Mary Jane Johnson. If its dramatic f
[010] ectly. A little spluttering was heard and a tiny blue _____ sprang up, making a choking smoke. Herbert quickly t
[011] erbert quickly turned the match so as to augment the _____ , and then slipped it into the paper cone, which in a
[012] A minute later the dry wood crackled and a cheerful _____ , assisted by the vigorous blowing of the sailor, spra