MULTI_CONC
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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 )
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
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2. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] he despair of whips on the Santa Cruz run. One could _____ in the reflection of its French-polished panels, and
[002] before using). For galled breasts, the mother should _____ into half a cup of fresh unsalted lard enough white
[003] lled to take him to the palace, he did not bother to _____ . On the contrary, he was pleased that his face showe
[004] as a short play of tenebrous shadows. David began to _____ with great sweeping strokes. Time plays an esse
[005] on, he'd lead Rex down by the river; there he could _____ and scrub himself up for the evening. Damn it, he th
[006] t take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, _____ , clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of t
[007] ucts may be consumed by single family members (after- _____ , lipstick), consumed or used directly by two or more
[008] the scenes, meanwhile, store operators are working to _____ pennies off the cost of stocking chicken- noodle so
[009] ers were at last able to cut their hair, and also to _____ , or at least trim their beards. Herbert had none, Neb
[010] he despair of whips on the Santa Cruz run. One could _____ in the reflection of its French-polished panels, and
[011] before using). For galled breasts, the mother should _____ into half a cup of fresh unsalted lard enough white
[012] lled to take him to the palace, he did not bother to _____ . On the contrary, he was pleased that his face showe
3. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] "A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify". In the _____ to which this hymn is most often sung, "Boylston", t
[002] a million Germans in my state, and those krautheads _____ in on Father Werther every night, and if he tells th
[003] hings that were trying to push their way into him. A _____ began to whirl inside his head. One of his favorites
[004] dancing, just a little tiny dancing step to a hummed _____ that you could hardly notice, and trying to pick up
[005] point with rifle over shoulder, whistling a marching _____ . Anybody carrying anything that might hide a rifle?
[006] hed Elaine rapidly spin from one station to another, _____ in the null, then draw in a line on the chart. "We'r
[007] potato trilled neatly and sweetly as he tickled its _____ -belly. The train slowed at a road crossing, and t
[008] d previously chanted in Hebrew. They chanted a fixed _____ in time to the report of the stick. Each boy opened
[009] e the sounds he wrought resemble an ancient Japanese _____ he had once heard. During his second week at sea he
[010] house directly into living rooms across America. The _____ is a happy, bouncy one - the musical equivalent, one
[011] al fish fanciers, or electric train aficionados. You _____ not by station, frequency, or city, but by format. Li
[012] onsor an event in the nation's capital that is so in _____ with the royally provoked public appetite for the civ
4. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] the folk art of the period. They advertised harness _____ , liniments, Ball's Rubber Boots, Green River Whiskey
[002] iscovered any number of ways in which they wanted to _____ their own interview techniques; almost everyone, on
[003] l thrill out of housework. They love to dust, scrub, _____ , wax floors, move the furniture around from place to
[004] ed and mourned, but did nothing about. There was the _____ Revolution which we misunderstood and then helped gu
[005] ing she got in an American home where she learned to _____ furniture, clean corners, and work effectively in ke
[006] om Mr. Miller's window, a plain guitar with no fancy _____ . While the picture was taken, Mr. Miller's dispositi
[007] ssacks (in whose islands along the lower Dnieper the _____ novelist Sienkiewicz would one day place With Fire
[008] om the very heart of Junkerdom, to make room for the _____ Slavs whom they had enslaved and openly planned to e
[009] have them. The issue was acute because the exiled _____ Government in London, supported in the main by
[010] lly never blots a line may once in a while pause and _____ without incurring blame. But the oral poet cannot pa
[011] rei Androfski had always been the living symbol of a _____ officer. His captain was thin and haggard and his be
[012] e. "For a time I thought of trying to reach the Free _____ Forces, but one thing led to another. I got a girl i
5. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] gorous shouts. There was something indeed in this to _____ the most apathetic of men, and the settlers were not
[002] ship had rather foundered than blown up." "Does that _____ you, my boy?" asked the engineer. "Yes, captain." "A
[003] atch, as he was accustomed to do. This could not but _____ the engineer. But it might be that Ayrton was not at
6. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] low-speed situations, the distant signal is fixed at _____ . In other instances where there is no automatic bloc
[002] the hinterlands. Of course, if you want to throw all _____ to the winds and rent an Imperial or Cadillac limous
[003] ion sent from the various centers. As a word of _____ , we should be aware that in actual practice no messa
[004] er hand, the consensus of opinion is that, used with _____ and in conjunction with other types of evidence, the
[005] ed for to insure necessary support? May I add a _____ on this particular point? We do not want policy offi
[006] ve optimism early in the year to the present mood of _____ has probably been a good thing, in that it has preve
[007] zed many previous swings in the business cycle. This _____ has been particularly noticeable in a tendency of re
[008] eresting and pertinent. Also, for the present, great _____ should be exercised in the choice of an experimental
[009] d from time to time. In fact, they went so far as to _____ the writer that if he attempted to design a section
[010] on figures given in Table 2 must be interpreted with _____ since the estimate for eligible electors were made w
[011] conjunction with the LITORIGIN statement. Extreme _____ should be used, however, to avoid the conflicting us
[012] range of the light from the window. Abandoning _____ , Alec leaped out of bed and groped for the light swi
7. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] f her having been indoctrinated in childhood to feel _____ , if not guilt, for failing to behave in a manner acc
[002] school peer friends. To be different is to invite _____ and doubt; and it is better to be shamed and critici
[003] , with Miriam herself bearing the heaviest burden of _____ and pain. To get an idea of the embarrassment and
[004] gative gesture. The little official hung his head in _____ . Seeing this, his colleague at the next desk gave a
[005] aring to deport her as a vagabond, and to escape the _____ she fled to the woods for several days, returning at
[006] birth boiled up within him. "You would drive us into _____ ", he declared. The White Russians and the Ukrainians
[007] ep in the corruption of Pip's values is the unworthy _____ he feels when Estella cruelly remarks the coarseness
[008] rend. I know that I myself felt that it was a mortal _____ for a man to be torn open by a British musket ball,
[009] whose dress and walk plainly showed the lack of any _____ . Plunking themselves down on the front bench, they t
[010] dy had a good time. Once in a while they said what a _____ it was, with Granny dying, but they all agreed she w
[011] and painful desires, would cause me to lie awake in _____ , tossing with irresolution, longing to fall into a d
[012] took a big swig of his drink. It would be a colossal _____ to throw away a story like this. "I think maybe you'
8. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] a dollar a square foot. You can build this vacation _____ yourself. It is a full scale, small, but efficient h
[002] s we take you every step of the way to your vacation _____ , from choosing the proper site to applying the final
[003] camping now. There were umbrella tents, wall tents, _____ tents, station wagon tents, pup tents, Pop tents, Ba
[004] his sort of delicacy, in spite of low calorie diets, _____ cheese and hands-off-all-sweets to the contrary.
[005] iteleaf, near Aylesbury, and he showed me beside his _____ there the remains of the road on which Boadicea is s
[006] nd of the sidewalk in front of the Dellwood Cemetery _____ . The first directors of the Manchester Light and
[007] ward Laura. Amy walked- making it halfway across the _____ floor. She lost not a second, picking herself up and
[008] ee, she's on a diet. She'll eat just a pineapple and _____ cheese salad and I'm to have one with her so she won
[009] o a room in these. Now they were empty, except for a _____ across the road. Mrs. Tim Williams was about 21,
[010] rested. An old man, sitting against the wall of a _____ and waiting for the sun to find him, gave her a more
[011] tarted to move away, just as a woman came out of the _____ , a big-boned, drab-haired figure with a clean apron
[012] ater tolerance of herself. And I went back to my own _____ to live my own little patch of life. It was fog
9. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] _11)_ Ask each new member to bring his Pledge of _____ to the Reception Service. #WHAT ABOUT TRANSFERS?#
[002] of all creation is, then, the ultimate object of our _____ and the concrete norm of all moral judgment. Racial
[003] or group actions, to provide a focal point for group _____ , and to become a cohesive force for national identif
[004] accepted his platinum watch and the tributes to his _____ , and proceeded with the bigger and better Republican
[005] UST BE KEPT IN HARMONY# "What matters here is family _____ ; faith in the Buddha and staying at peace with the p
[006] interfaith good will, and a small residue of ethnic _____ . "I like the tradition", a girl said. "I like to
[007] en caused President Dickey to comment on this "place _____ " as something rather specially Hanoverian. Probab
[008] , the company failed to furnish presents to hold the _____ of the principal Indians. The lavish use of presents
[009] English colonies were far more generous, and Indian _____ turned to them. Protests from governors and intendan
[010] he country. So instead of being tests of the South's _____ , the Spanish War, the two World Wars, and the Korean
[011] the power and influence of such other claimants for _____ as the Church. The breakup of the Holy Roman Empire
[012] acular victories, the central theme being the heroic _____ of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misf
10. WORDS
astonish
caution
cottage
fork
loyalty
noon
polish
shame
shave
tune
[001] uld be recognizable. Usually back in Concord by _____ , there was just time to get partially thawed out, re
[002] fashionable town. The dinner hour there was twelve _____ . If this woman had delayed until after 11:20 to star
[003] ved wooden ceiling, can be seen Sundays (11:00-12:00 _____ ). Ask to see the modern tapestries of Paris and Rome
[004] our. His letter had suggested we meet at my hotel at _____ on Sunday, and I came into the lobby as the clock st
[005] ur of the shadow traced by a gnomon before and after _____ . As early as the /6,th century B.C. the earth was
[006] r of the mayor and occupied the city a little before _____ . On the morning of September 2 the Fourth Corps a
[007] he Ohio followed the line of Hardee's retreat. About _____ they came up with the enemy two miles from Lovejoy's
[008] kfast was tea; his dinner fell anywhere from nine to _____ ; his supper was nothing. He hadn't worn a watch or c
[009] e 153 recorded impacts occurred between midnight and _____ , and from day to day the variation of the rate was a
[010] n the porch a while. The older men would be there at _____ , and maybe rest for a time before they took their gu
[011] at all- leave this kind of thing 'way behind. Off at _____ , and she'd never come back. Never have to. Money- a
[012] rs. Anthony Payne, who had checked in a little after _____ the day before, and had not checked out together. Bu