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 )
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
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2. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] and unwomanly .... She had the opportunity that few _____ women can resist, of showing her superiority in argu
[002] ould give me the facts, and not as a rule by playing _____ tricks. One day I tired of following the Hetman's
[003] hallenge with a few phrases of their begging song; a _____ naturalistic touch is Varlaam's labored reading of t
[004] stor. There are some even now. What about that dear, _____ Mr. Thynne? I am sure he is in raptures". "Poor
[005] he had two tiny rooms on the second floor. She was a _____ girl, a most efficient secretary. She let him come a
[006] of hot coffee, and that this unpretentious, moving, _____ , bitter slice of life was the greatest thing to happ
[007] eet-Porter does the talking, while her architect, the _____ Piers Gough, seems unnaturally quiet. This cannot be
[008] tainable; nothing particularly talented, beautiful or _____ about her, just a pleasant- looking girl-next-door wh
[009] ere to be commended: a good voice, pleasant melodies, _____ arrangements and, in among the depression, some ligh
[010] ue goal of the season. The second was altogether more _____ : McDonald isolated and an offside trap jammed by a p
[011] second half when Gary Crosby, chasing Nigel Clough's _____ pass, swept past Chris Hutchings and poked the ball
[012] piercing eyes, a serious mouth, the physiognomy of a _____ man of the military school. He was one of those engi
3. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] tution which professes to be "national". I must _____ that I prefer the Liberal who is personally affected
[002] pless in that sense I can never be again. However, I _____ my hope that I will be innocent again, not with a pr
[003] us Christ has provided a way of escape for those who _____ their sins and accept salvation. There are mill
[004] d on the experience of conversion. Try as I might to _____ my sins and accept salvation, no answer came to me f
[005] in the church of St. Cecilia in Trastevere. I had to _____ that I had missed these frescoes, recently discovere
[006] d. The pessimism of the young is defiant, anxious to _____ or even exaggerate its ostensible gloom, and so exub
[007] ging the general subject, I take this opportunity to _____ that I am troubled by doubts, not only about pacifis
[008] of, to go to John, grovel and beg understanding? To _____ with a canvas chair as a prie-dieu, gouging at his h
[009] s; under the circumstances I was only too willing to _____ all. I was nearly thirty at the time. I went to
[010] peculiarly his own. It was simply his necessity to _____ which had made him write and keep this thing. "You'v
[011] tation of British rugby," said Rob Andrew, who would _____ to being third- choice captain (after Finlay Calder's
[012] the lake, after his struggle with the dugong?" "No! I _____ , not at all," replied Pencroft, "and the wound which
4. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] ones with crisper skin and creamier filling, and the _____ on almost every pasta is lighter, more appealing. Mi
[002] which were placed a reamed lemon half filled with soy _____ and "flowers " of carved radishes and carrots. Entre
[003] ker than the other, needed more cooking. Tart cherry _____ with a touch of cassis brought up the gamey flavor o
[004] od business, such as the French BSN's purchase of HP _____ and Lea &Perrins from Hanson, a figure of between £
[005] ice, two minced hard-boiled eggs, some buttery white _____ done with cream, cayenne, pepper, salt, a pinch of c
[006] hen roasted or boiled, and served with this original _____ : #WRIGHT'S DEVIL
[007] : #WRIGHT'S DEVIL _____ # Put into a saucepan a cupful of the baked ham gravy
[008] minutes longer. ## Every winter a kegful of this _____ was made and placed at the end of a row of four othe
[009] salad, preparing garlic bread, or making a marinade _____ , ahead of time. When you start the outdoor performan
[010] w more than you need. You will discover you keep the _____ for basting meat in one, use six for drinks, serve s
[011] ayonnaise- plus a few extras, such as tangy barbecue _____ , chive cream cheese, or horse-radish for the brave o
[012] mouths watering! _JIFFY BARBECUES_ 1 cup chili _____ 1/3 cup water 1 tablespoon barbecue
5. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] o which freehand drawing began to creep. Wavy lines, _____ -like patterns, rosettes of indefinitely floral natur
[002] ed by Meg Ryan). This is La Danza de la Pluma or the _____ Dance, the traditional climax to the Guelaguetza, an
[003] and at peace. #@# It had begun with the blue jay _____ . Walking along the lake before breakfast, Mr. Podger
[004] the lake before breakfast, Mr. Podger had seen the _____ , and the bird that had lost it in flight. The wingin
[005] who was a straw-hat man in the summer, had worn the _____ in the band of his broad-brimmed sunshield. Would a
[006] he band of his broad-brimmed sunshield. Would a blue _____ in a man's hat make him happy all day? Hardly. But i
[007] the whole bottom has hardened, use a disk sander to _____ the edges of the cloth at the keel line and near the
[008] liberally with corrosive sublimate, applied with a _____ . Kerosene was very effective in ridding pioneer home
[009] o which freehand drawing began to creep. Wavy lines, _____ -like patterns, rosettes of indefinitely floral natur
6. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] at last. Also, he was now forty-three years old. The _____ activity of his command during the sojourn of the tr
[002] essive was the fact that although 1960 was a year of _____ business recession throughout the nation, Rhode Isla
[003] onstrated the antagonism between feeding and pain. A _____ electrical shock served as a conditioned stimulus an
[004] Missail is the straight man, not very talkative, _____ -mannered when he does speak. Varlaam is loud, rowdy,
[005] PABA. All 28 carbons of metabolite /1, (a product of _____ acid hydrolysis of /2,) arise from PABA. Metabolite
[006] lished, varying in severity from very severe to very _____ , and are intended to cover the range of practical wa
[007] n Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a _____ undercurrent of incest) who ran one of those antique
[008] puzzled by the remark, then I recalled the voice of _____ Professor Howard Griggs three years ago in a univers
[009] and anger. Only Cromwell, the giant boatswain, was _____ -mannered and respectful. He said, "Captain, may I
[010] kes no difference if he is the one. He can even be a _____ -voiced little-town guy with big-town ideas and level
[011] d stood at the entrance way to her lodge hearing the _____ commotion, the sound of hushed voices. Standing th
[012] alad) of cubed green grocer fresh crunchy cucumbers, _____ sweet onions and red tomatoes was especially impres
7. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] happiness to Miss Giles. With the Fund in hand, the _____ on the boilers had been paid; Rockefeller and Packar
[002] In our own time we have seen that the novelist's _____ to psychoanalysis has increased but that the novel i
[003] eceived a check for $300,000, enough to clear up the _____ . The check had been mailed from Chicago, the envelop
[004] scientists. English philosopher Samuel Alexander's _____ to Wordsworth and Meredith is a recent interesting e
[005] adn't been for my mother, who had a fear of being in _____ to anyone- even Alfred Alpert. In spite of his be
[006] xpert on silver mines and on the art of running into _____ . Edward Greville, born about 1565, had inherited
[007] lato's republic, and in Utopia More acknowledges his _____ to that book. We find it in that "common way of life
[008] rge of tears. Alex Poldowski- in a fashion he owed a _____ to that effete gentleman. At least Alex had told him
[009] ed. They had not only spent every cent- they were in _____ up to their necks, owing on everything they owned.
[010] nnounced that the studio "owed" the government a tax _____ in excess of eight million dollars while I, who had
[011] e body. The policy of New York, that a pre-existing _____ does not constitute a valuable consideration when app
[012] market countries are included, issuance of low-rated _____ has nearly doubled, to more than $12 billion. Most o
8. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] he terraces- eighteen in all- broad flights of steps _____ into the water or onto still more terraces barely ab
[002] ties it will incur, the isolation into which it will _____ , and the internal moral and spiritual softness that
[003] ing house are manifest to any approach that does not _____ to pure sensationalism. However, when philosophy att
[004] and crying out from the hilltops from which he could _____ as an eagle in a mad caper from the cliffs. He
[005] ral way on the reporter's plan. They had now only to _____ the mountain slopes again, and explore the soil, in
[006] verything was finished, and the settlers had only to _____ Mount Franklin to return to the Chimneys, when Pencr
[007] lateau obliquely for the space of a mile, and then to _____ to the elbow formed by the first detour of the Mercy.
[008] t the declivity did not increase, it would be easy to _____ even to the level of the sea. If then, as was probabl
[009] ts, making a detour by the river's bank, and then to _____ two hundred feet through the passage, having to clim
[010] lace the ladder, by which it would have been easy to _____ ; perhaps in their terror they had forgotten this way o
[011] or doing so had now presented itself. It was easy to _____ to the bottom of the well by employing the rope ladde
[012] r plants will be frozen!" And the sailor was about to _____ , when he was preceded by the nimble Jup, who slid do
9. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] on from scene to scene. As the first scene begins to _____ , the succeeding scene begins to appear. For a moment
[002] ant scene is a mix of brightly colored beauties that _____ with winter's first cold blasts and sturdy blooms tha
[003] ther may mean something'), an approach that begins to _____ in 'The Beautiful Room. ' Late in this second novel,
[004] h-quality newsprint paper. Such paper takes longer to _____ , requires less ink, and provides higher contrast. Wa
[005] Ford and rubber tires appeared, the railways began to _____ . The period from 1975 to 1990 was the age of the bui
[006] second delay between "speeches". Recordings will not _____ for a year even with a power failure. More than 300
[007] l probably see one of their members, likely Chrysler, _____ from the scene. What's left will be the "Big Four": G
[008] k has been wound back and the polish is beginning to _____ . The problems with the vehicle are not so much with
[009] the anger of the military, who were hoping she would _____ away as a political force. The regime is also trying
[010] ng, the sailor never left the glass. The day began to _____ , and with the day the breeze fell also. The brig's en
[011] with no rise at the end of the sentence; this is a " _____ " ending, and what you have here is a downtalking sty
[012] ination to speak at all- this last often marked by a _____ -in beginning of sentences. Interpretation, natura
10. WORDS
cape
clever
confess
debt
descend
fade
feather
lid
mild
sauce
[001] ernately hide and reveal the performer, and a girl's _____ lined with grass. Mr. Nikolais has made a distinctiv
[002] ady crossed the Equator. They were sailing round the _____ of Good Hope; the weather had turned wet and cold. A
[003] the square, a round figure muffled in a long, black _____ whisked by. John recognized Ablard Corne and called
[004] Mark were the last of the family, and there lay the _____ Ann property which had seemed to have no end, stretc
[005] neer. In fact, all the folk who lived on the back of _____ Ann, they are not just like others. There's a differ
[006] there's always been an artists' colony somewhere on _____ Ann- and each married here. They married cousins, An
[007] ould look around for some more subdued retreat, with _____ roses, maybe, at the door. He could not imagine a fl
[008] ore a skillfully sewn leather coat over which a grass _____ provided greater protection from the weather. His sho
[009] aders is devising a rescue plan for 18 communities in _____ York. This facility in making war, together with th
[010] ail, the two-lane road that loops around and through _____ Breton Highlands National Park, it takes only a glan
[011] ago, spare bits of three continents collided to form _____ Breton Island, which lingered near the Equator millio
[012] ing in Margaree Harbour, a one- lighthouse village on _____ Breton's western shore. The Cabot Trail describes a