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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 )
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[001] t of the island. These fine animals were as large as _____ ; their horns were stronger than those of the ram, an
[002] ges them to look at it, though. He conjures herds of _____ , and wild birds crowding the air. He suggests t
[003] ough faith in my double to take it on an opening-day _____ hunt that first year. Within half an hour I jumped a
[004] e bullet had passed through a sapling. Three more _____ have fallen to this same gun, and all were one-shot
[005] ineyards and orchards also grew around Wright's, and _____ were rather a nuisance; they leaped six-foot fences
[006] Hon'ble Jonathan Greenleaf, Esquire, in Newbery, to _____ Island, and from said Island to Salisbury, would be
[007] lanned and supervised the building of the Essex, or " _____ Island" bridge although the actual work was carried
[008] abutments on the Newbury shore and the south bank of _____ Island there was one span or arch measuring 160 feet
[009] arch measuring 160 feet; between the north shore of _____ Island and the Salisbury side there was an arch of 1
[010] rive along back roads where a glimpse of small game, _____ , or even bear is not uncommon. City boys find a lot
[011] Muller, nakedly exposed at the bright window like a _____ pinned in a car's headlights, threw down the rifle a
[012] he Eden they were traversing. They came upon cheetal _____ at woodland pools. Peacocks strutted across their pa
[013] without perfume, and gaudy birds without song. Mouse _____ played around the feet of the elephants, or fled whe
[014] iot? Or maybe poling up the south fork of the Forked _____ River braving the wastes dumped in it? Maybe I saw h
[015] County where they shunpike, swim in ponds and spot _____ on the lawn at dusk. Jennie also told me about Colum
[016] layoffs last season. It's hard to believe we can hunt _____ in just two weeks as Maryland bow season opens Sept.
[017] . Virginians find Marylanders odd. 'How can you hunt _____ with green leaves still on the trees?' they ask. The
[018] the sport out of concern about wounding and losing _____ . Too many folks in my old hunt club came in from tree
[019] oing that and as a result never loosed an arrow at a _____ , despite some opportunities. But 90 percent of the
[020] both (Jim) Clay and (Larry) Coburn are confident the _____ they shoot will succumb quickly and relatively painl
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[001] een seen on the expedition to Mount Franklin, and the _____ once collected, the engineer would know how to make i
[002] not last until next winter. Skins of carnivora or the _____ of ruminants must be procured at any price, and since
[003] hes:-2 dozen shirts of a peculiar material resembling _____ , but evidently of a vegetable origin; 3 dozen stockin
[004] nen, and the inhabitants of the enclosure would yield _____ which would supply them with winter clothes. As to th
[005] d especially for the musmons, who were to supply the _____ for the settlers' winter garments. Each morning, the
[006] k would prosper, and that at no distant time not only _____ but hides would be abundant. That evening the hunters
[007] The musmons in the corral had been stripped of their _____ , and this precious textile material was now to be tr
[008] ters, mule-jenny, nor self-acting machine to spin the _____ , nor loom to weave it, was obliged to proceed in a s
[009] d to make use of the property which the filaments of _____ possess when subjected to a powerful pressure of mixi
[010] ed its power of retaining heat in proportion. Now the _____ furnished by the musmons was composed of very short
[011] inary operations, the subject of which was to rid the _____ of that fat and oily substance with which it is impre
[012] the temperature of seventy degrees, and in which the _____ was soaked for four-and- twenty hours; it was then t
[013] s in the construction of the machine for pressing the _____ ; for he knew how to turn ingeniously to profit the m
[014] fulling-mill. Nothing could be more rudimentary. The _____ was placed in troughs, and upon it fell in turns hea
[015] irected by Cyrus Harding, was a complete success. The _____ , previously impregnated with a solution of soap, inte
[016] terlacing, the compression, and the softening of the _____ , and on the other to prevent its diminution by the b
[017] felt cloth. The roughnesses with which the staple of _____ is naturally filled were so thoroughly entangled and
[018] thousand feet. They look like light pieces of cotton _____ , and their presence usually announces some sudden cha
[019] numerous by this time, had furnished an abundance of _____ necessary for the manufacture of this warm material.
[020] e the mood as does the Alexander Smith carpet in all _____ loop pile. The Vagabonds are "on the road" again.
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[001] , though Falstaff reacts as if the words were spoken _____ . Compression of this sort, practised more widely, mi
[002] postponed the hearing; Ms Petrova read the statement _____ outside the courtroom to cheers and applause from se
[003] nture!" The engineer did not neglect either to speak _____ , so as to penetrate at the same time by the organs of
[004] w not even Captain Nemo. Herbert and Pencroft sobbed _____ . Tears fell from Ayrton's eyes. Neb was on his knees
[005] dened teammates' minds by reading sensitive passages _____ during road trips. Mantle is not normally given t
[006] is senses. "I soon came back to my senses", he said, _____ , to the young blizzard, proudly, drawing himself up,
[007] em. But I told him, goddammit. "I told him", he said _____ ... They'll get the guys that done it. That'll put
[008] , coming from Ching ... "Really something", he said, _____ ... Dirty Reactionary bastards comin down here in th
[009] It was as if it had been done. "Bastards", he said _____ , spitting on them. He halted, and looked around. Riv
[010] ep, liquid eruption. Watson snorted and then laughed _____ . Exactly! The soldier's voice was muffled again
[011] break down and weep. "Oh, no, not again", he said _____ . "Not again so soon". There was a new sound, a
[012] "They found something else up there", she said half- _____ to the empty room. "They took it away, overalls or
[013] find some solution. He said: "The crazy fool", half _____ . He put the shells on the table, as though he could
[014] posture dressed in hand-woven diapers while he read _____ from Rig-Veda and an assistant guru examined their
[015] times, memorizing it. "Would you first read the poem _____ to me and then let me read it to myself"? Meredith's
[016] hate to run into him in the desert on a dark night. _____ he had said, making conversation: "Rob tells me
[017] could swim better, love my woman better. I chuckled _____ , and the mouthpiece fell out. While a hazy part o
[018] s girl keep a sweater in the refrigerator"? he mused _____ . ## Eh"? It was Mrs. Kirby, making her toilsome wa
[019] ed at assistant coaches in front of players, wondered _____ whether his team has any heart and questioned whethe
[020] eview. In a quietly riveting voice, as if remembering _____ , the Reader tells of a boyhood interlude with a woma
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[001] ging service stations. Most will carry the Campbell's _____ label as Campbell's research, under way since 1988, w
[002] tic kit to detect turf grass diseases. With Campbell _____ Company it has a joint venture to develop improved v
[003] , with titles like There's A Racial Stereotype In My _____ (Radio 4 Saturday). It's only ten years since the Co
[004] t quite understand. Civil-defence workers serving hot _____ from their mobile kitchens on Hof station have tears
[005] and the party would have been delighted to hear some _____ bubbling on the hearth, but they must wait till a po
[006] a good supper that evening. Neb prepared some agouti _____ , a smoked capybara ham, to which was added the boiled
[007] agnificent repast--the two little peccaries, kangaroo _____ , a smoked ham, stone-pine almonds, Oswego tea; in fa
[008] ved in the dining-room of Granite House. The kangaroo _____ was smoking on the table. They found it excellent. T
[009] smoking on the table. They found it excellent. To the _____ succeeded the peccaries, which Pencroft insisted on c
[010] aluable from an alimentary point of view. The turtle _____ , flavored with aromatic herbs, often gained well-merit
[011] settlers, and which enraptured Pencroft. "Jup, some _____ !" "Jup, a little agouti!" "Jup, a plate!" "Jup! Good
[012] hington, grapefruit from Florida. But plain old bean _____ , served daily since the turn of the century (at the
[013] and with vegetables from her garden was going to can _____ , broth, hash, and stew against the winter. She had d
[014] r or earthenware mugs that keep beer chilled or _____ hot. Be sure to get a few more than you need. You wi
[015] e for basting meat in one, use six for drinks, serve _____ or coffee in another half-dozen- and need one more t
[016] teria, keep an eye out for quality and price. If the _____ tastes like dishwater, your employees won't blame th
[017] eggs. The heavy meal comes in the middle of the day. _____ is often the important dish at supper. Homemade of m
[018] ks at Northampton and refresh the voyageurs with hot _____ and kisses. Dartmouth's favorite and most chara
[019] ed around six with a large pot containing enough hot _____ to last me a week. A volunteer food brigade had been
[020] the girl students, sitting by while I ate the thick _____ , asked me if I had a sleeping bag. When I informed h
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[001] of Disney hits, including "Zip-a-dee- doo- dah" and " _____ While You Work", the obligatory Disney characters we
[002] avels. However, a shocked Danish bureaucrat blew the _____ on Mr Hocke as that "refugee education fund" was onl
[003] ing 3-0 at the time, conceded two goals at the final _____ . It was immediately assumed that Robson, who had miss
[004] color rising in the air. Top was recalled by a slight _____ from his master, and the latter, signing to his compa
[005] rman carried tunnels and bridges in his pockets. The _____ of Sherman's locomotives often drowned out the rattl
[006] allen into a complete silence, listening to the wind _____ over the wings. The pilot had been good. He'd landed
[007] er arm- "so that Auntie Grace can teach it about the _____ "- and climbed into the station wagon beside her moth
[008] benighted ancestor. His bright, daylight mind would _____ away such images; they would not dare to face his sc
[009] the upper and lower ends. Many of us have used a "dog _____ ," the frequency of which is too high for us to hear b
[010] of Disney hits, including "Zip-a-dee- doo- dah" and " _____ While You Work", the obligatory Disney characters we
[011] avels. However, a shocked Danish bureaucrat blew the _____ on Mr Hocke as that "refugee education fund" was onl
[012] ing 3-0 at the time, conceded two goals at the final _____ . It was immediately assumed that Robson, who had miss
[013] color rising in the air. Top was recalled by a slight _____ from his master, and the latter, signing to his compa
[014] rman carried tunnels and bridges in his pockets. The _____ of Sherman's locomotives often drowned out the rattl
[015] allen into a complete silence, listening to the wind _____ over the wings. The pilot had been good. He'd landed
[016] er arm- "so that Auntie Grace can teach it about the _____ "- and climbed into the station wagon beside her moth
[017] benighted ancestor. His bright, daylight mind would _____ away such images; they would not dare to face his sc
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[001] shelf with jars of genetically adjusted "jungle health _____ " from Costa Rica, the latest rage. Naturally you can
[002] at in the world", echoed others, those come with the _____ , potatoes, the tomatoes, "will any of us do"? M
[003] Atlantic sea-horses that had sailed to Bari to bring _____ , bombs, and bullets to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force,
[004] Colman pours measures of whole wheat, oats, and soy _____ and turns on the motor. She goes on about her work a
[005] ns, supplemented with soybeans or dry edible peas or _____ , comprise about two-thirds or three-fourths of the d
[006] ion dollars a year. Cereal grains, oilseeds, and dry _____ and peas account for about 57 percent of the farm va
[007] niverse, she reflected dourly, impaling tender green _____ on the silver fork, than the dwindling away of a fam
[008] istence could be tasted. And indeed the young garden _____ were brackish in her mouth. She was the last li
[009] ue of the window, her jaws gently mashing the bitter _____ . What hope lay in the nephews, she asked the intensi
[010] es in the front room and serve salads and your baked _____ and brown bread and Grandma could dress like a gypsy
[011] shelf with jars of genetically adjusted "jungle health _____ " from Costa Rica, the latest rage. Naturally you can
[012] at in the world", echoed others, those come with the _____ , potatoes, the tomatoes, "will any of us do"? M
[013] Atlantic sea-horses that had sailed to Bari to bring _____ , bombs, and bullets to the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force,
[014] Colman pours measures of whole wheat, oats, and soy _____ and turns on the motor. She goes on about her work a
[015] ns, supplemented with soybeans or dry edible peas or _____ , comprise about two-thirds or three-fourths of the d
[016] ion dollars a year. Cereal grains, oilseeds, and dry _____ and peas account for about 57 percent of the farm va
[017] niverse, she reflected dourly, impaling tender green _____ on the silver fork, than the dwindling away of a fam
[018] istence could be tasted. And indeed the young garden _____ were brackish in her mouth. She was the last li
[019] ue of the window, her jaws gently mashing the bitter _____ . What hope lay in the nephews, she asked the intensi
[020] es in the front room and serve salads and your baked _____ and brown bread and Grandma could dress like a gypsy
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[001] , bringing an insult from the Dauphin, is met with a _____ defiance that leaves him, in this version, visibly s
[002] ined Asylnuratova simply recasts the ballet with the _____ lucidity of her movement. The plot's dramatic excesse
[003] the guerrillas of the Somali National Movement after _____ fighting in May this year. By June, the whole of nort
[004] that glaring heat. Somalis have a just reputation as _____ , uncompromising fighters. When the Princess Royal vis
[005] grammar schools meet for their annual contests, the _____ but friendly local rivalry is as intense as at any of
[006] me more and more perceptible, and it seemed strangely _____ . Was he engaged in a struggle with some animal whose
[007] opposite bank. Herbert was there face to face with a _____ jaguar, similar to the one which had been killed on R
[008] ten had a tussle. They also, during this season, made _____ war against the jaguars. Gideon Spilett had vowed a
[009] r classic stances, dug in firmly, arms high, set for _____ swings. Mantle is considerably better hitting for av
[010] an big shot. By turns, her beautifully sung Norma is _____ , tender, venomous and pitiful. The tenor lead, Franc
[011] -men in Arbeitskommando /13,, Stettin, as to his own _____ will and love of life. After that, he declared, "to
[012] .B. returned to the place where he last had seen the _____ nihilist. He stood there staring with disbelief at t
[013] ferred to as The Cat because of her sharp tongue and _____ initiative. Ann Catt was a lonely, devoted soul,
[014] was bothering to note anything or anyone about him. _____ anger surged through Russ. He fought down the impuls
[015] ing up in great oily clouds of smoke and flames, the _____ heat quickly drove us to the stern where we huddled
[016] sound but the sound of the tractor, I could tell the _____ mark of brutality on the boy. I could see the hunche
[017] s and two books, including one called "Yanomamo: The _____ People," which has been a primer for anthropology st
[018] f North Koreans descending on villages like this. In _____ jockeying ahead of a visit by the American Secretary
[019] , bringing an insult from the Dauphin, is met with a _____ defiance that leaves him, in this version, visibly s
[020] ined Asylnuratova simply recasts the ballet with the _____ lucidity of her movement. The plot's dramatic excesse
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[001] cting on his army, that bring France down. The French _____ Mountjoy, bringing an insult from the Dauphin, is me
[002] this opportunity of attempting to communicate by this _____ with the lands of the Pacific; for if the albatross
[003] master he could not employ a more sure or more rapid _____ , who could pass where neither the colonists could, n
[004] ly, idling while Fogg exchanged mails with the armed _____ from Burlington at Fort Ethan Allen, and one from Mo
[005] ents and of teachers. Mary J. Packard, states a _____ editorial, was "efficient, pains-taking, self-effaci
[006] ably would not interest them and published it in The _____ , "so our readers will be benefited instead". Under h
[007] in school, Mercer worked for his father's firm as a _____ boy. It generally took well into the autumn for the
[008] Master of the Hounds", which was his nickname for a _____ who had worked in the White House since Teddy Roosev
[009] sed by more than weather. In tragedy, lightning is a _____ . But it can no longer be so once Benjamin Franklin (
[010] s so brisk that Mrs. Wilcox had two assistants and a _____ . She was succeeded by Clarence Goyette. Since that t
[011] for the Sons of Liberty. He would send on by trusted _____ the dispatches with their electrifying news. And he
[012] cted but telegrams came for him and notes by special _____ . Now and then he would disappear for several days.
[013] weeks of festivities that are to follow. Suddenly, a _____ arrives and, just before collapsing dead at his feet
[014] says. 'As far as I am concerned, the performer is the _____ , not the message. As a vehicle, as a
[015] , not the message. As a vehicle, as a _____ , you become, in a way, a canvas for the audience, wh
[016] cting on his army, that bring France down. The French _____ Mountjoy, bringing an insult from the Dauphin, is me
[017] this opportunity of attempting to communicate by this _____ with the lands of the Pacific; for if the albatross
[018] master he could not employ a more sure or more rapid _____ , who could pass where neither the colonists could, n
[019] ly, idling while Fogg exchanged mails with the armed _____ from Burlington at Fort Ethan Allen, and one from Mo
[020] ents and of teachers. Mary J. Packard, states a _____ editorial, was "efficient, pains-taking, self-effaci
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[001] y the whirling nylon, dead insects drop into a small _____ at the bottom of the "cage". Accumulated insects can
[002] of the party's daily, Nepszabadsag, pulled out of the _____ a new, redesigned front page. The masthead still carr
[003] y in Los Angeles next December that would enlist top- _____ Democrats from all over the country. _2_ - Bl
[004] sive style with which Charlotte Rae delivers the top- _____ Hart lyrics of "I Blush", a song that was cut from "
[005] e State Department man produced from his bottom desk _____ a brochure published by the Arabian-American Oil Com
[006] abeled, resting in the fat plush album in the bottom _____ of the escritoire. In the cruel clearness of her mem
[007] he was being queer and careful, pawing about in the _____ and holding the bottle like a snake at the length of
[008] an envelope under the old woman's purse there in the _____ . She wouldn't be going to get that for an hour or so
[009] ezed down his uneasy dislike. He pulled open the top _____ of his desk and drew out a tintype. "This is Mitc
[010] them in a small black book kept in a nearly secret _____ . The code, which had probably something to do with s
[011] eas, and Cousin Elec had always preserved in the top _____ of his secretary a mother-of-pearl paper knife which
[012] e Dolores was out of the room, he went to her bureau _____ , took out a pair of nylon lace pants, and tenderly d
[013] y the whirling nylon, dead insects drop into a small _____ at the bottom of the "cage". Accumulated insects can
[014] of the party's daily, Nepszabadsag, pulled out of the _____ a new, redesigned front page. The masthead still carr
[015] y in Los Angeles next December that would enlist top- _____ Democrats from all over the country. _2_ - Bl
[016] sive style with which Charlotte Rae delivers the top- _____ Hart lyrics of "I Blush", a song that was cut from "
[017] e State Department man produced from his bottom desk _____ a brochure published by the Arabian-American Oil Com
[018] abeled, resting in the fat plush album in the bottom _____ of the escritoire. In the cruel clearness of her mem
[019] he was being queer and careful, pawing about in the _____ and holding the bottle like a snake at the length of
[020] an envelope under the old woman's purse there in the _____ . She wouldn't be going to get that for an hour or so