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[001] the wrong  man.  You choose the same kind every time.   _____  l:1len, full of  their own importance.  Men with secre     
[002]  all  the history about Marie Antoinette.  I felt very  _____  if myself!  I've decided that I like this job very muc     
[003] t Lisa  said: 'You always choose the wrong man.  .  .   _____  men.  .  .  men with secrets.' Is Vic                      
[004]                  men.  .  .  men with secrets.' Is Vic  _____ ?  'So where's Karen?'  Helen thought as they drove int     
[005]  at him.  She knew now that Vic wasn't honest.  He was  _____ , but he also told lies.  He wasn't a good man.  And th     
[006] eft black marks on his  neck.  My heart felt happy and  _____ .  '"Frankenstein will know  suffering too now!" I said     
[007] t about her life since her  daughter's birth.  She was  _____  to be back at work only six  weeks after Grace was bor     
[008] ed Caderousse.  He got up from his seat.  ?Are you too  _____  to speak to your  friends??No, my dear man!' Dantes re     
[009]   friends??No, my dear man!' Dantes replied.' I am not  _____ ,  but I am happy, I was thinking about Mercedes.' 'Whe     
[010] f course, Rodrigo had big plans for Anita.  He was  so  _____  of her.  He wanted her to marry someone rich and  impo     
[011] ed at her.  Everyone did  what she wanted.  She became  _____  and lazy.  I remember  she told us stories, sitting ne     
[012] s the gold ring in the shape  of a fish.  She was very  _____  of it.  She wore it on her finger  when she went to me     
[013] otebook with me.  Sometimes, when I start feeling very  _____  of myself, I read it.  Question 1: Did Rafael kill som     
[014] ntelligent than the people of the village.  I  was too  _____  of myself.  I told my uncle and all the people of  the     
[015] ty in the city, could make him well  again.  I was too  _____ .  I spent a week in the village and I  talked to a lot     
[016]   went back to my hospital to do my work.  I wasn't so  _____ .  I  decided not to think about what happened in the v     
[017] s.  Songs  The Scots, the Welsh and the Irish are very  _____  of their  national songs.  When the English play footb     
[018] lY and garden centres  Many people in Britain are very  _____  of their houses and  gardens.  They want their homes a     
[019] his time now in the company of Indians.  He was  very   _____  of his Indian ways.  He loved to hear the tribe's stor     
[020] I spent a lot of time  with a young woman who was very  _____  of being English.  One day, to my great surprise, she      
[021] Welsh'.  In England it is bad manners  to be clever or  _____  of your intelligence.  Perhaps you know  that two and      
[022] amused,' and the English  are still, to this day, very  _____  of their queen for being so  rude.  Terribly rude thin     
[023] ous, but he was a  great success.  Daddy King was very  _____ .  King studied  hard and on February 25, 1948, he beca     
[024] ROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM Daddy King wanted Martin  to be  _____  of himself and his people.  He sent Martin to  good  s     
[025] to march past.  For the first time,  King  saw strong,  _____  protesters in Birmingham.  Police continued to arrest      


	
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[001] I had two weeks, well, no, no, one week,  one week of   _____  hell and then things got a bit better. I: What happene     
[002] I had two weeks, well, no, no, one week,  one week of   _____  hell and then things got a bit better. I: What happene     


	
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[001]  Jim's  present.  At last she found it.  It was a gold  _____  for The  Watch.  Jim loved his watch, but it had no        
[002]    for The  Watch.  Jim loved his watch, but it had no  _____ .  When  Della saw this gold                                
[003]                           .  When  Della saw this gold  _____ , she knew immediately that it  was right for Jim.  She     
[004] me! Give me your watch, Jim! Let's see it with its new  _____ .'  But Jim did not do this.  He sat down, put his hand     


	
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[001]  came out of the building.  They were  wearing bright   _____  coats because  of the rain.  One man  walked towards t     
[002] t  from the door.'  The door opened and the man in the  _____  coat came into  the plane.  He  was thin, with very  s     
[003]  our  poor prisoner to get wet,  so we gave him a nice  _____  raincoat, you see.  But it was  an  expensive raincoat     
[004] ed to refuel  the plane.  Then he saw another man in a  _____  raincoat come out of  the airport  building.  The bear     
[005] he  passengers.'  Carl Sandberg watched the man in the  _____  coat walk  nearer.  He could  only see one man at  the     
[006]   carefully.  As the door opened, and the man with the  _____  coat came  in, the girl  turned to look.  Through the      
[007]  door and shot him too.  The two  prisoners, in  their  _____  raincoats,  tried to get to the door,  but the men in      
[008]  backwards  down the steps.  After him came two men in  _____   raincoats with their hands behind their backs, and th     
[009] lot of different  ways; 'sunny side up' means with the  _____  on top, 'over  easy' means with the                        
[010]                    on top, 'over  easy' means with the  _____  underneath but still soft.  With  your breakfast you c     
[011] sit New England,  because the leaves on the trees turn  _____  and orange and  red and gold.  October is a good month     
[012] e's a girl with him.  She's about twenty and has long   _____  hair.  There's a small animal with her.  The animal ha     
[013] n.  She was very quiet.  Little Amy had blue eyes and   _____  hair.  It was six in the evening and the girls were at     
[014] She looked at her  sister.  She was beautiful with her  _____  hair.  Amy opened  her eyes and looked at Jo.  They ki     
[015] py Hollow.  Ichabod looked at the  beautiful brown and  _____  trees, the green country and the  mountains.  He was v     
[016]  Then she had an idea.  There  were a lot of beautiful  _____  flowers by the road.  Anne put  some flowers on her ha     
[017] ived.  He  designed clothes with exciting colors: red,  _____ , and  orange.  He also brought the 1990s fashion of pa     
[018] here are they? Are they the two  over there, in bright  _____  shirts? Ugh!' Helen stopped  herself.  She didn't want     
[019] pointed to Angela.  'She's wearing purple shorts and a  _____  T-shirt.' 'The one  talking to the man with a beard?'      
[020] id.  Helen looked around and saw Bill Berryman  in his  _____  shirt and pink shorts.  He was just getting off the  b     
[021] ere were olive trees on the hills, and the ground  was  _____  and rocky.  Goats were moving around under the  trees.     
[022] d thick black hair and white teeth, but his skin  was   _____  and dry.  His eyes were very pale.  He was a monster.      
[023] tools to  create life inside the body.  Then I saw his  _____  eyes open.  He breathed and moved his arms and legs.       
[024] ad thick black hair and white teeth, but  his skin was  _____  and dry.  His eyes were very pale.  He  was  a monster     
[025]  a kiss  of death.  I woke up, shaking with fear.  The  _____  light of the  moon was shining through the window, and     


	
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[001] es had  gone.  Now that he could  do nothing, he felt   _____ .  He could feel his hand in the handcuffs shaking.  Ha     
[002] care what happens to me.'  He was a big man but he was  _____  of her.  She walked  straight past him and down the st     
[003] e young  police officers walked beside her.  They were  _____  to touch  her  and they did not know what  to do.  Som     
[004]  die,' he used to say, 'because of this fear.  I'm not  _____  of  danger.  What frightens me is fear itself.  At the     
[005] oped that my reading would make Usher calmer and less   _____ .  He  listened to me, indeed, but with a kind of  mad      
[006] wanted  to kill it.  But I didn't, because I was  too   _____  -                                                          
[007]                                                      -  _____  of the cat, and even more                                  
[008]                              of the cat, and even more  _____  of the white  mark on  its chest.  I have already ment     
[009] r grew and grew.  I, a man, a  strong man, had  become  _____  of a cat! Why was I so  frightened, so worried by a st     
[010] mily, went near the blood covered body.  Everybody was  _____  of the Red Death - everybody except  the fearless  Pri     
[011] iced what he did,  and I was  frightened by it.  I was  _____  that Wilson was stronger than I  was.  I  became worri     
[012]  like him.  I think that, more  than  anything, I felt  _____  of him.  At the same  time I  wanted to know more abou     
[013]  because I have something important to tell you.  I am  _____   that you  do not really know the man who has just  wo     
[014] t let me continue with my story.  Until now I had felt  _____  of Wilson and had obeyed him.  The  mystery  of his su     
[015] m captain, told the boys that they were lazy  and just  _____  of hard work.  'You can do it if you try,' she told th     
[016] s  always in trouble with the police.  The others were  _____  of  him, the teachers hated him and he had no  real fr     
[017] 'What's the matter, beautiful?' Nails said.  'Don't be  _____ .  You're all right, you know.  You're not on your  way     
[018]   to look at him, but when he moved, she  jumped back,  _____ .  Then, slowly, she put her face near his  again, and      
[019] mey's face went bright red, and he  forgot that he was  _____ .  Poor Jazz had problems.  When Spot came to a jump, h     
[020] irst, then Hoomey and  then Nails and Jazz.  Nutty was  _____  that  Jazz would not get round.  Spot could do it with     
[021]  plane, and tried to  break it into pieces.  Wyatt was  _____  that the wings would come off, but at last  they  reac     
[022]  smiled and pushed her hand through his hair.  'I was   _____ , of course.  I couldn't forget you, and so I had to co     
[023] n I have  finished, I will go too.'  'You must be very  _____ ,' said Wyatt gently.  The old man looked at him.  'It      
[024] ntly.  The old man looked at him.  'It is a time to be  _____ .  No man  can fight the big wind.'  'The big wind,' re     
[025] 'You were right about Favel, then,' he said  'Yes, I'm  _____  so,' replied Causton.  'There's going to be  some  ser     


	
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[001] tood with her hands in her pockets.  Helen took a deep  _____ .  She didn't like this part of the job.  'Angela, we h     
[002]  sure that  will be possible.' Helen took a long, deep  _____ .  She was  feeling very tired.  This job was very hard     
[003] te to her.' 'Why?  She's so stupid.' Helen took a deep  _____ .  'Vic .  .  .  '  'You're  great, Helen.  You've chan     
[004]  There were ten of them, and  then silence.  I held my  _____  and listened.  Complete  silence.  I looked across the     
[005] 't move.  Then something  touched my face.  I felt hot  _____  on my face and screamed  loudly.  I tried to move away     
[006] I could still  hear heavy breathing.  I could feel hot  _____  on my face: the                                            
[007]                                       on my face: the   _____  of an evil ghost.  I tried to scream, but couldn't.  I     
[008] l ghost.  I tried to scream, but couldn't.  I had  no   _____ .  At the same time I could hear another sound.  It  ca     
[009] "Over the Rainbow"  4 "Up Where We Belong"  5 "Take My  _____  Away"  6 "I've Had The Time of My Life" a Doctor Dooli     
[010] hough I  had to stop at  the top to recover and get my  _____  back.  Eventually I found that I could even  manage to     
[011] and a far  cry from those days when I  had to stop for  _____  after a  quarter of a mile. My story shows that an unf     
[012] Whatever it is,  the exercise should leave you out  of  _____ . For beginners, there is a small  risk of unaccustomed     
[013] in as I  did with gentle jogging until you are  out of  _____ , then pause and walk for a  while. Walk and jog in  tu     
[014] .  The water tried to pull  him  away.  He took a deep  _____ , and blew strongly into Christine's  mouth again.  And     
[015]   mouth again.  And this time, he was sure, she took a  _____  by herself,  afterwards.  It took him nearly five minu     
[016] tood with her hands in her pockets.  Helen took a deep  _____ .  She didn't like this part of the job.  'Angela, we h     
[017]  sure that  will be possible.' Helen took a long, deep  _____ .  She was  feeling very tired.  This job was very hard     
[018] te to her.' 'Why?  She's so stupid.' Helen took a deep  _____ .  'Vic .  .  .  '  'You're  great, Helen.  You've chan     
[019]  There were ten of them, and  then silence.  I held my  _____  and listened.  Complete  silence.  I looked across the     
[020] 't move.  Then something  touched my face.  I felt hot  _____  on my face and screamed  loudly.  I tried to move away     
[021] I could still  hear heavy breathing.  I could feel hot  _____  on my face: the                                            
[022]                                       on my face: the   _____  of an evil ghost.  I tried to scream, but couldn't.  I     
[023] l ghost.  I tried to scream, but couldn't.  I had  no   _____ .  At the same time I could hear another sound.  It  ca     
[024] "Over the Rainbow"  4 "Up Where We Belong"  5 "Take My  _____  Away"  6 "I've Had The Time of My Life" a Doctor Dooli     
[025] hough I  had to stop at  the top to recover and get my  _____  back.  Eventually I found that I could even  manage to     


	
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[001] tudents to a  party in my rooms.  We drank and played   _____   all through the night.  As well as the wine, we had o     
[002] ccessful gambler - no  better than  a thief.  I played  _____  in order to win money from the other  students  and be     
[003] ul to play only with students who were bad at playing   _____ .  In  this way I could be sure of winning every  time.     
[004] able person for me to gamble  with! I  started to play  _____  with him often, and for some time I  made sure  that h     
[005]  at the party, it was he who  first  suggested playing  _____ .  We played for many long hours.  In the end, by my ca     
[006] ain, and searched my clothes.  They found the  single   _____  hidden carefully inside my left sleeve,  and  in my po     
[007]   in my pockets they discovered the packets of special  _____   which  helped me to win every game I played.  My frie     
[008]  escaped  to Europe.  I was now known to be a cheat at  _____  and every  door in  England would be closed against me     
[009] h in class and in the playground.  We drank and played  _____  all through the night.  My friends fell on me angrily,     
[010] s  build casinos where people can go to win money from  _____   and other games, and this brings in money for the  re     
[011] ople win  and lose thousands of dollars there, playing  _____  or other  games.  People also go there to get married      
[012] McCoist.  'Some letters from her family, money, credit  _____ .  But this is  hers,' he put his hand in his jacket 'a     
[013] hone on it.  Next to the telephone there were business  _____  from  restaurants, a hotel, taxi companies and a card      
[014] .  Why was Woodley the  husband?' 'We played a game of  _____ ,'Mr Carruthers said  sadly.  'Woodley won the game.' '     
[015] iatic coast tomorrow morning.' 'I'd like to post some   _____  before we leave Italy, Helen.' 'Fine, Mary, I'm sure t     
[016] the fireplace.  In the rack were five or six visiting   _____  and a single letter.  The letter looked old, dirty, an     
[017] ues are in front of cinemas.  These queues have large   _____  that say: Queue here for 4s 6d; Queue here for 9s 3d;      
[018]  16s 8d.  Nobody goes to a cinema if it does  not have  _____  telling customers to queue.  At weekends, an  Englishm     
[019] the woman and did not take her to court.  He  received  _____  and messages from people around the world.  On Novembe     
[020] y strange dress.  It was made out of  American Express  _____ ! AN OSCAR MEMORY One year,  when the lights were on he     
[021] e a sea of flowers there.  With the flowers there were  _____   and letters: 'To our sweet Princess - Thank you for t     
[022] nd your family will feel  more Christmassy.  Christmas  _____   Millions of people in countries all over the world se     
[023] untries all over the world send and  receive Christmas  _____ .  Before they could buy printed  Christmas                 
[024]            .  Before they could buy printed  Christmas  _____ , people sent letters to friends and relatives  at Chri     
[025] time.  12 DECEMBER  Find your list and go shopping for  _____  and presents.  Don't  hurry.  Enjoy yourself.  14 DECE     


	
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[001] nd seemed to take hold of  my  heart.  I felt cold and  _____ , and could not think of one happy  thought  to chase a     
[002] go, Nails  had still not arrived.  Nutty began to feel  _____  with worry.  In  the  end, they left without him.  'Wh     
[003] e,  quiet and  still in the bright evening  sunlight.   _____  and  shaken Wyatt and Dawson turned away and began to      
[004] tried to help the  people, but thousands  were hurt or  _____ .  Doctors, medicine, food, blankets - all  these  thin     
[005] .  'Now I don't feel so good.  I feel tired and I feel  _____ .  But it's  too late.  It's too late.  Goodbye.' 'Wait     
[006]  the water, but we cannot wash.  A lot of the men  get  _____  because they cannot wash.  There is a doctor on the ca     
[007] at a window.  Jo called, "Hello.  How are you? Are you  _____ ?" Laurie  answered, "No, I was                             
[008]                        ?" Laurie  answered, "No, I was  _____ , but now I'm well again.  Come and  talk to me." Jo we     
[009] s.  March,  Mr.  March is in Washington and he is very  _____ .  Please  come  quickly.  From, S.  Hale. The girls we     
[010] ay, because Mother isn't here.  But one child is  very  _____  and I can't help her.  Please go." "I can go  tomorrow     
[011] e child  was dead.  It was scarlet fever.  And now I'm  _____  too.""Oh  no!"  Jo said.  "I'm going to get Hannah." H     
[012] ant scarlet fever?"  Later  in the week, Beth was very  _____ .  Jo stayed with her.  She  washed her sister's face a     
[013]  or Hannah.  Jo wanted her mother, but her  father was  _____  too.  They didn't write to Mrs.  March about  Beth.  D     
[014]  knows about Beth," he said.  "Your father isn't  very  _____  now, and she's coming home this evening.  I didn't  wa     
[015] take  Anne with her.  But the next Sunday, Marilla was  _____ .  "Can you go to church without me?" she asked Anne.       
[016]  please come quickly!" she said.  "Minnie May is  very  _____ . .  She has croup.  Maybe she's going to die."  Matthe     
[017]  at the house, Anne went to Minnie  May.  She was very  _____ .  "Now, Diana, bring me hot water," said Anne.  She un     
[018] gave her some medicine.  All night Minnie May was very  _____ ,  but in the early morning she slept quietly.  Matthew     
[019] t's  wrong, Anne?" said Marilla in surprise.  "Are you  _____ ?" "No,  Marilla," said Anne unhappily.  "Look at my ha     
[020] y  work became more and more difficult.  My heart felt  _____   when  I looked at my equipment and the body parts for     
[021] s heavy.  Two  men sailed the boat for me.  I felt too  _____  to do it myself.  My  arms were not strong enough.  I      
[022] t accept this.  She drives with, her  daughter and the  _____  horse all the way to Montana to make  him change his m     
[023]  bed?' Tom asked.  'Quiet.  She said she felt a little  _____ .  I think she was unhappy  about something.  Is Pilgri     
[024] ng and laughing with her father.  A week! Adults were   _____ .  And everyone knew about it.  Everyone.  It was all s     
[025]  And everyone knew about it.  Everyone.  It was all so  _____ .  A little later, Grace took Pilgrim to drink from a s     


	
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[001] s big as a dinner plate and  put it down near Hoomey's  _____ .  Hoomey jumped.  'It could break your foot like that.     
[002] slowly.' Suddenly  Grace heard the sound of Gulliver's  _____  hitting ice. Judith  gave a loud cry.  Then Gulliver d     
[003] ns down a  chimney at midnight.  The coins fell into a  _____ , which was  drying near the fire.  Nicholas did not te     
[004] mer, you fool - just like last time  we did this! ***   _____  salesman: Yes, madam, can I help you? Woman: Yes, I  b     
[005]  afternoon in a small town, Emma Carter  came out of a  _____  shop with some new shoes.  They were  cheap shoes, but     
[006] y hurts,' he said  unhappily to the others.  'Put your  _____  back on, Willie,' said Matty.  'You can't walk  with o     
[007] , Willie,' said Matty.  'You can't walk  with only one  _____ .'  Suddenly Joe cried out excitedly, 'Look! Look what'     
[008] s big as a dinner plate and  put it down near Hoomey's  _____ .  Hoomey jumped.  'It could break your foot like that.     
[009] slowly.' Suddenly  Grace heard the sound of Gulliver's  _____  hitting ice. Judith  gave a loud cry.  Then Gulliver d     
[010] ns down a  chimney at midnight.  The coins fell into a  _____ , which was  drying near the fire.  Nicholas did not te     
[011] mer, you fool - just like last time  we did this! ***   _____  salesman: Yes, madam, can I help you? Woman: Yes, I  b