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DIRECTIONS: Below, you will see 10 items. 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?

accuse angry confused frequently frightened knock loud permanent row shade
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[001] e, perhaps: . . or  here.' There was no sound from the  _____  of huts. I did not  want  to search with her, and I tr     
[002] n had his shop. On one side of the  square there was a  _____  of small brick houses, all quite old.  The house at th     
[003] .  It  was diicult to believe that at the back of this  _____  of shops  and offices was the quiet                        
[004]                    of shops  and offices was the quiet  _____  of old houses in Coburg  Square, where Mr Wilson had h     
[005] d his little shop. Mr Wilson's  was  at the end of the  _____  of five houses.  'Let me see,' said Holmes, standing o     
[006] d Holmes, standing on the corner and  looking down the  _____  of shops and offices. 'There is  Mortimer's, then the      
[007] ow  path, through another locked door, and down a long  _____  of  steps. At the bottom of the steps was another door     
[008] the women enjoyed joking with them. At the end of the   _____  of women, Tonya saw an old peasant wearing a black  sc     
[009] inless-  steel open kitchen at the back, bordered by a  _____  of stools,  adds  focus and excitement to the airy roo     
[010] retch, the approach to the  Ferris wheel and skee-ball  _____ , is made of concrete. And  that,  says Ocean City's ma     
[011] k Town, which is called  German Town.  And there was a  _____  of German shops, all German-speaking.  S: Yes.  B: But     
[012] t  of  pained look  on his face. But he didn't start a  _____  or anything  over what I'd done. Being  woken up seeme     
[013]  can  grow in the dark or even  shade for 14 days in a  _____ . And of course having  fourteen  days  of night also m     
[014] s a testimony not only to the settling of the testing   _____  but to the fact that without it, an accurate assessmen     
[015] n's attitude to  membership of the European Union. The  _____  is revealing the  uglier  and more insular British tra     
[016] ous travesty of  justice, just like in real life. They  _____  out in the boat, he  pops the question and 'They added     
[017] n a traditional  structure. The bombing of Paternoster  _____  destroyed most  copies  of Blind Man's Ditch, a sort o     
[018] talk  costs lives', Adrian,' said someone in the front  _____ . 'When I  want your shade of opinion,' said Adrian, 'I     
[019] were coming, as they would expect to sit in the front   _____ . When he shook his head, Miss  Matty and Mrs Forrester     
[020] s head, Miss  Matty and Mrs Forrester sat in the front  _____ , where Lady  Glenmire and Mrs Jamieson soon joined  th     
[021] Miss Pole and I sat immediately behind, in the second   _____ . All the shopkeepers sat together at  the back, talkin     
[022] not move. They jumped into the  lifeboat and began to   _____  as fast as they could towards the two damaged ships.       
[023] as fast as they could towards the two damaged ships.  ' _____  together, you young dogs' shouted a voffice from the       
[024] a boat  into the water at once. Jim was making his men  _____  like  madmen, and we could not catch him before he rea     
[025] is escape from the Rajah's men), and  told his  men to  _____  into it. They  landed, and climbed a  small hill, whic     


	
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[001] the trees moved wildly in the  wind.  The  rain made a  _____  noise on  the window.  I opened my window and put my h     
[002] r nearly ten minutes.  When they finished I said, in a  _____  voice: 'Where is Al?'  They looked at me then, and got     
[003] n the ground under the house.  Al liked  to play very   _____  music all night, so he built the room down there  to b     
[004] EEP! BEEP! The car had an alarm, and it made  29a very  _____  noise.  It also turned the car's lights on - on, off,      
[005] ear him - the  sounds of the wind and the sea were too  _____ , too terrible.  In the boat house, she helped her fath     
[006]  around her two small children.  Mr Robb  prayed in  a  _____  voice without  stopping.  Thomas  Buchanan and the oth     
[007] o the rock and waved and shouted at  the lighthouse as  _____  as they could.  No one answered.  Behind the wild sea      
[008] and  threw it at the window.  The glass broke with  a   _____  noise.  People ran round the corner and Soapy was  hap     
[009] ned the  fridge, the noise from  the scanners was very  _____ .  The men  followed the noise to the sandwich.  'I sup     
[010]   'There certainly is a problem!' Mary's voice sounded  _____  and  high in  the quiet room.  She stared at the small     
[011] it  into the picture.  There was a terrible cry, and a  _____  crash.  The servants  woke, and two  gentlemen, who we     
[012]  hear the voice of the  hijacker on the radio.  It was  _____ , excited.  'Our brothers have done nothing wrong.  The     
[013] s gun at the  passengers and shouted 'SIT STILL!' very  _____  indeed.  None of the passengers had moved except Carl,     
[014]  The  American Ambassador was a short round man with a  _____   voice which  Helen disliked very  much.  He often wor     
[015] the grenade through  the open door.  There was a very   _____  BANG! at the front of  the plane, and a flash of white     
[016]  white  light.  Carl could not move.  The noise was so  _____  and the light so  bright  that he sat still as a stone     
[017]  For  about half a minute there was nothing but  51     _____  bangs and white flashes, and then there was nothing.       
[018] ing sound.  As I read these words, I heard clearly the  _____ , heavy sound  of metal  falling.  I jumped to my feet,     
[019] d a fire in our house.  I was woken  from my sleep  by  _____  shouts of 'Fire!' when I  opened my  eyes, I found tha     
[020] wall, stood a huge black  clock.  Every hour it chimed  _____  and deep and clear,  filling  the castle with its long     
[021] r turned suddenly to look at the Prince.  There was a   _____  cry  - and the sword fell upon the black carpet,  foll     
[022] n.  They had come because a neighbour  had  reported a  _____  shout coming from the house.  I welcomed the policemen     
[023] r lengths in four minutes.  Nutty wanted  to laugh out  _____  with happiness.  'Not bad,' she said, when Nails had f     
[024] l sat down at  the Round Table.  Suddenly they heard a  _____  noise.  Then  there was a great white light.  They loo     
[025] to the garden outside the house.  Suddenly, we heard a  _____  cry from a woman.  'This way! This way!' shouted the m     

[001]  But I guessed that they were spooning. Mrs Maudsley's  _____   cries frightened me. They were louder than any cries      
[002] half  finger, surprising people on the street with his  _____  voffice.  Finally, Father bought several sacks of vege     
[003] ak, but here on the river the noise of its  engine was  _____  and birds flew out of the trees on the river  banks. I     
[004] rrow bed and fell asleep.  The next morning he heard a  _____  knocking noise outside the  shop door.' Open the door.     
[005]  you.'  'Quiet, Mr Sikes,' said Fagin. 'Don't speak so  _____ . You  seem  angry today.' 'Perhaps I am,' said Bill Si     
[006] d went  down to an old ruined house.  'Hello.' cried a  _____  voffice when they were inside.  'Don't make such a noi     
[007]  back.' cried Sikes. 'Back! Back.' Frightened by this   _____  cry, Oliver dropped his lamp.  A light appeared at the     
[008]  stairs, and he saw two men.  There was another cry, a  _____  noise, a sudden light and  smoke, and Oliver fell back     
[009]  the window into the garden, and called for  help in a  _____  voffice. The servants came running. Oliver  could  onl     
[010] His knee was on Charley's neck  when there was another  _____  knock. There were lights  outside, and voffices.  'Ope     
[011] aren, he  wouldn't let us in.  'Go away,' he said in a  _____  voffice. 'I am taking an  examination tomorrow. I don'     
[012] e. I  was  just going to pick it up when Holmes gave a  _____  cry and sat  up in his bed.  'Don't touch it, Watson,      
[013] vant and into Mr Culverton Smith's  room.  There was a  _____  cry from a man sitting in a chair near the  fire. I sa     
[014]  the man we want! You can all leave now." There  was a  _____  cry of disappointment as everyone walked away.'  Easy      
[015] ony  wine  events wearing clownish bow ties, painfully  _____  shirts and  sometimes a gorilla suit. These days the s     
[016] wn risk. The list goes on, and the lecturing has grown  _____   enough that no less an apostle of big, preachy govern     
[017] rst sound you hear  after stepping from the bus is the  _____  thumpa-thumpa-  thumpa of a  hovering police helicopte     
[018] ansit agency has  always frowned on fare-gate jumping,  _____  music, smoking,  eating  and drinking on its property.     
[019] MARTA was unpleasant because some  people smoke,  play  _____  music, and improperly dispose of food wrappers  and  b     
[020] h the sound barrier, people on the ground can  hear a   _____  bang like the noise of thunder. In fact, Concorde flie     
[021] the war in Vietnam. They stayed up all night  playing   _____   rock music through huge speakers on expensive stereo      
[022] a  quiet  place like the bathroom and prays, often out  _____ . Va'aiga  Tuigamala, rugby league player Known as 'Ing     
[023]  and myself  met outside Miss Barker's house. We heard  _____  whispers  inside. Wait, Peggy! Wait until I've run  up     
[024] as heavy in the courtroom. Jim's voffice seemed  very   _____  to him; it was the only  sound in the world. The  pain     
[025] d. Heart trouble, I think. And just then  there was  a  _____  full of ideas, and I  was thinking hard, but I  couldn     


	
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[001]  energy.  But in the space settlement, which floats in  _____  sunlight,  the day-length  is controlled. A gigantic m     

[001] m a  rack of  lamb, a wonderful offering worthy of its  _____  place on  the  menu. Favorable restaurant review.    K     
[002] c about that event. It achieves that task through its   _____  and changing exhibits, its work with schools and  stud     
[003] preeminent one is this:  What causes such profound and  _____  changes in a  human being  when he goes to war? By 197     
[004] at (Richard)  Riordan  regards as crucial to attract a  _____  chief executive  officer  capable of turning the MTA a     
[005] ce he grows up. '    Northwest Airlines has introduced  _____  'Everyday  Fares' with  a claim that as much as 40 per     
[006]  energy.  But in the space settlement, which floats in  _____   sunlight,  the day-length  is controlled. A gigantic      
[007] h only 1  per cent of the global population, we have a  _____  seat  on  the United Nations Security Council, we have     
[008] s-looking young singer called Teresa Stolz, became  a   _____  resident in their house. By this time, we are told,  S     
[009] r, from time to  time, so that the town did not become  _____ , the police  came with whips and burning tear gas, for     
[010] ght. Surely this represents  something calm, something  _____ , in a world which has  lost its reason? Surely this wi     
[011] d to remind  myself sternly that Thornfield was not my  _____  home,  and that the  person I was so looking forward       

[001]  department. The capital   budget, for construction of  _____  improvements,   becomes an appropriating document inst     
[002] hev promised upon grabbing   power, and try to end the  _____  recession in Russian   living standards.      Chairman     
[003] f life. Suppose he did lie beside Lenin,   would it be  _____ ? If some future Khrushchev decided   to rake up the mi     
[004]  Church. The establishment, by the Holy Father, of a    _____  Secretariat for Christian Unity in 1960 was   the most     
[005]  are open free of charge   the year round, and the 192  _____  employes make   sure that not a dead or wilted flower      
[006] dicator, and then photographs the screen to obtain   a  _____  record.      A typical "sonogram" of a human eye, toge     
[007] ate buys one acre, Buries   its tanks and simply holds  _____  title to that   piece. In other words, the whole stora     


	
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[001] 's engineer?'  'Yes!' The man looked angry, tired, and  _____ .  'What's the matter? Why has this engine stopped?'  '     
[002]  that, sir?'  Daniel shook his head.  He was angry and  _____ .  'No,  of course  I can't! The ship must go  back to      
[003] s to the  wind and  rain outside.  But he was a  badly  _____  man.  His hands were shaking, and it was hard for him      
[004]  Her two  children were crying  in her arms.  'I'm so   _____ .  Do you think  we're going to die? What can we do, Mr     
[005] ers did not move - they were too cold,  too tired, too  _____ .  Thomas Buchanan had to hit  them and push them to th     
[006] awson.  'How can  anyone help?' He was  too cold, too   _____ , too tired.  He couldn't think now.  'Please help my c     
[007] y sea with its  terrible  waves, and he felt cold and   _____ .  He    remembered the small young woman alone in the      
[008] s your friend.'  Good,' said Mowgli.  He looked at the  _____  wolves.   I  go from you to my people   the world of       
[009] the head  with the burning stick.  The tiger was very   _____ .  Go now,' said Mowgli to Shere Khan.   The next time      
[010]  go  away.'  The moon climbed high in the sky, and the  _____   villagers watched while Mowgli began to run  across t     
[011]  man, he thought.  He  was very different now from the  _____  boy in Basil  Hallward's  house.  He had opened like       
[012] nds in his own.  'Dorian,' he said  quietly, 'don't be  _____  -  my letter told you that Sybil Vane is dead.  She ki     
[013] lked on.  Inside the house the servants talked in low,  _____   voices.  After  some minutes they went  up to the roo     
[014]  Only I ' He stood up quickly.  She looked at him with  _____  eyes.   I knew there was  something wrong.  What is it     
[015] ep stillness he heard a little animal making  a small,  _____  sound.  He knew the animal was in terrible  pain   he      
[016] aps I'm expecting a baby.'  'My God! Are you?'  'Ha! I  _____  you then, didn't I?'  'Well, yes, just for a second or     
[017] strong,' I promised.  I hoped Jenny could not see  how  _____  I was.    A month later, just after dinner, Jenny was      
[018] ove  his head.  His face was white and he looked very   _____ .  Then he jumped.  But as he jumped, a girl came  to t     
[019] large and bright, and he seemed a different  man.  He   _____  me.  And his long wild hair looked  like a  ghostly cl     
[020] ure.  I tried to calm myself,  but I  only became more  _____ .  Suddenly, my body shook with a new terror.  I sat up     
[021]  a  kind of madness in his eyes.  The look on his face  _____   me  terribly, but at the same time I was pleased  not     
[022]  many hours, many days I have heard it  but I  was too  _____ , too                                                       
[023]                                                  , too  _____  to speak.  We have put her  alive  into her coffin! Di     
[024] isingly, he used to run away from me when  he saw me,   _____  that I would hurt him again.  At first  I was sad to s     
[025] und  the  animal's neck.  I stood there in horror, too  _____  to move.  Then, slowly, I  thought back to the night b     

[001] r  to keep the house cool. But it was not cool.  I was  _____  of the thing I had planned. The song ended,  and I loo     
[002]  against my lips. . . When that happened, I  was  very  _____ . I turned and tried to go out but I could not find  th     
[003] ried to go out but I could not find  the way. I was so  _____  now that I began to break the  plant. The plant was st     
[004] stay beside her. We were soon very wet, but I was  too  _____  to worry about the rain.  Mrs Maudsley said nothing. S     
[005] ed that they were spooning. Mrs Maudsley's loud  cries  _____  me. They were louder than any cries that I  had ever h     
[006]  juice to keep them away, but Father  said, 'If you're  _____  of a few insects, you shouldn't be  here!' He was soon     
[007] you.' 'Go away,' the Indian said again. But he looked   _____ , not frightening.  'These are real savages,' Father sa     
[008] rs didn't  look like prisoners, and the Indians looked  _____ . The  ice was gone before they could see it. You would     
[009] rs up in the  jungle near Nicaragua. 'The Maywits were  _____ ,'  Mother  said. 'They packed their bags and left.' 'T     
[010]  being prisoners of the Indians.' 'The Indians looked   _____ ,' I said.  'Did they? When I make a mistake, I certain     
[011] ning.  'They're damaging him,' Father said. He was not  _____ ,  but hurt and angry. 'They won't lie down. They're go     
[012] t came he  tried to sleep, but he was cold, lonely and  _____ .  But one day, outside the high workhouse gate, Mr Bum     
[013] e windows, he  opened the door again. After one quick,  _____  look  around him, he closed the door behind him and wa     
[014] he road.  When night came, he slept in a field. He was  _____  at  first, and very cold and hungry. But he was tired,     
[015] long the street to the police station. Oliver was too   _____  to speak.  'There is something in this boy's face that     
[016] step forward.  'Come back.' cried Sikes. 'Back! Back.'  _____  by this  loud cry, Oliver dropped his lamp.  A light a     
[017] Then Oliver ran away as fast as he could. He was very   _____  by the stranger's mysterious behaviour.  Dr Losberne a     
[018] 'Leave it.' shouted Sikes.  'Bill!' said the girl in a  _____  voffice. 'Why are you looking  at me like that?' The b     
[019] ding in one of these  old houses. They were talking in  _____  voffices.  'When was Fagin caught?' asked Toby.  'At d     
[020] f the room, away from the visitors. He looked ill and   _____ .  'You have some papers; said Mr Brownlow, moving towa     
[021]  Jerome Cliord was a good Mafia lawyer, but Harry had   _____  him. He told Romey where the body was hidden.  He told     
[022] us.  The Interview  What Mark saw in the hospital room  _____  him at first.  Dianne was in the bed, holding Ricky an     
[023] lawyer, Mark?' she asked.  'Why do we need her?'  'I'm  _____ , Mom. There are cops all over the place, and  the FBI,     
[024]  to talk to them.' 'Okay, you don't have to.  You look  _____ . Why?' 'What would happen to me if I  never told anyon     
[025]  him with a knife. I burned the trailer. The kid's too  _____   to speak.'  'I don't know, Gronke,' said Muldanno. 'T     


	
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[001] he beach and sunbathe, or find somewhere cool in  the   _____  to talk and watch  all the beautiful people walk by! O     
[002] hine on them - no plant can  grow in the dark or even   _____  for 14 days in a row. And of course having  fourteen       
[003] an,' said someone in the front row. 'When I  want your  _____  of opinion,' said Adrian, 'I'll canvas it.' Full  pros     
[004] g themselves for  the night. The attendant put a green  _____   over the lamp and sat with her sewing on her knees. '     
[005] ped. 'I'm not coming in,' he said.  He sat down in the  _____  of the house.  Millie watched him. 'When did you last      
[006] ittle  dogs following him.  'Let's sit out here in the  _____ ,' he said. 'We know we  must  find a way to work toget     
[007] ields and sky to him, as  we sat close together in the  _____  of a tree.  'Tell me, Jane, what happened to you when      
[008] t happier in the forest. It was slightly cooler in the  _____   of  the trees for a start, and the wonderful smell fr     

[001] the beach and sunbathe, or find somewhere cool in the   _____  to talk and watch  all the beautiful people walk by! O     
[002] hine on them - no plant can  grow in the dark or even   _____  for 14 days in a row. And of course having  fourteen d 

[001] tion of a heel is found   on teenage pumps.   #COOLEST  _____ #   While white is the coolest summer                       
[002]                  #   While white is the coolest summer  _____ , there are   lots of pastel hues along with tintable f     
[003] ill no one who can touch her. If the voice is   just a  _____  less glorious than it used to be, it is   still a beau     
[004] wer freeze in the kitchen,   his feeling for light and  _____  brings a glitter from   a tall mint julep, his sense o     
[005] he year except the frigid   ones. Give them food, some  _____ , mulch, water and   more food, and they'll repay your      
[006] is to find an area that is predominantly sunlight or    _____ . In any instance, you should determine the exposure        
[007] naps and hot meals,   and be put to bed on schedule in  _____ -darkened rooms.   You'll sleep longer and better, too, 


	
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[001] Komarovsky.  Komarovsky marched through the shop quite  _____  with  his fashionable beard and expensive clothes. He      
[002] r glimpse into this confounding  and  crowded universe  _____  lumped together simply as  'cable,'  Calendar took a l     
[003]  evangelicals to the top ranks of  a  highly physical,  _____  violent, intensely competitive sport  such as rugby un     
[004] change locations  or even  job specifications far more  _____  than might have been  the  case in the past. 'To maint     
[005] s' standing, and an admirer of his work for  longer, I  _____  felt aggrieved that he received so little  recognition     
[006] ion is generally written from a male perspective, and   _____  concerns sexual pursuit and betrayal. Reviewing  Updik     
[007] each. Her parents, an  electrician and a cleaner, have  _____  been unemployed.  'I  have worked for a charity,' says     
[008] eat lengths to uncover the facts. It is not easy, and   _____  she resorts to imaginative reconstruction. Was  Strepp     
[009] s in Patusan considered Doramin their  chief. His  men  _____  had fights  with the Rajah's  people, mostly about tra     
[010] y sorry for the  motherless girl. It appears Cornelius  _____  shouted at  her, although he was too cowardly to hit h     
[011] sorry  for the  motherless girl. It appears  Cornelius  _____   shouted at her, although he was too cowardly to hit h     
[012] s the weak point in Brat's whole story, as Loding had   _____   told him.  'I don't know,' Brat said. 'Honestly, I do     
[013]  Earnshaw was  strangely fond of this gipsy child, and  _____  punished his  son for behaving badly to Heathcli. Hind     
[014] ould be a  little dull for her in his  home, as he was  _____  ill and the house was ten  kilometres from the nearest     
[015] received letters from her friends. Mary Smiling  wrote  _____ . Charles also wrote in reply  to Flora's little  notes     
[016] tiful, but that  he loved her. (Flora  knew that it is  _____  necessary to point out this fact to  young men. ) Now      
[017] understand nor excuse. I need  give no details. I have  _____  met with similar cases  during  a long experience in o     
[018] he streets for quite a long  time,  looking behind him  _____ ,  and then went to  have lunch in a restaurant. Larry      
[019] in the sitting-room.  She could not avoid noticing how  _____  Mr Darcy's eyes  were fixed on her, but as she felt su     
[020]  father always worried me, and since his death I  have  _____  wished to improve the relationship between  our famili     
[021] e behind in Hertfordshire,  and promises to write very  _____ .' Elizabeth did not trust  Miss Bingley's apparent aec     
[022] e things  happen so often! A young man like Mr Bingley  _____  falls  in love with a pretty girl, and when chance sep     
[023] their  dearest wish, and were able to visit each other  _____ .  Mary was the only sister who remained at home, as Ki     
[024] cking that they were  ready for battle. He looked back  _____  to the line of  trees!' Some of his officers were warm     
[025] s and STRODE:  they were the boys who attacked me most  _____ . On the  next page of the diary I had written: ,  SPEL  

[001] ture of Patrice Lumumba   caused constant problems- he  _____  announced that   he wanted the U.N. to get out of the      
[002]  Success, for many turnpikes, has come hard. Traffic    _____  has failed to measure up to engineers' rosy   estimate     
[003] l crewel embroidery which seems to be   appearing more  _____  this fall than in the past   few years is still availa     
[004] ranslations of the   Bible. However, Biblical scholars  _____  attested   to its numerous inaccuracies, as old manusc     
[005]  general reader in contemporary language than   in the  _____  archaic words and phrases of the   King James.      Fo     
[006] duced as printed in each version.)      Among the most  _____  quoted Biblical sentences   are the Beatitudes and yet     
[007] One of those delightful surprise additions, which   so  _____  occur in jazz programs, was an excellent   stint at th       


	
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[001] pped crying.  I stopped feeling sad and began  to feel  _____ .  'Why did it happen to him?' I asked my mother.  'Why     
[002] exciting,' I said.  'And I like them.'  I knew she was  _____  but I didn't care.  But then I  learned my new friends     
[003] ng and stupid, I know that now, but  I was unhappy and  _____ .  The police came to the college to arrest some of the     
[004]  of a door.  He was in  my picture, too, and he looked  _____ .  'That's all right,' I thought.  'It's still a good p     
[005]  turned round quickly and saw Greta Ross.  She looked   _____ .  24    'That room is private,' she  'I'm sorry,' I sa     
[006] ast night,  wasn't it?'  'Yes,' I answered.  He looked  _____ .  'I was wrong to give your mother a  job,' he said.       
[007] ng? I said.  You'll spoil the film.  Greta Ross looked  _____ .  This room is private she said.  Mr Ross hid the key      
[008] o!' he cried.  For a minute, Lucy's face was hard  and  _____ .  She opened her mouth, and her teeth looked very  lon     
[009] these children is .  .  .  Lucy  herself.'  I was very  _____ .   That's not true!' I cried.  Then come with me,' he      
[010] aid.  We waited all night.  I was cold and afraid, and  _____  with  myself and with Van Helsing.  Then, suddenly, so     
[011]  and believe this.'  Arthur was very unhappy, and also  _____ .  He could not  believe that Lucy was now one of the U     
[012] e  came through the dark room like a black cloud.  His  _____   face  was white and his eyes burned like red Fires.       
[013] riends?'  3     Shut up girl! he shouted.  He was very  _____ .  Sometimes  he hit me,  and once I had to go to the h     
[014] d smiles and tries to be nice to me, but I still  get   _____ .  He doesn't have a real job and we have very little       
[015]   'Dad had a  heart attack,'  he said.  'He was really  _____  about John, so he began  running to try to get stronge     
[016] sea, while  we laughed at him from the car.  He was so  _____ ! I thought  that was  really funny, but John didn't ta     
[017] ed to me, but Dad gave it all to  Al because he was so  _____  about me and John.  But Al  didn't  think of  that.  H     
[018] o.'  'You do what?' I said.  Suddenly I was very, very  _____ .  'You  look after  their money and houses?'  'Yes.' H     
[019]  about it!' I ran out of the office.  For a week I was  _____  - every day, all day.  I shouted at  people at  work,      
[020]  'Are you the ship's engineer?'  'Yes!' The man looked  _____ , tired, and frightened.  'What's the matter? Why has t     
[021] an you do  that, sir?'  Daniel shook his head.  He was  _____  and frightened.  'No,  of course  I can't! The ship mu     
[022]   only rain, and waves, and a broken ship in the wild   _____  sea.        7  On Harker's Rock  There were twelve peo     
[023]  Darling looked out of the window again, at  the wild,  _____  sea.  She shook her head.  'Perhaps you'll  get to the     
[024] ve us soon.  Please don't  die!'  Daniel was tired and  _____ .  'Don't be stupid, woman!' he  shouted at  her.  'We'     
[025]   .  .' But he was afraid to say it.  He turned  away,  _____  with himself, and  climbed to the top of the  rock.  T     

[001] lly did not  wait more than five minutes. She might be  _____  with him. I  imagined a fight between them.  Their lov     
[002] No, Mother, it isn't my birthday.' Mrs Maudsley looked  _____ .  That's enough,' she said. 'Leo has agreed to my sugg     
[003] e a letter.  'Oh no!' I cried. I felt disappointed and  _____ .  'But I say "Yes".' She was not annoyed with me this      
[004]  always told his mother  everything. He had made me so  _____  once that I had talked  about Marian. I claimed to kno     
[005]  sure he was a squatter? Not a tenant?"  Chance looked  _____ . "What do you want?"  "Could I see the file?"  "No."       
[006] p a tall tree to look. 'Who is it?' he  said, sounding  _____  for the first time in Jeronimo.  'It's the Little Hadd     
[007] ater we heard him scream from  the jungle.  'He's very  _____ ,' I said to the Zambus. 'You'd better fix this.'  The      
[008] r said.  'You'll help us ifyo\1 don't make the Indians  _____ .'  We just got up and left them like that - the Indian     
[009] im,' Father said. He was not frightened,  but hurt and  _____ . 'They won't lie down. They're going to  make a hole i     
[010]  eat except a bowl of  thin soup every day. And we are  _____  with the unkind adults  who control his young life but     
[011] ittle boy and it is so -  so - lonely! Please don't be  _____  with me, sir!' To Mr  Bumble's surprise, Oliver had te     
[012]   waiting for them.  'Where's Oliver?' he said with an  _____  look.  The young thieves looked at him, but they said      
[013] rong  man of about thirty-five, with dirty clothes and  _____  eyes. A  white dog followed him into the room. Its fac     
[014] r Sikes,' said Fagin. 'Don't speak so loud. You  seem   _____  today.' 'Perhaps I am,' said Bill Sikes. 'Give me a  d     
[015] u,' said again. 'Be careful, Oliver. Bill  Sikes is an  _____  man. Do what he tells you.' Oliver was  terribly afrai     
[016] them about the body?' said Barry.  Uncle Johnny became  _____ . 'You've done a stupid thing,  Darry,' he said. 'Now w     
[017] ky,' said Mark.  'He knows we were smoking.  Mom's not  _____  with us.' 'I'm really cold,' said Ricky.  'Ricky, it's     
[018]  Their father  took them and spoiled them. Reggie felt  _____  at first, but  she's got a new life now and tries not      
[019] s pleasant thought.  The courtroom story made Foltrigo  _____  again. But the  papers to call Mark to the court in Ne     
[020]  15 she wrote an  answer under one of them. Then 1 got  _____  with her. I said I  wanted to kill her.  'She didn't w     
[021] hen. She came down and brought money with her.  I  was  _____  and I put my hand through the window and pulled  her t     
[022]  back in fright, and turned  towards Bannister with an  _____  look on his face.  'No, no, Mr Gilchrist. I never said     
[023]  tried to get him to talk about it and he  became very  _____ . But do try. Only he can save me.'  'I will bring him      
[024] st of the house was dark and quiet, but  one  nervous,  _____  person was still awake, trying to decide on his  next      
[025] Philip was planning their  wedding.  Olympias was very  _____  because, as Philip's new wife,  Eurydice would be more     


	
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[001] n't have any children together.'  Suddenly there was a  _____  at the door.   Come in!' I called.  A young man walked     
[002] ill be interesting,' my friend  answered.  There was a  _____  at the door.  'Come in!' called Holmes.  A tall, stron     
[003] n  was  falling heavily outside.  Suddenly there was a  _____   at the door.  I looked at my friend in surprise.  'Wh     
[004]  early - five o'clock in the morning and they  didn't   _____  at the door, or try to wake anyone up.  In fact John       
[005] players were  coming straight at me.  'Go, Oliver, go!  _____  their heads off!'  That was Jenny's voice above the cr     
[006] trying to shake off my terrible  fear.  Then I heard a  _____  on my door and Usher came in.  His  face was as  white     
[007]  was four o'clock and it was still dark.  There was  a  _____  at the front door.  Calmly, because  I  knew I had not     
[008] deo of the trip and  Helen's photographs.  There was a  _____  on the door.  It was Mary.  'Can I see your photos, He     
[009] he gave me the first sign of his presence.  I  heard a  _____ .  It came from the other side of the room.  Then  ther     
[010] m the other side of the room.  Then  there was another  _____ .  The knocks got louder and came  nearer and nearer to     
[011] .  When a man walks with a wooden  leg, you can hear a  _____ .                                                           
[012]                                                     .   _____ ,                                                           
[013]                                                      ,  _____ ,                                                           
[014]                                                      ,  _____  - like that.  I  was very happy.  At last I had a sign     
[015]  presence: he' always gave me a clear  sign.  I heard ' _____ ,                                                           
[016]                                                      ,  _____ ' at the other side of the room.  Poldy then began to '     
[017] o tell you.  Poldy .  .  .'  Suddenly, I heard a loud ' _____ ,                                                           
[018]                                                      ,  _____ ' from upstairs.  Louis and I were in the living room.      
[019] ing room.  The living room is below  my bedroom.  The ' _____ ,                                                           
[020]                                                      ,  _____ ' came from my  bedroom.  'What's the matter, William?'     
[021] te.  You were telling me about Poldy.' 'Did you hear a  _____ ,  Louis?' I asked.  'Like this.' I picked up a wooden      
[022] ard on the chess  board.  It hit the board with a loud  _____ . .  'You can't move anywhere,' Louis said loudly.  'I'     
[023] hat was wrong.  I know that Poldy heard me.  The loud ' _____ ,                                                           
[024]                                                      ,  _____ ' from upstairs was a message.  Of  course, Louis didn'     
[025] owing me.  I stood  and listened.  Then I heard a soft  _____  on the floor.  It was  right behind me.  It got louder   

[001] oup and bread arrived half an hour later. There was a   _____  on the door and somebody outside shouted through  the      
[002] d  butter. He had small eyes and a red nose.  'Did you  _____ ?' asked Oliver.  '1 did.' 'Do you want a coin.' asked      
[003] ownlow about Mr Bumble  and the workhouse. There was a  _____  on the door. It was  Mr  Grimwig, a friend of Mr Brown     
[004] e was a noise outside. The cook screamed.  'That was a  _____ ,' said Mr Giles. 'Open the door,  somebody.' Nobody mo     
[005]  somebody.' Nobody moved.  'It seems a strange time to  _____ ,' said Mr Giles. 'Open the  door, Brittles. We will al     
[006] together, Tightened, and waited.  Suddenly there was a  _____  at the door below. Toby ran to  the window and looked      
[007] nee was on Charley's neck  when there was another loud  _____ . There were lights  outside, and voffices.  'Open this     
[008] burn down at four o'clock in the morning.  There was a  _____  at the door. Mark opened it.  Two men entered the room     
[009]  you and to leave you alone. But, of course,  then I'd  _____  him down. ... Sorry, I didn't mean that.' Yury  had  s     
[010] s,  I know, but the thing to do  with this house is to  _____  down the wall between  the living-  room and the dinin     
[011] lly so  nice suddenly turn into mad killers and try to  _____  down  anyone  using the zebra crossing to get across t     
[012] e quickest way not to meet  people. The best way is to  _____  on people's doors and  introduce  yourself, which peop     
[013] nto the  hands of my enemies.  My first thought was to  _____  him down and run, but  two men came through the door.      
[014] t coming from the  weaver's cottage, and he decided to  _____  at the door. Why  not ask the old man for the money  n     
[015] day! That's bad!' said Mrs  Winthrop sadly. She had to  _____  loudly on  the door before Silas heard. He said nothin     
[016]   have time to answer Silas, as just then  there was a  _____  on the door. When she opened it, Mr and  Mrs Godfrey C     
[017] ll full, and we could not go round all the houses  and  _____  on doors at midnight! George said that perhaps  we cou     
[018] e Hall.'  As Mr Williams Finished reading, there was a  _____  on the  door and Doctor Green came in. He  had just re     
[019]  mouth to speak again, but at that  moment there was a  _____  on the front door. Pris looked  at Isidore white-faced     
[020] er where he is... and if he'll come back.  There was a  _____  at the door.  Rick! She jumped up and opened the door      
[021] ared emptily out of the  window. Then there was a loud  _____  at the door and Aunt  Mary appeared, holding Nna-nndo      
[022] l be home soon,'  she thought. Then she heard a gentle  _____  at the door.  It was Chike. He sat down beside her and     
[023]  down! Shoot him!'  The Lady's Maid  Eleven o'clock. A  _____  at the door.  . I hope I haven't disturbed you, madam.     
[024]  front door was  locked, which was  unusual. He had to  _____ , and she appeared at the door in  her night  clothes.      
[025]  then we heard a horse outside, and there was a light   _____  on the door. . Edgar Linton entered, his handsome  fac     


	
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[001]  members of the NUS Annual  Conference  are tempted to  _____  me of saying, 'Pull up the ladder,  Jack,  I'm alright     
[002] y say. When the assessors  probe  further the students  _____  them of being aggressive and  negative. Hazel Rodrigue     
[003] ried Jem angrily. I'll throw this glass at  you if you  _____  me of stealing your  money!'  Come now, Master Marner,     
[004] er Marner,' said the landlord in the end, you  mustn't  _____  poor Jem. He sometimes  steals a chicken, we all know      
[005] e thief.'  That's right,' said old Mr Macey. You can't  _____  someone  who hasn't done anything wrong,  Master Marne     
[006] he said miserably. I'm sorry, Jem. I had no  reason to  _____  you. But , where can  my gold be?'  Perhaps some stran     
[007]   was her friend, as well as her cousin. She could not  _____   her mother of jealousy; that was not respectful. But      
[008] ? In most murder  cases there's  an obvious person to   _____  right from the  beginning. Usually he's arrested close     
[009] icult to sleep that night. It was a serious  thing  to  _____  an experienced  police officer of not  reporting a cri     
[010] ge Regter was still trying to understand. 'But if you   _____  the government of terrorism, surely you encourage  bla     
[011] to treat it as a recommendation only. I really  cannot  _____  myself of having done anything to deserve to  lose the    

[001]  the very motives which   they harbor themselves. They  _____  their enemies of   precisely the crimes of which they      
[002] s complaints were   the loudest. Hudson's reply was to  _____  the mate   of disloyalty. Juet demanded that Hudson pr     
[003] h as she detested Hiram Harrington,   she also did not  _____  him. At the inquest she was   asked specifically wheth     
[004] w transoms and get   into their pages". Qui s'excuse s' _____ , as the French   Jewish intellectuals used to say.         
[005] in Providence continued,   throughout   the crisis, to  _____  each other of misrepresenting   the facts and attempti     
[006] alsify history.      While the Daily Post continued to  _____  Republicans   and the Daily Journal continued to           
[007]       Republicans   and the Daily Journal continued to  _____  Democrats,   the Woonsocket Patriot complained that th      


	
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[001] and,' said Mr Rinaldi.  What  about that?'  Yes, she's  _____  about that, it's true.  But she remembers  her name,sh     
[002] ot again! She hit her head in the  accident  and she's  _____  about some things.  She thinks that you  are her  husb     

[001] er not,' I said. 'She may not want to see  me.' He was  _____ , I knew. He said, 'You must decide  about that.' He wa     
[002] Mr Maywit stared and kept his mouth shut.  The man was  _____ . He said, 'I came here to ask you all  a  question. 'W     
[003] rd. 'We need to get him to hospital.' Everything  was   _____  after that. Nobody wanted a boy to die in prison.  Whe     
[004] op closed, she had very  little money, and now she was  _____  about her daughter  and  Komarovsky. What was going on     
[005] ned himself with this bold action and burst into sad,   _____  tears. .  'Sasha, what will Daddy think?' Tonya shoute     
[006]  bit more lofty than most people can handle,  becomes   _____  with and then used as a pretentious substitute for  an     
[007] 26 MAR 95 / Inside Story: Who are we in the world?: A   _____  foreign policy reflects a crisis in British identity.      
[008]  '30s poet Louis MacNeice reveals his family sadness,   _____   Irishness and chaotic search for love     By ANDREW M     
[009]  and the local  people  were suffering badly. In  this  _____  situation,  none of the three leaders trusted or respe     
[010] ?' she asked quietly. I felt the ghost escaping, and,   _____ ,  did not answer. 'Why?' she  repeated. 'Tell me!'  Su     
[011] g darkness.  The people of Patusan were frightened and  _____ . Their  white  lord was away in another  part of the c     
[012]  arrived at Doramin's stockade, the crowd of  crying,   _____  people separated,  respectfully and fearfully,  to all     
[013] She felt  deeply, wonderfully happy, but she was also   _____   and a little frightened. After Morris had kissed her,     
[014] e said. And I won't bother  you.' He felt sad. She was  _____ , he knew,  and she didn't seem to understand about the     
[015] Go and sleep,' Iran told him.  He looked at her, still  _____ . It's finished, isn't it?'  It's finished.'  What a jo     
[016] rick was deeply unhappy after his parents' death, and   _____  and worried because Latchetts suddenly belonged  to hi     
[017] ate  problem, but her  thoughts at this time were very  _____ . She  wanted this boy to be Patrick, but she knew that     
[018] ke me?' he repeated rather stupidly and looking  very   _____ .  'Believe me, Simon dear,' said Bee gently, 'it is Pa     
[019] ising, therefore,  that  Simon had been so shocked and  _____ .  Brat thought gratefully about his excellent teacher,     
[020]  thrown open, and we  all ran home.' It was a strange,  _____  story and their  mothers decided to forget about it an     
[021]  Okonkwo could do. The whisky had  made him sleepy and  _____ . Together he and the Obidi  men agreed on a small brid     
[022] nd drove o. As I  left the wealth of Lake  Blu, I felt  _____ . Grafalk's sherry and Grafalk's story had  clearly bee     
[023] ck the way he had come,  only to become  more lost and  _____  than before.  'This is no good,' he thought. He sat do     
[024] t out of the  house, he forgot to  lock the door. That  _____  us, didn't it. You see, Anne  must  have  locked her f     
[025] normal sight.  I showed her the letter, but she looked  _____  and could  not seem to understand it, so I had to expl     

[001] the United States   should stand. We should not become  _____  or let   our public become                                 
[002]                             or let   our public become  _____  over irrelevant questions   of number or even of geogr     
[003] his mother's disapproval.   But explanations leave him  _____  and unmoved.      If his mother loves him, he clings t     
[004] t appearing.      The 15th Street deposit is not to be  _____  with   the nearby famous Mayflower Hotel cypress swamp     
[005] nnot be successfully   separated, but they dare not be  _____  or identified.   The repeated efforts in Christian his     
[006] ally incapable of rolling   forward and are completely  _____  when not sitting   or standing upright. For most small     
[007] second-hand reports. All   told, they offered a highly  _____  picture.      But since 1927, researchers digging into