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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?

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[001]  nervous illness.  For many  months, Henry was my only  _____ .  He did not tell my family  about my illness.  He did     
[002] u came here to  go to university.  But you have been a  _____  all winter.  I am  very sorry.' 'It does not matter, V     
[003] loved her.  When my mother was dying,  Justine was her  _____ .  'Nobody can believe that!' I cried.  'It  is  wrong!     
[004] ht that I was crazy.  So he spoke to me kindly, like a  _____  to a child.  I became  angrier and ran from his office     
[005] s it really  matter?' He turned away to the window.  A  _____  came; there was a telephone call for them.  It was  Mr     
[006] is age,  he can't know anything about love! He needs a  _____ , not a  wife!'  Chapter 3 The Handsome Stranger The Da     
[007] a tired smile, and he fell  asleep again.  I brought a  _____  to sit by his bed.  'Tell me if  he  wakes up.  Or if
[008] ratil  boys.  An Unbelievable StoryAlice Cleaver was a  _____ ,  traveling on the Titanic with a family in first clas     
[009]  time.  Paul  McCartney was born in 1942, the son of a  _____  and a cotton  salesman.  The family loved music.  When     
[010] er the Cuckoo's Nest.  In  the movie, she played a bad  _____ .  When she won she said,  "I've loved being hated by y     
[011]  only saw their parents for an hour every day.  Their   _____  was a hard woman and often hurt Edward.  George V  was     
[012]  was away on tour.  Miss Lightbody, Charles's Scottish  _____ ,  wanted him to be a little prince.  She didn't like i     
[013] re he was  just  one of many boys.  He didn't have his  _____ , or his parents,  or  his own comfortable rooms.  Of c     
[014] tely.  She lied to her family.  She wanted to be a war  _____ , she  told  them.  She smiled kindly as she kissed her     
[015]  at a wicket, and my mother has  a part-time  job as a  _____ . I go to the local comprehensive  school, where I have     
[016] ndon, where she worked as a  maid  and cook. She was a  _____  during the First World War and an air-  raid warden  i     
[017] e the important things about him  in a little book.  A  _____   helped me.  Merrick looked at  her sometimes, but she     
[018]  brought their  friends to look at him.  One day a new  _____   came to  the hospital, and nobody told her about Merr     
[019] r, and ran out of the room.  I was very angry with the  _____ , and went to see  Merrick.  He  was not happy about it     
[020] hoes, but then she began to cry and could not stop.  A  _____  came up to Emma's bed.  'Please go now,' she said  to
[021] it.  Then he went out for a  drink.  At the hospital a  _____  put Emma to bed in a room with five  other women.  The     
[022]  Flying Corps, and  Agatha went to work as a volunteer  _____  at the Torbay  Hospital in Torquay.  Archie came back
[023] lls.  I played that the dolls  were  sick, and I was a  _____ .  When the dolls had bad stomachs,  I gave them medici     
[024] hs, and soon I went  back  to  finish my training as a  _____ .  Four years later, I had another  baby, and this one
[025]  real job and we have very little  money.  I work as a  _____  in a hospital, but I don't get much  for  that.  And I    

[001] at a wicket, and my mother  has  a part-time  job as a  _____ . I go to the local comprehensive  school, where I have     
[002] ndon, where she worked as a  maid  and cook. She was a  _____  during the First World War and  an air-  raid warden 
[003] ble, whatever the cost. And Miss  Jessie's a wonderful  _____ . My dear, if you saw  her as I have, you'd never laugh     
[004] sked her to marry him and she had  refused in order to  _____  her sister. Gordon  had then gone angrily abroad. He w     
[005]  the hospital,  waiting for news. 'No, no change,' the  _____  would say, or  'Better go  out and get a meal.' And sh     
[006] he do?'  'She kissed me.'  The door opened and a young  _____  came in.  'Are you Miss Ashby, please?'  'Yes?' said B     
[007] e  was a very good cook, but she really wanted to be a  _____ .  Everybody  liked her and when they found she was goi     
[008] thanking her for her kindness. The girl had  become a   _____ , she wrote, and she had made sure that her  baby had b     
[009] ry Woodward. She was a good cook, but  an even better   _____ . She was killed during the war, taking some  patients
[010] ial about her?'  demanded Osenekwu.  'She's a hospital  _____ . That's all. People who've seen her  say that she's no     
[011] my arm? I  remembered. My car. The brakes  failing.  A  _____  came into the room. 'Oh, you're awake now. That's  goo     
[012] he  said dryly.  'I thought I'd go home now, since the  _____  won't call the  police.'  'You must stay here another
[013] ppens.'  'Murray, you get out of here before I ask the  _____  to throw  you  out.'  He laughed. 'Get well soon, Vic.     
[014] ing him.  'He's a bloody fool!' said the doctor to the  _____  who was  looking  after the young man. 'Taking  drugs
[015] perhaps not. If he recovers, it'll be because of you,   _____ ,  no one else. ) The   
[016]    ,  no one else. ) The  _____  felt  pleased, and a little  more hopeful than before.     
[017] put  the bandage back, he  shook his head sadly at the  _____  waiting anxiously beside  the bed.  Next morning, in M     
[018] always be  weak. And her loving husband is a very good  _____  to her!'  'Her loving husband!' repeated Heathcli scor     
[019] and  picture books.  'Nicky, Heloise, this is your new  _____ ,' their mother said.  'Her name  is Lucille.'  The lit     
[020]  than Catherine,' Nicky told her.  'Catherine was  our  _____  before. She went  back to Scotland. We  didn't like Ca     
[021] umped.  The doctor had not seen her that day. Only the  _____ . 'There  was no one else in the waiting room,' she tol     
[022] d. It was  the Mrs  Thompson who had  looked after the  _____ .  'I clean the doctor's apartment for him once a week,     
[023] down  the stairs. A minute  or so later she heard the   _____  scream.  'She was looking out of the window screaming,     
[024] office, and coming out again just before she heard the  _____   screaming. The bullet she had been  shot with had com     
[025] tintso, a tiny, pretty  girl of twenty who worked as a  _____  at the clinic in  Zanempilo, and she was there to gree     


	
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[001] o drink  salt water from the river mouth, for heaven's  _____ ? Chemists  from  London have checked it, too, you know     

[001] his death, but  a friend saved me. He said: 'For God's  _____ , you kept him  alive  the last few years..' Her life d     
[002] r, all right.'  'So what is the Counting, for heaven's  _____ ,' said Flora  crossly, beginning to pick her way acros     
[003] hange - either in violence or in  partnership. For the  _____  of your white children and mine, I  hope that it's par     
[004] st unfortunate beginning,' said the Doctor.  For God's  _____ , look after Prendy,' said Grimes in Paul's  ear. He's
[005]  to help her in there,' he said firmly, and for  God's  _____ , don't come out until you feel better.'  By now the Cl     
[006] ake sure.  Jack, stay close to Penny Ashton. For God's  _____ , don't  lose her.'  At Ashton's house we found only on     
[007] ghter.' Marry Penny and make her happy - but,  for her  _____ ,  be a bad son-in-law.  Yours George Ashton  I sat dow     
[008] n his hand. 'I got him,' he said.  'Got who, for God's  _____ ?'  'Benson.'  I stared at him. 'You shot Benson?'  He
[009] is voffice to a shout. 'Then find out why, for  God's   _____ ! Don't do it for me, do it  for Penny. Find out  why B     
[010] e suspected cases are Cregar and myself.'6  'For God's  _____ , Malcolm! What's been happening up  there?'  'You'd be     
[011]   have met the enemy, and he is us.'  I hope, for your  _____ , that he is wrong.  A faint voffice murmured, My eyes!     
[012] Won't anyone  help me? Rochester! Rochester! For God's  _____ , come!'  shouted a  voffice from upstairs.  Bedroom do     
[013]  realise  you  find him disgusting, but please, for my  _____ , put your feelings  to one side and listen to him. Jus     
[014] with me,' said  Komarovsky.  'I'll obey you for Lara's  _____ . I know that we'll be separated  soon one way or anoth     
[015] how she looked.' 'Yes, well, I did everything for the   _____  of that girl. I studied, became a teacher and left  Mo     
[016] nd left  Moscow for Yuryatin. I kept studying  for her  _____ , and then went off to war to show her that I was  good     
[017]  the Berkshires near Hillsdale (for $55 each). For the  _____   of  comparison, I called the Red Lion Inn in Stockbri     
[018] his death, but  a friend saved me. He said: 'For God's  _____ , you kept him  alive  the last few years..' Her life d     
[019] r, all right.'  'So what is the Counting, for heaven's  _____ ,' said Flora  crossly, beginning to pick her way acros     
[020] hange - either in violence or in  partnership. For the  _____  of your white children and mine, I  hope that it's par     
[021] st unfortunate beginning,' said the Doctor.  For God's  _____ , look after Prendy,' said Grimes in Paul's  ear. He's
[022]  to help her in there,' he said firmly, and for  God's  _____ , don't come out until you feel better.'  By now the Cl     
[023] ake sure.  Jack, stay close to Penny Ashton. For God's  _____ , don't  lose her.'  At Ashton's house we found only on     
[024] ghter.' Marry Penny and make her happy - but,  for her  _____ ,  be a bad son-in-law.  Yours George Ashton  I sat dow     
[025] n his hand. 'I got him,' he said.  'Got who, for God's  _____ ?'  'Benson.'  I stared at him. 'You shot Benson?'  He


	
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[001] ice, but is aware of t he abilities she  can employ to  _____  this handicap. Likewise, Shola is  hardheaded in her a     
[002] ed! in congratulate  you!' cried Flora, who was indeed  _____  with relief and  satisfaction.  'Charming,' murmured C     
[003] hanging from a string.'  Woods sank back in his chair,  _____  by this example  of  police cruelty. 'Oh, God...' he s     
[004] enged to a fight, and shot the other man dead. He was   _____  by such  a sense of guilt that he sent the actress awa     
[005]  for one little human  weakness, which I have sworn to  _____ .'  His eyes shone as he spoke of his great purpose in
[006]  such deep  feelings together. 'But believe me, I have  _____  this  weakness of  mine, and become as hard as a rock.     
[007] ather His face was calm. I realized  he had managed to  _____  what he called his weakness  Gradually our  life at Mo     
[008]  no more than a few minutes. For a few moments he was   _____  by fear, and then, suddenly, the fear was replaced  by     
[009] gainst unions are just a  couple of  the hurdles to be  _____ . Unions and their supporters  must go  much further if     
[010] zed genius of our time,' yet March was  never  able to  _____  the sense that his work was marginal.  Then, in a  par     
[011] ice, but is aware of t he abilities she  can employ to  _____  this handicap. Likewise, Shola is  hardheaded in her a     
[012] ed! in congratulate  you!' cried Flora, who was indeed  _____  with relief and  satisfaction.  'Charming,' murmured C     
[013] hanging from a string.'  Woods sank back in his chair,  _____  by this example  of  police cruelty. 'Oh, God...' he s     
[014] enged to a fight, and shot the other man dead. He was   _____  by such  a sense of guilt that he sent the actress awa     
[015]  for one little human  weakness, which I have sworn to  _____ .'  His eyes shone as he spoke of his great purpose in
[016]  such deep  feelings together. 'But believe me, I have  _____  this  weakness of  mine, and become as hard as a rock.     
[017] ather His face was calm. I realized  he had managed to  _____  what he called his weakness  Gradually our  life at Mo     
[018]  no more than a few minutes. For a few moments he was   _____  by fear, and then, suddenly, the fear was replaced  by   

[001] out Silk  Slippers's victory was that she twice had to  _____   difficulties in running and William Hill's offer of 3     
[002] ful Littlewoods Cup second round,  second  leg. Having  _____  the dismissal of Paul Stewart in the  49th  minute, Sp     
[003] an one club.  However,  it was suggested that he could  _____  that hurdle by  signing  the Blackpool involvement ove     
[004] he coast, the  incident of the matches, etc.; and then  _____  by fatigue,  he  managed to forget his sorrows in slee     
[005] urity. There was still a height of a  thousand feet to  _____ . Would the interior acclivities of  the  crater be pra     
[006] ng  and his  companions were astounded on seeing that,  _____  by  some  terrible emotion, his teeth chattered like t     
[007] ng the between-decks,  strewn  with numerous sleepers,  _____  more by drunkenness  than sleep.  A lantern was lighte     


	
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[001] erstand her own real needs.  It is a story of love and  _____ -  discovery.  Evans says: 'It's about people finding a     
[002]  full-time job.  About  16% of men and 7% of women are  _____ -employed.  They do  not work for a company, but for th    

[001] tate, much more  private provision, family support and  _____ -reliance, more  Englishness within a strong union, no
[002] right - and it ignores the  equally calculated, almost  _____ -conscious, bursts of populism  that have also begun to     
[003] ntive' for people to  take  jobs in order to encourage  _____ -reliance; private second  pensions  for all, wherever
[004] uous, sensual whole.  Jencks  insists there is nothing  _____ -indulgent about how he has  treated  the space. 'My in     
[005]  an  audience in London recently, 'is a long series of  _____ -  organizing,    
[006]     -  organizing,  _____ -complexifying processes, some very abrupt.  The  story     
[007] versities with similar  physical  provision, staffing,  _____ -governing powers and financial  support  for students
[008] don't have much to do with people  at  university. I'm  _____ -contained, but university and the way  academia works
[009] oo, was being subjected to similar ignorant attacks by  _____ -  appointed guardians of bigotry, such words from Cior     
[010] give to each. What is clear, though, is that they are   _____ -reinforcing: for example, the more that education seek     
[011]  gospel,  and physical exercise as a means of learning  _____ -discipline.  But  attitudes have changed. Inter-church     
[012]  editor before his final illness. Reading this work of  _____ -  effacing but fascinating scholarship, one regrets th     
[013] ilding  on campus. They have all read the university's  _____ -  assessment of  its provision and based on this are c     
[014]  spent. Under the  old  system, universities submitted  _____ -assessments to the  funding  council, upon which a dec     
[015] wn paramilitary compound in northern  Idaho,  teaching  _____ -defence, and training in guerrilla warfare  techniques     
[016] nalienable rights to carry  weapons  and to freedom of  _____ -determination will inevitably clash with  the democrat     
[017] bjects are less important in  education than fostering  _____ - confidence and enabling pupils  to  get a job. The re     
[018] rles Street are models of  clarity and conciseness. No  _____ - respecting journalist would  visit a capital without
[019] cy. It symbolises a  wide-ranging search for a British  _____ . Ten things Britain can  still be proud about 1 There
[020] E BORN, movement and dance therapist: I  was  teaching  _____ -expressive movement therapy to a group, and  someone 
[021] being sold as a  reassertion of national and political  _____ -confidence, though in  the most civilised way. Outside     
[022] ctory marches and proclaiming the return  of  national  _____ -interest as the governing principle of foreign  policy     
[023] was the most satisfying;  it  was short and impossibly  _____ -righteous. Next down the scale  was  being allowed to
[024] n the  British musical scene, yet also one of its most  _____ -effacing  characters. On meeting Lambert a few years a     
[025] w British  music!', but Lambert was so uninterested in  _____ -publicity that  few people realised just how true that     


	
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[001] to the cockpit  without a word. The engines started to  _____ , the plane started to  shake, and  after a bumpy take-     
[002] tarted to feel very frightened. We  heard the  tiger's  _____  a second before we saw it. Kamal shouted,  Look out!'
[003] night it was  impossible to sleep! I kept hearing that  _____  and seeing  that  face. *** A: Look at this article ab     
[004] e! It is I, Shere Khan, who  speaks!' And Shere Khan's  _____  filled the  cave with noise.  No!' came the angry voic    

[001] tarted to feel very frightened. We  heard the  tiger's  _____  a second before we saw it. Kamal  shouted,  Look out!'     
[002] night it was  impossible to sleep! I kept hearing that  _____  and seeing  that  face.  ***   A: Look at this article     
[003]   passages are  about flying: "an incandescent, steady  _____ , in solitude,  slamming every moment against invisible     
[004] to the cockpit  without a word. The engines started to  _____ , the plane started  to  shake, and  after a bumpy take     
[005] tarted to feel very frightened. We  heard the  tiger's  _____  a second before we saw it. Kamal  shouted,  Look out!'     
[006] night it was  impossible to sleep! I kept hearing that  _____  and seeing  that  face.  ***   A: Look at this article    

[001]  not a flame could be seen in the dark hollows; not a   _____ , not a mutter, no trembling even issued from this blac     
[002] are  only loaded with small shot, and beasts which can  _____  as  loud as  that would care no more for it than for g     
[003] d leave their dwelling to be devastated, when a  deep   _____  was heard, followed by frightful cries! Cyrus Harding
[004] orward, guided by the wire.  The  thunder continued to  _____  with such violence that not a word  could be heard. Ho     
[005] staken. The rumbling was  mingled  with a subterranean  _____ , which formed a sort of rinforzando,  and  died slowly     
[006] h- four birdies,   one bogey and 13 pars for a 69. The  _____  of Palmer's   gallery as he sank a thrilling putt woul     
[007] of Augusta, only to be   answered moments later by the  _____  of Player's gallery   for a similar triumph. At one po    


	
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[001] er stories by them are: African Adventure (1988),  The  _____  (1989), Who Wants to be a Star (1989), Susan  and The

[001] assumptions came  from - about  sisterliness, personal  _____ , and, most of all, The Pilgrim's  Progress. At univers     
[002] tudy and end up as a housewife,' says Shola. 'I  would  _____  everything, even having a family, to show I  can  have     
[003] rong or  shameful.  Well, I respect that. I don't want  _____  or  sorrow in my life. I want - but that will do. I'd
[004] ork, and I moved to the cottage in Morton.  Mr Rivers'  _____   I had twenty village girls to teach, some of them wit     
[005] d at all.  The sight of another person's suffering and  _____  stopped  me  thinking so much about my own problems. I     
[006]  you'd accept. But  my heart  is already promised as a  _____  to God'  But he never said anything, and she always  t     
[007] Mayan Indians, it was an honour to be chosen for this   _____ ,' Sam continued. 'They did not fear it, as you! or I 
[008] re were queens, and yes, sometimes they had to make a   _____  of their blood.  They did this by using the spine of t     
[009] assumptions came  from - about  sisterliness, personal  _____ , and, most of all, The Pilgrim's  Progress. At univers     
[010] tudy and end up as a housewife,' says Shola. 'I  would  _____  everything, even having a family, to show I  can  have     
[011] rong or  shameful.  Well, I respect that. I don't want  _____  or  sorrow in my life. I want - but that will do. I'd
[012] ork, and I moved to the cottage in Morton.  Mr Rivers'  _____   I had twenty village girls to teach, some of them wit     
[013] d at all.  The sight of another person's suffering and  _____  stopped  me  thinking so much about my own problems. I     
[014]  you'd accept. But  my heart  is already promised as a  _____  to God'  But he never said anything, and she always  t     
[015] Mayan Indians, it was an honour to be chosen for this   _____ ,' Sam continued. 'They did not fear it, as you! or I 
[016] re were queens, and yes, sometimes they had to make a   _____  of their blood.  They did this by using the spine of t   

[001] ss king of the  Solar  race, performed the Aswa- medha  _____  of horses and  begged  the gods to grant him a son. It     
[002] f pitcher, Dennis Eckersley. Toronto had scored  on a   _____  fly and a single in the second inning and on a home  r     
[003] e. Only it had the inconvenience of  necessitating the  _____  of a piece of handkerchief.  Notwithstanding, the thin     
[004] ll of  cemented stones, which it would be necessary to  _____ ,  but  that could easily be rebuilt. Fortunately, Cyru     
[005]  opening up of the  road  had already necessitated the  _____  of a considerable  number,  those were brought and sup     
[006] n his duty, there came an heroic thought. This was to   _____  his own life, but save the island and the colonists. 
[007] r. Neb was with his master; Ayrton was  there ready to  _____  himself for all; Pencroft was more a  farmer than he h     


	
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[001]  .  There  were  shadows on the walls.  I could hear a  _____  outside.  It was  crying  like a baby.  I don't like t     
[002] got up and opened the  window.  'Ssshh!' I cried.  The  _____  stopped.  Then it started  again.  'Ssshh!' I cried ag     
[003] it started  again.  'Ssshh!' I cried again.  I saw the  _____ : a fat black one.  It  ran across the garden.  'Good,'     
[004] play.' I went to the window and looked out.  The black  _____   was  there again.  It was still crying like a baby. 
[005] here was no  answer, of course - just the sound of the  _____  outside the  window.  I reached for the plug on the fl     
[006]   heart.  It was going wildly. .  And I could hear the  _____  outside.  It  never stopped.  It cried like a baby all     
[007] ed all day.  I saw only one sign of life: a fat  black  _____  walked across the grass.  It stood under my  bedroom w     
[008] ime.  Then it  went away very slowly.  I remember that  _____  very well.  I saw it  once before.  I heard it in my g     
[009] ago - when my  game with Poldy began to go wrong.  The  _____  didn't worry me  now.  It wasn't important.  My only w     
[010]  face or the face of any person.  It was the face of a  _____ ! The 
[011] ! The   _____  was looking into my room.  It wasn't the fat black   
[012]     was looking into my room.  It wasn't the fat black  _____ .  It  was a white
[013] .  It  was a white  _____ .  'I've seen this
[014] .  'I've seen this  _____  before somewhere,' I  thought, 'but where?' I tried to     
[015] k.  Suddenly, I remembered.  Of course! It was Julie's  _____ .  Julie loved animals.  She had a  
[016]  .  Julie loved animals.  She had a   _____  like this when she was alive: a beautiful white
[017]  like this when she was alive: a beautiful white  _____ .  When Julie died - I mean, after I murdered her - the     
[018]   When Julie died - I mean, after I murdered her - the  _____   disappeared.  I never saw it again.  But now it was b     
[019] t now it was back.  I  looked through the window.  The  _____ 's face was against mine.  Only the glass was between u     
[020] was against mine.  Only the glass was between us.  The  _____ 's eyes were red and  angry.  It scratched the glass wi     
[021] ass wildly.  I hit the glass from the  inside, but the  _____  didn't go away.  It began to cry like a baby.  'Stop i     
[022] nd tried to open it.  Again, it  wasn't possible.  The  _____  continued to cry outside the  window.  I suddenly want     
[023] a thick piece of wood and ran towards the window.  The  _____  looked at me with its red eyes.  It cried louder and 
[024] h the  broken window, but there was nothing there.  No  _____ , no  sound, nothing! 'Wonderful,' I thought.  'It's go     
[025] y.  I turned round in fear and there it was! The white  _____ ! It  was looking up at me and there was blood on its f   

[001] news: I am pleased to  announce that Pickles - our pet  _____  - has  had kittens! Three  of  them. They're gorgeous,     
[002] 'a  piano working along aleatoric lines, a comfortable  _____ , and a  small assortment of ladies whose goodwill was
[003] he Villa Wolkonsky, move into an apartment and  get a   _____ ? Not if Britain wants to be a political or commercial
[004] ch to reading? Do they use phonics  (the  c-a-t spells  _____  method), reading schemes (books specially  written to
[005]  cried. 'You don't  need that. Perhaps it's a dog or a  _____ . Please don't shoot  it, Mr Alexiakis!'  Just then the     
[006] st then there was a lot of noise from the shed, and a   _____  ran out.  Stratos stopped. 'A
[007]  ran out.  Stratos stopped. 'A  _____ ! Be calm, Miss Ferris. I shall  not shoot that.'  'I'm     
[008] Just then there was a lot of noise from the shed and a  _____  ran  out.  The sheep's coat was being worn by a boy. 
[009] urteen street fights... A woman had brought me a dead   _____  and had  called me a murderer.  Then I changed my  ide     
[010] he  night in a hotel.  Chapter 12  Montmorency and the  _____   On Monday morning, we got up quite early and we went
[011] ts. I like  cats. Montmorency does not.  When I meet a  _____ , I say hello to it. Then I bend down and I  stroke it
[012] , behind the ears and along the side of its  head. The  _____  likes this. It puts its tail up and it pushes itself 
[013] And there is love and peace. When  Montmorency meets a  _____ , everybody knows about it, and a  lot of bad  words ar     
[014] ng, Montmorency wished that he  had not argued  with a  _____ .  As we were coming back from the river, a     
[015].  As we were coming back from the river, a  _____  ran out from  one of the  houses, and it began to walk     
[016] it began to walk across the road.  Montmorency saw the  _____ , gave a shout of real happiness,  and ran  after it. 
[017] al happiness,  and ran  after it.  It was a big, black  _____ . I have never seen a bigger  
[018]   . I have never seen a bigger  _____ . It had  lost  half its tail and one of its ears, but
[019]  it looked calm  and happy. 5  Montmorency ran at that  _____  as fast as he could, but the 
[020]   as fast as he could, but the  _____   did not  hurry. It did not seem to understand that it     
[021]  a brave dog, but there was something  in the way  the  _____  looked at him. It frightened him. He  stopped suddenly     
[022] htened him. He  stopped suddenly, and he looked at the  _____ . They did not  speak, of  course, but it was easy to i     
[023] , but it was easy to imagine their  conversation.  THE  _____ : Can I do anything for you? MONTMORENCY: No  . . . no,     
[024] thing for you? MONTMORENCY: No  . . . no, thanks.  THE  _____ : DO please tell me if there is something you want,  wo     
[025] ade a mistake. I thought I knew you... I'm sorry.  THE  _____ : Not at all. Are you quite sure you don't want  anythi     


	
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[001] an when you see him  in his armchair  now, bald with a  _____  little grey beard, peacefully smoking his  pipe. He's
[002] dable, and boring.  *** Well, he's quite well-dressed,  _____ , and punctual.  Sometimes  he's cheerful and tells us
[003] the dramatic beauty of  the States, but oh, it is very  _____  and pretty and  charming in a  way that I find comfort     
[004] Both boys and  girls had very long hair that was never  _____  or  clean, and which they never  combed or brushed, an     
[005] hing machine.  'We  raised our children to always look  _____  and tidy - and now  look at them!'  complain their par     

[001] t merely to three decades ago. It may be tempting  and  _____   to ascribe the changes in climate to the Tory governm     
[002]  his constitutional in the direction of Port Royal, a   _____  little figure, like a bank-clerk, with his sober attac     
[003] ighters. East German history-books  needed  to do some  _____  footwork, too, to fudge the fact that Hitler  and  Sta     
[004] s, her hands were  never dirty and her hair was always  _____  and tidy.  Eight years, thought Bee. Eight years since     
[005]  just looked up at his  anxious face, then down at his  _____  white shoes. Tears  filled  her eyes again. Chike sat
[006]  horrific sight met me. The papers I had left in eight  _____   piles  were thrown around the room.  Drawers were ope     
[007]  studio, she  would have had a surprise. He kept it as  _____   as a pin. Everything was arranged in its place, exact     
[008] by the side of the road.  They were the daughters of a  _____ , hard-working little woman,  who went from house to ho     
[009] looked so nice, sitting there, so  straight-backed and  _____ , reading his German newspaper.  Some old men were horr     
[010]  know quite what to say.  It wasn't pretty, but it was  _____ , and, she supposed,  comfortable for such an old man.
[011] e out, I could see them again. My donkeys,  with their  _____  little feet and sad eyes.  Well, madam, would you beli     
[012] ise. When Moore returned he found the  room clean and   _____ . A fire was burning in the ancient fireplace.  She had     
[013] 'You saw that?' His small face shone with pleasure. 'A  _____   little  job, wasn't it? I finished on  Tuesday aftern     
[014] treets that cross the main street run between rows of   _____   cottages near the bottom of the  slope, but higher up     
[015] red mark on an envelope  addressed to her in Charles's  _____  handwriting.  She was extremely  annoyed. 'My letters,     
[016]  made one of the  wounds. But a bullet does not make a  _____  hole, or burn fur,  as it leaves a body. So the two ti     
[017]  lost in refusing him. But although everything  seemed  _____  and comfortable, she was unable to please him  with a
[018] n when you see him  in his  armchair  now, bald with a  _____  little grey beard, peacefully smoking his  pipe. He's
[019] , and  boring.    ***   Well, he's quite well-dressed,  _____ , and punctual.  Sometimes  he's cheerful and tells us
[020] he dramatic  beauty of  the States, but oh, it is very  _____  and pretty and  charming in  a  way that I find comfor     
[021] Both boys and  girls had very long hair that was never  _____  or  clean, and which they never  combed or brushed, an     
[022] ing  machine.  'We  raised our children to always look  _____  and tidy - and  now  look at them!'  complain their pa     
[023] t merely to three decades ago. It may be tempting  and  _____   to ascribe the changes in climate to the Tory governm     
[024]  his constitutional in the direction of Port Royal, a   _____  little figure, like a bank-clerk, with his sober attac     
[025] ighters. East German history-books  needed  to do some  _____  footwork, too, to fudge the fact that Hitler  and  Sta   

[001] esponding to this constant  raiding with play that was  _____  but frantic, despite Seaman's  signals to slow down th     
[002]  the gigantic paintings of Tintoretto.   He can coin a  _____  phrase: "a street spattered with   an invigoration of
[003] y opposing pair, all of which   equal 10. In fact, the  _____  balance of these pairs,   and their subtle equilibrium     
[004] ture.In the morning we leave the room looking as  _____    as a pin!Many a motel owner- when we've stoppe     
[005] h salt   hay, or an ice floe studded with logs. Even a  _____ ,   plastic-covered plunge is not exactly a joy to beho     
[006]  the vast difference in scope and beauty   between his  _____  and witty little Classical Symphony   and his big, mus     
[007] u? Do you love to   run up a hem, sew on buttons, make  _____  buttonholes?   If you do, go to it. There is always a  


	
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[001] hts when they were  still red and who did not. Do  not  _____  that it was the other  person's fault, or insist or ev     
[002] on for anything better. But I still have the right to   _____ , even if  not to expect any improvement. I wish I'd  j     
[003] ny  telephone  calls that seem out of the ordinary, or  _____  to the Telephone  Company. If the caller will not give     
[004]  hour for some of the  rides - we heard several people  _____   about that. And we always had to queue  with the fair     
[005] o always look neat and tidy - and now  look at them!'   _____  their parents.*** HOLIDAY ONE: In  January it is very,     
[006]   it will do you  little good to get mad, or worry, or  _____  to  the police, AFTER your property  is gone. More and     
[007] boring. Whjat  do I really think of this job? I  can't  _____  - it's OK for  the moment. But I wouldn't spend the re     
[008] s her own ill health.  But recently she had started to  _____  more and more  about Mattie's housework, and to say th     
[009] hts when they were  still red and who did not. Do  not  _____  that it was the other  person's fault, or insist or ev     
[010] on for anything better. But I still have the right to   _____ , even if  not to expect any improvement. I wish I'd  j     
[011] ny  telephone  calls that seem out of the ordinary, or  _____  to the Telephone  Company. If the caller will not give     
[012]  hour for some of the  rides - we heard several people  _____   about that. And we always had to queue  with the fair     
[013] o always look neat and tidy - and now  look at them!'   _____  their parents.*** HOLIDAY ONE: In  January it is very,     
[014]   it will do you  little good to get mad, or worry, or  _____  to  the police, AFTER your property  is gone. More and     
[015] boring. Whjat  do I really think of this job? I  can't  _____  - it's OK for  the moment. But I wouldn't spend the re    

[001]   it will do you  little good to get mad, or worry, or  _____  to  the police, AFTER your property  is gone. More and     
[002] boring. Whjat  do I really think of this job? I  can't  _____  - it's OK for  the moment. But I wouldn't spend the re     
[003] ----------------    IND 28 APR 95 / Parents 'afraid to  _____  of bad teachers'     By JUDITH JUDD, Education Editor
[004]  are worried  their children will be picked on if they  _____  about  teachers.  They object to the stipulation from
[005] osing  camps emerged, Jones could not bring himself to  _____ ,  keeping  a typically dignified silence until the Sco     
[006] don't have a culture of  complaint. They don't tend to  _____  because they're  worried it  might affect their studie     
[007] bishops' conference.'  Senior bishops are now prone to  _____  'we're treated as  altar  boys in Rome these days'. Ma     
[008] is  achievements  as a composer, I never knew him once  _____  about this,  or  about anything else for that matter.
[009]   on libraries. In the new universities many lecturers  _____   that teaching has degenerated to 'battery farming'. S     
[010] ather, as he  originally was, so that readers must not  _____  if the  shadowy figure which took his name and his pla     
[011] s - a boring time for all of us,  and Cutlet  began to  _____  that his  men were wasting  their time. One day, howev     
[012] rs Bennet refused to understand, and she  continued to  _____  bitterly about Mr Collins.  'It certainly is most unju     
[013] body knows how I  suer! But of course those who do not  _____  are never  pitied.' Her daughters listened in silence,     
[014] l be able to forget him  in a while. I have nothing to  _____  of, as he made no  promises to me. I just thought he c     
[015] 's a fine city. I like  it,'  he said. 'Lots of people  _____  about it. But it's alive. It's  always growing, always     
[016] nnifer didn't look up. 'No?' she  said.  'I'm going to  _____  to Mary,' I continued, drying my back.  'Yes,' Jennife     
[017]  along on that  antique tour bus. I really am going to  _____  about it.  With the prices they charge, it just isn't
[018] he was talking about, but I have to say, I  almost did  _____  when we got there. Mary called it a  nightclub, but it     
[019] uld read  them. It was his own fault, and he could not  _____ . But no  one was allowed to take another boy's letters     
[020] on Sunday.  But young lawyers at Drake & Sweeney don't  _____  about  long hours. Fewer than one in ten become partne     
[021]  Oliver had tears in his eyes. He told the  boy not to  _____ , to dry his eyes and to be good. He took  Oliver's han     
[022] s after using the toilet.  Although  privacy advocates  _____  Hygiene Guard represents an  unprecedented intrusion,
[023] ts when they  were  still red and who did not. Do  not  _____  that it was the  other  person's fault, or insist or e     
[024] on for anything better. But I still have the right to   _____ , even if  not to expect any improvement. I wish I'd  j     
[025] ny  telephone  calls that seem out of the ordinary, or  _____  to the  Telephone  Company. If the caller will not giv     


	
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[001]  in the world, a  sign of His presence, a trace of His  _____ .' As a statement  about  the present role which human
[002] e are always people who fight more  gloriously."  "The  _____  is theirs, Caesar," said Maximus, looking at the  line     
[003] ughts about him.  Marcus had won many battles, for the  _____  of Rome, but  Maximus would always remember him first
[004] n, Maximus," Marcus said. 'Why are we here?"  "For the  _____  of the Empire, sir." At first he thought Marcus  had n     
[005] ce  the  1760's, the 20th century has been its time of  _____ . The  company  nurtured, published and sold the music
[006]  won  1 game and lost 15. There was one brief burst of  _____  in  1969,  when Joe Namath led the team to an upset of     
[007] og legs,  anything but chicken. A black stripper named  _____  Peacock  gyrates to 'The Battle of New Orleans.' And,
[008]  in the world, a  sign of His presence, a trace of His  _____ .' As a statement  about  the present role which human
[009] e are always people who fight more  gloriously."  "The  _____  is theirs, Caesar," said Maximus, looking at the  line     
[010] ughts about him.  Marcus had won many battles, for the  _____  of Rome, but  Maximus would always remember him first
[011] n, Maximus," Marcus said. 'Why are we here?"  "For the  _____  of the Empire, sir." At first he thought Marcus  had n 

[001]  Lineker's  first  hat-trick for two years, but Gary's  _____  game served only to  paper over Tottenham's cracks. QP     
[002] l'Arc de Triomphe from 2-1 to  7-4  with a run, French  _____  came down a point to 7-1 amid  rumours  that Pat Edder     
[003]  defeat in the Prix Niel by Golden Pheasant and French  _____ ,  who  now occupy prominent positions in the Arc betti     
[004] untry was his first  success in a group one event. And  _____  in the 1, 000  Guineas may  well be a lot more than ju     
[005] ost certain to ride the  owner's  other runner, French  _____ . Legal Case's connections were  the  only ones to pay
[006] rs behind him, Graham Price should be basking in  the   _____  of one of Welsh rugby's greatest careers. But old habi     
[007] d the captain; "your toils are for  her prosperity and  _____ . You are right. One's native land!--  there should one