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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] he house,  and another man rook me through it.  He did  _____  say a word.  Each room was very dark.  I felt as uncom
[002] as well,  since I  must keep my hair tied up in a hair- _____  held together with pins,  which  supposedly keeps my h
[003] ight they had candles for  light. They had no fishing   _____ , but they had a piece of string they used as a  fishin

[001] n a  doorbell. I pushed my finger through the mosquito  _____  and  one of those enormous jungle rats bit it o! You'r
[002] ere. I'm  glad I didn't push my whole hand through the  _____ . There are  all  sorts of snakes and insects and wild 
[003] the  figure is the first authoritative estimate of the  _____  annual flow  of illegal Mexican workers into the Unite
[004]  more such material for release but also  casting  its  _____  wider. Duplications are to be expected in  documentati
[005] i shop, where my  data  would flow by satellite to the  _____ , while I smoked some Shiva-  weed with the resident yo
[006] ue,' said Glenn Cohen,  president  of New Jersey-based  _____ /Tech International Inc., adding that  the  system of c
[007] ppearance, and she was so excited she  skipped to the   _____  after match point.    The Women's National Basketball 
[008] as well,  since I  must keep my hair tied up in a hair- _____  held together with  pins,  which  supposedly keeps my 
[009] ight they had candles for  light. They had no fishing   _____ , but they had a piece of string they used as a  fishin
[010]  industry earned pounds 1bn for  the  UK in 1993 and a  _____  surplus of pounds 517m. 3 The British  Council operate
[011] the general subsidy. Education is already reckoned  to  _____   Britain pounds 9bn a year; plans afoot include a big 
[012] n a  doorbell. I pushed my finger through the mosquito  _____  and  one of those enormous jungle rats bit it o! You'r
[013] ere. I'm  glad I didn't push my whole hand through the  _____ . There are  all  sorts of snakes and insects and wild 


	
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[001] magazines   but they all came back.  She was a little   _____ .  I'll try writing a novel,' she decided.  An idea cam
[002] ut it  any more and to write another book.  Agatha was  _____ .  She did write another book, but  some other importan
[003] f Fellows' manager  and trainer said  they were deeply  _____  with the result,  but were hopeful of a rematch  with 

[001] ke Celine, the  French dancer. But finally, bitter and  _____  with my  wasted  life, I returned to Thornfield on a f
[002] aid anything, and she always  turned sadly away like a  _____  child. No doubt he  would  have given the world to cal
[003] ss Oliver?' I asked after a moment. 'She may  be very   _____  if you don't marry her.'  I  'Miss Oliver will forget 
[004]  was entirely empty.  'So that's the secret weapon! It  _____  the War  office people, as it won't explode. Now they'
[005]  IV who plays a good game. We play by radio. He'll  be  _____  that you won't be able to take over from  me. However,
[006]  who had hoped they would stay much longer,  was quite  _____  to see them come back in such a  short time.  Mr Colli
[007] Society, I confess, is  necessary to me. I have been a  _____  man, you see.  I  did not intend to join the army at a
[008]  the  red coats gathered there, she was surprised and   _____  to see he was not present. She had never  doubted he w
[009] who had been sure her husband  supported her, was very  _____ .  'What do you mean, Mr Bennet? You promised me you wo
[010] d for him. You have left him poor, and  dependent, and  _____ . You have done all this! And  you can still treat the 
[011]  a large part of her  early life 'there. Elizabeth was  _____ , but accepted  the new plan at once. Although it was i
[012]  aection and wishes might still be the  same.  She was  _____ , however, by the visit. Mr Darcy said  scarcely anythi
[013] re for the Chinese New Year holiday. Mr  Rodriguez was  _____ . Hu was his star pupil in  biology. Hu said nothing wh
[014] hy didn't you tell us  about this?' Hu's father looked  _____ .  'I'm sorry. I... I forgot. It's not important. I don
[015]  suitcase is lost. The journey  was quite diicult. I'm  _____  that I can't understand  English people better. Now I'
[016] greglio!' .'  'Oh, I see,' I replied, feeling a little  _____ . But I said  yes. Of course I said yes. Why would I sa
[017] t was a thick wall.  There was no way out of the room.  _____ , I lay down  on the bed on my back with my hands behin
[018] ust wouldn't be fair.' 'Oh,' I said, feeling bitterly   _____ . And a little annoyed, if I'm honest. After all,  what
[019] rder. I'll have to try later from Belize City.' I was   _____ , and I'm sure it showed.  'Don't worry,' he said. 'Eve
[020] but  unable  to keep my voffice from sounding flat and  _____ . It  would have been so much easier to keep an eye on 
[021] ifer's eyes and knew she was feeling just as hurt and   _____  as I was. So I spoke to her over Ian's shoulder.  'I'm
[022]  she was saying. It was obvious to me that she was as   _____  about Tan as I was. I still couldn't believe it.  He'd
[023] you both.'  Chapter 7  Danger in Atlanta  Scarlett was  _____  when Ashley was not a better  businessman than Hugh El
[024] e said, 'All right. If  my  husband agrees.' Frank was  _____  when the baby  did  not change Scarlett, but she was d
[025] hen a  second day passed without news of him, she was   _____  and afraid. Had he been in an accident? After  the sec


	
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[001]   'My dear Basil, how unkind you are!' Lord Henry was   _____ .  How  interesting other people's  lives were, he thou
[002]  never had a handbag, Madam,' the inspector said, not   _____ .  Hoomey was also pretending to look for his ticket un
[003] y.  The adults were all staring at the two teams, some  _____ ,  some not understanding.  The Greycoats  teacher look
[004] the man.  'A closed door is unfriendly.'  There was an  _____  look in his eyes.  'Perhaps there will  be  another wi
[005] 't really started yet.'  Causton thought Wyatt sounded  _____ .  He pushed  himself deeper into  the mud and covered 
[006] , he  arrived, and we left together.  He was happy and  _____  by  everything that he saw.  But I had unhappy thought
[007] ean to love Marianne.  She was  a  pretty girl, and he  _____  himself with her at first.  Then he  started to love h
[008] y made the English  queen angry, she said, 'We are not  _____ ,' and the English  are still, to this day, very proud 
[009] teacher was very angry, but  her parents were secretly  _____ .  When Diana left West  Heath School, she was sixteen.
[010] e Royal  Family didn't help her.  Even Charles was not  _____  by the  photograph.  Diana began to understand that ev
[011] large bag and her friends carried her  in.  Caesar was  _____ .  He found that he liked the young  woman.  His  prefe
[012]   'My dear Basil, how unkind you are!' Lord Henry was   _____ .  How  interesting other people's  lives were, he thou
[013]  never had a handbag, Madam,' the inspector said, not   _____ .  Hoomey was also pretending to look for his ticket un
[014] y.  The adults were all staring at the two teams, some  _____ ,  some not understanding.  The Greycoats  teacher look
[015] the man.  'A closed door is unfriendly.'  There was an  _____  look in his eyes.  'Perhaps there will  be  another wi
[016] 't really started yet.'  Causton thought Wyatt sounded  _____ .  He pushed  himself deeper into  the mud and covered 
[017] , he  arrived, and we left together.  He was happy and  _____  by  everything that he saw.  But I had unhappy thought
[018] ean to love Marianne.  She was  a  pretty girl, and he  _____  himself with her at first.  Then he  started to love h
[019] y made the English  queen angry, she said, 'We are not  _____ ,' and the English  are still, to this day, very proud 
[020] teacher was very angry, but  her parents were secretly  _____ .  When Diana left West  Heath School, she was sixteen.
[021] e Royal  Family didn't help her.  Even Charles was not  _____  by the  photograph.  Diana began to understand that ev
[022] large bag and her friends carried her  in.  Caesar was  _____ .  He found that he liked the young  woman.  His  prefe

[001]   was far beyond my reach. The energy of my youth had   _____  and attracted her. Now she was tired of it and of  me.
[002]  wife and five daughters all at  the same time. Having  _____  himself for some time with  their curiosity, he finall
[003] ee?' Elizabeth had great diiculty in pretending to be   _____  by the letter. It was necessary to laugh, when she  wo
[004]  but she was surprised to see that he seemed a little   _____  by this.  thought she and Mrs Weston were match making
[005] e, but she was surprised to see that he seemed little   _____  by the idea.  I like Jane Fairfax, of' course. But I h
[006] her about it. She did . not believe it at  all and was  _____  by the idea so he said no more, but it  worried him. I
[007] ett and Hugh. The Yankee  captain  followed them, half- _____  but suspecting something, too.  'Oh, Ashley, I'm asham
[008] med to eat and drink following her orders. But Marian   _____  us. We laughed at each other, and we all enjoyed  the 
[009] ained  about the senator's body.  Uncle Johnny was not  _____ . Then he explained about  telling Jerome Cliord.  'So 
[010] phic series, Gainor was delighted.' Donleavy was  not   _____  by the manner of his book's publication, however,  and
[011]  about her essays. She would, I think,  have been both  _____  and pleased by the event. She was  praised  to the ski
[012] ut  sometimes I helped Miss Matty in the shop  and was  _____  to watch her. She would never make a  success of selli
[013]   'You're quite a girl, aren't you?' Mark said with an  _____   smile from  his corner. 'What's your  name?'  'Nicola
[014] d never met such lazy people  as Harris  and me.  That  _____  Harris.  'George! Work!' he laughed. 'If George worked
[015] nt stories we had heard about his fish. He  was2  very  _____  and we all laughed about it. And then he told us  the 
[016] ing his newspaper by the time he got  on the bus so he  _____  himself by reading the dierent  notices on the windows
[017] olite  and always telling the truth, and Rogers  often  _____  himself by asking questions which Parkins  found diicu
[018] said.  Catherine had no answer ready. She wanted to be  _____ ,  as her father was
[019],  as her father was  _____ , but she also  wanted to  be a little sharp, so that h
[020] lled all  over the world, lived in foreign countries,   _____   himself. He has recently come back to America, and he
[021] s I will,' said the Doctor.  R  Doctor Sloper was more  _____  than annoyed by the idea  of Mr Townsend courting his 
[022] ound his study for a while, a  little annoyed but also  _____ . My word,'  he  said to himself. I believe she will go
[023] law, and he told Mrs Almond  that he was now no longer  _____  by  Catherine,  only annoyed.  She will never give Mr 
[024] ng unnatural about Phil Resch -it's  me.  Resch seemed  _____ . It's love,' he said. Some of them  are really pretty.
[025]  enjoyed the walk around the stables. At first he was   _____ . The  place looked too pretty to be real. There were f


	
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[001]  mother.   You've never tried.'  And she went to ?nd a  _____  and paper.  Soon after, Agatha sat up in bed and began
[002] mes  asked.  'Yes!' Mr Soames said.  'Somebody broke a  _____  near the  table by the window.' 'How do you know?' 'Th
[003] do you know?' 'There were small  pieces of wood from a  _____  on the table,' Mr Soames said.  'And that's not all.  
[004] ,' Mr Soames said.  'He wrote quickly and he broke his  _____ ,' Holmes said.  'Look at these pieces, Watson.  It was
[005] d.  'Look at these pieces, Watson.  It was a dark blue  _____ .  This  piece has the letters NN on it.  What does tha
[006] rted to write notes about it in his notebook, but his   _____  broke.  'Oh, dear,' Holmes said.  'Use my   
[007]    broke.  'Oh, dear,' Holmes said.  'Use my  _____ ,' Gilchrist said.  'Thank you.' Holmes looked carefull
[008] .  'Thank you.' Holmes looked carefully at Gilchrist's  _____ .  Strangely, the same accident happened in Daulat Ras'
[009] started writing in  his notebook. .  Then he broke his  _____  'Oh, dear,' he said.  'Use one of my pencils,' Ras sai
[010]   'Thank you.' Holmes looked carefully at Daulat Ras's  _____ .  Miles McLaren didn't open his door.  'Can we come in
[011] es said.  'I'll take the black  clay and the pieces of  _____  with me.  Goodbye.' When we  were outside, Holmes look
[012] isit, Holmes showed the man in the  shop the pieces of  _____ .  'Do you know this
[013].  'Do you know this  _____ ?' he asked them.  Each man told him, 'We haven't got a
[014] any  numbers on the pages.  I've written everything in  _____  and it's hard to read.  If Louis  wants to publish the
[015] olden Fish'.  The story was short.  It  was written in  _____  in the large, clear writing of a young  child.  Luis a
[016] Smith. Ah -  and  also Mr Smith, in ink please, not in  _____ . The computer doesn't  like  
[017] . The computer doesn't  like   _____ . Says he can't read it. *** Interviewer: John, I  know
[018] e.*** Teacher:  Excuse me, would you stop tapping your  _____  on your  desk,  please. Student: Oh - I'm sorry, Miss!
[019] mily! And something else. I  always put a mark with my  _____  next to  the word I look up.  Then, if I look up the s
[020]  mother.   You've never tried.'  And she went to ?nd a  _____  and paper.  Soon after, Agatha sat up in bed and began
[021] mes  asked.  'Yes!' Mr Soames said.  'Somebody broke a  _____  near the  table by the window.' 'How do you know?' 'Th
[022] do you know?' 'There were small  pieces of wood from a  _____  on the table,' Mr Soames said.  'And that's not all.  
[023] ,' Mr Soames said.  'He wrote quickly and he broke his  _____ ,' Holmes said.  'Look at these pieces, Watson.  It was
[024] d.  'Look at these pieces, Watson.  It was a dark blue  _____ .  This  piece has the letters NN on it.  What does tha
[025] rted to write notes about it in his notebook, but his   _____  broke.  'Oh, dear,' Holmes said.  'Use my  

[001] ion was.  She put the book away and took out paper and  _____ . She  wrote down a number of figures in the way that D
[002]  was waiting. It  looked like a huge, isolated, silver  _____  standing on end.  Near its point she could see the bri
[003] d found the date. It was  Friday 15th June. With a red  _____  I drew a line under the  date while the other boys wat
[004]  writing paper, and the drawings on it were  done with  _____ . They looked like this.  Holmes looked at the paper fo
[005]  On the table  near the window someone had sharpened a  _____ . There  were several fresh small pieces of wood that h
[006] fresh small pieces of wood that had been cut  from the  _____  on the table. The person had tried to copy the  paper 
[007] erson had tried to copy the  paper so quickly that his  _____  had broken. There was a  broken piece of black   
[008]    had broken. There was a  broken piece of black  _____  lead on the table, too.  'And this is not all. I have 
[009] n't think so.'  'He wrote so quickly that he broke his  _____ . You see, he  had  to sharpen it again. Look at these 
[010] harpen it again. Look at these little pieces from the   _____ . The outside part of the
[011]. The outside part of the  _____  was blue. You can see  part of the maker's name on it.
[012] maker's name on it.' Holmes held up a small  piece  of  _____  with the letters NN on it.'  'What is this NN? It is t
[013] s a famous maker of pencils. So, it is a  Johann Faber  _____  we are looking for. And now let us look  at your desk 
[014] niversity with Gilchrist.  As he was drawing, Holmes's  _____  broke, and he had to  borrow a    
[015]broke, and he had to  borrow a  _____  from 11. 7- Gilchrist.  After a few minutes we left an
[016] writing a book.  Again, the same thing happened to his  _____  and he  borrowed one from this student, too.  When we 
[017]  we found, and  also the small pieces of wood from the  _____  Good night.'  Hohnes goes shopping  As we walked away,
[018]  In each shop, Holmes showed them the little pieces of  _____   in each shop it was the same. They had never sold a  
[019]    in each shop it was the same. They had never sold a  _____   like that in their shop.  Holmes did not seem to be w
[020] Smith. Ah -  and  also Mr Smith, in ink please, not in  _____ . The computer  doesn't  like 
[021]. The computer  doesn't  like   _____ . Says he can't read it.  ***   Interviewer: John, I  k
[022] ***   Teacher:  Excuse me, would you stop tapping your  _____  on your  desk,  please. Student: Oh - I'm sorry, Miss!
[023] mily! And something else. I  always put a mark with my  _____  next to  the word I look up.  Then, if I look up the s
[024]  checks, for example,  how  well a child can control a  _____  and his or her vocabulary and  reading skills. Knowing
[025] dham was no closet scholar unable to  sharpen  his own  _____ . He was a laboratory scientist with a mastery  of  ref


	
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[001] be them,  we are wrong. They are the start. As sure as  _____ , they  are coming our way.  I: David Attenborough's th

[001] sday, it  will be for the sole purpose of deciding the  _____  of a 19th-  century building, a landmark in the commun
[002] be them,  we are wrong. They are the start. As sure as  _____ ,  they  are coming our way.  I: David Attenborough's t
[003] inity with Burma,  described  as a country 'injured by  _____ '. But her character also contains  an element of criti
[004]  was so far  away  from home. Whereas by some quirk of  _____ , other people  doing  English lived out in flat- and h
[005]  Tripp notes, 'suffer, inevitably, the quintessential   _____  of their characters'. With that pearl, Chabon has got 
[006]  concentration camps'. A  single  paragraph about 'The  _____  of the Polish Jews' was  immediately  followed by anot
[007] rs, men who would  fight  the FLN guerrillas and whose  _____ , often as not, was what the  French called 'the Kabyle
[008]  of life! I was  no longer young, and I  knew that his  _____ , like mine, was written in large letters on  the  face
[009] ife,  always  bravely, always without  hesitating, and  _____  had  brought him friends, love, adventure. But it seem
[010]  and customs, and the great  Sultan who controlled the  _____  of all who lived there.  But now the pepper has all go
[011] was in my  eyes, I  couldn't see him well - it was  my  _____  never to see  him clearly - but I must say he looked v
[012] hings, which had given him  control over his life  and  _____ , had also made him a prisoner. He looked with an  owne
[013]  And now she spoke to me,  desperate to  know what her  _____  would  be. I was deeply  touched by her helplessness; 
[014] really cared  about, had at last  taken control of his  _____ . He had told me he was - almost  happy  with what he'd
[015] ough you did  not agree that he was  in control of his  _____ . Well, you must judge for yourself now.  Here  is Jim'
[016] ked up at him  with  disappointed eyes. 'Perhaps it's   _____ ...'  'Nonsense! There's no such thing!'  'Don't you be
[017] nsense! There's no such thing!'  'Don't you believe in  _____ ?'  'No! Look, when can we meet again?' he asked urgent
[018] ure has already been decided by God,  or the gods,  or  _____ , or whatever  people call it. That's  what the Ancient
[019] elieve, sir?'  'Me? Well, I certainly don't believe in  _____ . But it's quite clear  that Anne Scott did. She even  
[020] e that Michael's birthday was that day,  October 2nd!   _____  was cruel to  Anne.'  'I thought you didn't believe in
[021] was cruel to  Anne.'  'I thought you didn't believe in  _____ , sir.'  Morse went on without answering. 'The king had
[022] e  me, were no use to her.  So she began to think that  _____  was against her. She had  been reading  the Oedipus st
[023] een having sex  with, and who  had made her pregnant.   _____  wanted her to  die. She felt she wasn't strong enough 
[024] ie. She felt she wasn't strong enough to fight against  _____ ,  and so,  my old friend, she chose  Queen Jocasta's d
[025]  But he  had  a  question to ask.  'Do you still think  _____  is nonsense, sir?'  'Of course I do!' replied Morse cr


	
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[001] lobe.  How can I describe this terrible world? It is a  _____  and  shadowy  place, although it is not night time. Wh
[002] 's constant complaints that Longbourn  had become very  _____ . Fortunately, she was able to look  forward to a trip 
[003] e's going back early, to go back to  work. Caroline is  _____ ,    
[004]    ,  _____ ,    
[005]    ,  _____ , and Ian is far too good for  her.  What he needs is s
[006]  lot better for Mum too.  As it is, Mum's life is very  _____ ; I know it is. She can't walk far,  and I'm at the pub
[007] tipova. Tonya believed that her simple ways must  look  _____  compared to Lara's many sensational adventures.  She h
[008]  already taken  place.  Many of his old friends seemed  _____  and colourless. Without  their large houses and lots o
[009] g and - it must be  said, and often is - comparatively  _____  Argeo Paul Cellucci,  the  longtime Lieutenant Governo
[010] loor, while  thumbing through back issues of dishwater- _____  trade  publications, I came across this headline: " M.
[011] l  engineer. Imperial has a reputation for being a bit  _____  - all  scientists together. The college magazine says 
[012] ck to the  Northeast, but not Morpeth - it's small and  _____ . Sophie  Philipson, 21 graduating with a BA Hons in En
[013] s already bored. The  weather was bad, the people were  _____ , and the amusements  of London seemed as exciting as a
[014] he  correct way to behave, she said. So our  group was  _____  and quiet. Mrs Jamieson fell asleep.  Finally, the cur
[015] le? Oh dear, would we have to choose  between visiting  _____  Mrs Jamieson and bright Lady  Glenmire?  Next time we 
[016] n the breakfast table. One was to me from my father  a  _____ , businessman's letter. There were  unpleasant reports 
[017]  polite little laugh. I'm afraid you'd Find it  rather  _____ , Rogers. You don't play golf,  do you?'  No. Very bori
[018]  well behaved and polite; others thought she was  just  _____ . But Catherine was not someone  people spent much time
[019] ve when I finish?'  Yes,' Iran answered. Her eyes were  _____  and  expressionless.  I haven't told you yet!' He coul
[020] ith a  sense of being useful for the first time in his  _____  life. Others  depend on me now, he thought as he stepp
[021] ndly said as his face reappeared. Al  Jarry made a few  _____  films and did not know who  they were for. People have
[022] oesn't show. With me, as you  can see,  my face goes a  _____  kind of pink. Yours is a very useful  kind of face to 
[023] ble to  think of a future. There was only the 'now', a  _____ , half world of  grey  misery. Last night she had slept
[024] the long hours of work on the farm made  him tired and  _____ . There was always an angry expression on  his face, an
[025] rry Heathcli now! Hindley has made him  become a poor,  _____  farm worker. He'll never know how I love  him.' I sudd


	
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[001] ur times  into her mouth.  Once, he thought he saw her  _____ , but he  couldn't be  sure.  Her face was very white, 
[002]   was beating.  For another five minutes he helped her  _____ , until he was  sure she  could do it by herself.  Then
[003]  cycle, and of  course they give us the oxygen that we  _____ .  And cutting down the rain  forests kills the plants 
[004] in  with boiling  water, put a towel over my head, and  _____  the  hot steam down my throat. So  far, so good - no c    

[001] on!  Suddenly two hands held her throat. She couldn't   _____ . Her head was banged against the side of the coach  ag
[002] lot, so a nurse put something over my face to  help me  _____ . I started to feel better and tried to sit up.  'Just 
[003] u tried to look into their  sad, dark eyes. They would  _____  and eat the dirt all the  long working day, and often 
[004] r. . .' But the words wouldn't come out. She couldn't   _____ .  What was happening? Mr Stanyer started laughing. The
[005]  the classroom door. Marwa was screaming. Hu  couldn't  _____ . 'You must tell my father. . .'  She was awake, breath
[006]   position.' Mr Riding smiled to himself.  Hu couldn't  _____ , she was so angry. She decided not to  speak.  'Uh huh
[007] hen time for Mr and Mrs. Elton  to  leave.  Emma could  _____  again.  'What an awful woman,' she thought. 'A very ru
[008] is fathers head tighter and tighter. Marcus  could not  _____ . He began to move, trying to get away, but  Commodus h
[009]  field of  vegetables, looked up and forced himself to  _____ . There,  hanging on ropes, were the burnt bodies of hi
[010] houts in a strange language... It was hot; too hot to   _____ ...  Maximus's eyes opened slowly. Centimeters away fro
[011]   said.  She pulled his blanket closer and watched him  _____   deeply, already dreaming again. 'Come, brother, it's 
[012] arlett was so frightened that she found it diicult to   _____ .  Jonas Wilkerson at Tara? Never, never, never!  'I'll
[013] me of night?' 'I am not  well,' said Nancy. 'I want to  _____  some fresh air.' 'Put your  head out of the window,' r
[014] erribly from cold and hunger, and found it diicult to   _____  in the thin air. Alexander walked beside his,  soldier
[015] film's quieter moments, the rooms themselves  seem to   _____ . Long before the genetically engineered superbugs  (ca
[016]  cycle, and of  course they give us the oxygen that we  _____ .  And cutting down the rain  forests kills the plants 
[017] in  with boiling  water, put a towel over my head, and  _____  the  hot steam down my throat. So  far, so good - no c
[018] or only a few seconds. Then I stood  up, trying not to  _____  the yellow smoke. The window  had been blown out and I
[019] vers and its trees - a wordless  friend  and judge. To  _____  in the peace of home, to be happy  there,  I think we 
[020] I  couldn't see, I couldn't shout. I  could only just   _____ . They hit my head, my face. When I fell on the  ground
[021] ean air.  Clare had called a neighbour and he began to  _____  into  Jeremy,  mouth to mouth.  'I called the ambulanc
[022]   thousands of people are  kicking you, and you cannot  _____ . 0  Somebody else is in trouble, too. You can hear his
[023] eared  over the side of the  boat. It said,  'We can't  _____  under here! Why don't you help us, you  great stupid  
[024] t.  'Come on, my love - run!'  His warm body seemed to  _____  new life into her. She  ran. When she could no longer 
[025] tching  beneath me, terror held me. I forced myself to  _____   deeply, to  stay calm. I kicked off my  shoes, then r


	
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[001]  cat get into my hall cupboard?'  Oh, Zeena, it was my  _____ , not Ethan's!' cried Mattie.   I got it  down from you
[002] ould for you.  But it hasn't  worked.  It's neither my  _____  nor yours.  Maybe it'll  be better for both of us if w
[003] omplainingly,  in a thin, whining voice:  It's Zeena's  _____ .  She fell asleep and the Fire went out.  I've  been s
[004]  not. Do  not complain that it was the other  person's  _____ , or insist or even suggest  that you are in the  right
[005] ividuals. We  are victims - this situation is not  our  _____ ! Our jobs are turning into jails  and yet we are guilt
[006]   take the trouble to give blood this  year? It's your  _____  if the  victim dies of his injury - it's almost a case
[007] w could  the project fail? What was the reason? Whose   _____  was it? The answer was  simple: the farmers' wives did
[008]  and perhaps miss the next one too! It was the  lift's  _____  they were miserable,  they insisted. However, the  psy
[009]  in his car.  I was in the wrong and and it was my own  _____   entirely. I was guilty and had  broken the law. I wis
[010]  cat get into my hall cupboard?'  Oh, Zeena, it was my  _____ , not Ethan's!' cried Mattie.   I got it  down from you
[011] ould for you.  But it hasn't  worked.  It's neither my  _____  nor yours.  Maybe it'll  be better for both of us if w
[012] omplainingly,  in a thin, whining voice:  It's Zeena's  _____ .  She fell asleep and the Fire went out.  I've  been s
[013]  not. Do  not complain that it was the other  person's  _____ , or insist or even suggest  that you are in the  right
[014] ividuals. We  are victims - this situation is not  our  _____ ! Our jobs are turning into jails  and yet we are guilt
[015]   take the trouble to give blood this  year? It's your  _____  if the  victim dies of his injury - it's almost a case
[016] w could  the project fail? What was the reason? Whose   _____  was it? The answer was  simple: the farmers' wives did
[017]  and perhaps miss the next one too! It was the  lift's  _____  they were miserable,  they insisted. However, the  psy
[018]  in his car.  I was in the wrong and and it was my own  _____   entirely. I was guilty and had  broken the law. I wis

[001] '  You shouldn't hate her, sir,' I said. 'It's not her  _____  she's  mad,  poor thing.'  'Jane, my darling, it's not
[002] family, where an unfortunate  event, not in any way my  _____ , caused  me to run away.  , That was all I was prepare
[003] e-thuit. Yeth.' Duncan hardly noticed  this particular  _____  in her limited English. He never spoke to  her except 
[004] almost like cruelty to children!'  'It mightn't be his  _____ , sir,' the Pilot officer said. 'I  mean, some of those
[005] ing Father's property in  future? We know it's nor his  _____ . Can he be a sensible man,  sir?' she added, turning t
[006] said  Elizabeth, 'but I've always assumed it is my own  _____  -  because I don't take the trouble to practise. I kno
[007] ptuously. 'Yes, unfortunate indeed.' 'And it was your   _____ ,' cried Elizabeth with energy. 'You took away his chan
[008] ee. I think, Lizzy, that  obstinacy is Mr Darcy's real  _____ , rather than any of the other  faults of which he has 
[009] sappeared out of the room.  'Sorry we're late, Mum. My  _____ ,' said Beth.  'That's OK,' she said. Beth and Philip b
[010]  reality. I couldn't  blame  my dead wife. This was my  _____ . I had been so interested in  Sandra, I had needed her
[011] ally sorry, Mrs Taylor,' said Tristan.  'It's not your  _____ ,' she replied. 'You're not responsible for the  sea. I
[012]  After all,  what do I care about  Caroline? boyfriend  _____ .  Still, at least I know now that fan feels the same w
[013] ' he said. 'I was rushing you I  expect. It's your own  _____ ; you're too attractive.' I looked  away,  suddenly fee
[014]  felt sore, but I knew that the  punishment was my own  _____ . I should not have written the  word 'vanquished' .  A
[015] ie. Then everyone would say that their  deaths were my  _____ . The school bell rang, and I walked  towards the door.
[016] l and the Lion?' I answered  immediately: 'It was your  _____ . You were like an insect that  flies round a bright fl
[017] ble or a desk, anyone could read  them. It was his own  _____ , and he could not complain. But no  one was allowed to
[018] .  Miss Marian will be angry with me, but it wasn't my  _____ . You'll  be our twelfth man:  His speech was a great s
[019] ink so,' Lord Trimingham answered.  'But wasn't it her  _____  as well as the man's?' I asked.  'Nothing is ever a la
[020] ell as the man's?' I asked.  'Nothing is ever a lady's  _____ ; you'll learn 'that,' he replied.  These words had a g
[021] at no matter what happened, nothing was ever a  lady's  _____ . The more I thought about the idea, the more  generous
[022] ed  Lord Trimingham's words: 'Nothing is ever a lady's  _____ .' It  was a very happy thought. But the trouble must b
[023] ery happy thought. But the trouble must be  somebody's  _____ . I wondered whose  
[024]  . I wondered whose  _____  it was. And I  thought it must be Ted's
[025] it was. And I  thought it must be Ted's  _____ .  I soon arrived at the gate of Ted's farm. I walked p


	
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[001]  The new passport could  mean that anyone (crossing  a  _____ ) can be stopped and checked  until a computer statemen
[002]  fields, only  half a  kilometre away, is the Austrian  _____ , but the people of  Czechoslovakia are not free to go 
[003] of  Czechoslovakia are not free to go to Austria.  The  _____   guards watch  day and night and they carry guns.  In 
[004] ristmas night  the  guards shot her on the road at the  _____ .  She carried Pavel  your  baby  son, and my grandson 
[005]  Our friends helped us,  and Jan and I got across the   _____  on the day before Christmas, December the 24th.  It  w
[006] she said.'  Lenka died in the snow, on the road at the  _____ ,' Josef  said.   She  was  so near Austria .  .  .  so

[001] here the Italian officers let us straight through the   _____ , but the Swiss officers checked our passports and  ask
[002]  along the motorway west of Genoa, nearing the French   _____ . Light shone off the sea and onto the surrounding hill
[003]  The journey had been easy so far. When we got to the   _____   itself, however, we met unexpected queues of slowly m
[004] ars began to increase speed on the French side  of the  _____ . I was starting to feel suspicious again. Her  behavio
[005] ?' 'Welt it's  just  that you looked so nervous at the  _____  back there with the  police. . .'  'Oh, please, Paul!!
[006] he  journey so far. Sandra's nervousness at the French  _____ ,  the two cars that seemed to be following us, the way
[007] my exciting holidays, and my regular trips  across the  _____  into Switzerland to take things. . .' 'What  things?' 
[008] h, antique jewellery usually - I'd been stopped at the  _____   the time before I asked you to drive to Lugano.  Fort
[009] n England tell us that the customs  authorities at the  _____  will be checking everyone who goes  into the country. 
[010] what had  happened. We arranged to meet at the Italian  _____  the  next  day. We then moved the car over to the corn
[011] ping time we needed. Now we can drive straight to the   _____ .' .  Chapter 16  A motorway chase  But we'd forgotten 
[012] as a  nurse on a hospital train going to the Hungarian  _____  and  passing through the town of Liski, the last addre
[013] cut steps in the steep rockface of a  mountain, on the  _____  between Macedonia and Thessaly.  After weeks of hard w
[014] aughter of his father's ally, the  Carian king. At the  _____ , he was met by Queen Ada, who  had been the wife of an
[015] ved reports that the enemy had camped near the  Syrian  _____  with Cilicia (southern Turkey). They marched  along th
[016] f political and academic  dispute on both sides of the  _____ . During the last  Presidential  campaign in the United
[017] cans, a million of whom were said to  pour  across the  _____  each year, taking jobs from Americans  and  driving up
[018] arm wife in this little village near  the North Korean  _____ . "I don't honestly know if it's a good  thing." All ac
[019] t encourages  states  aspiring to membership to settle  _____  disputes and protect  minority rights by holding out t
[020]  over shipments between the mainland and  Taiwan, and   _____  officials with a reputation for corrupt and fickle  be
[021]  Kola Peninsula north of St.  Petersburg near Russia's  _____  with Finland and Norway, is  a 1,  700-square-mile wil
[022] eli  forces would take their first steps back from the  _____  zone,  which they have occupied since Israel's invasio
[023] The new passport  could  mean that anyone (crossing  a  _____ ) can be stopped and  checked  until a computer stateme
[024] town. Kani will meet you and drive  you to the Lesotho  _____ . You will cross the river Telle into  Lesotho at night
[025]   police  aren't likely to check when you drive to the  _____ .'  Woods was still doubtful. 'I don't see how I'm goin


	
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[001] ent in this car,' Rick said, that breaks up the  laser  _____  and spreads it out into ordinary  light.'  Then I'll h
[002] ch pulled  out his laser gun and fired at Garland. The  _____  hit Garland  in the head. His body fell forwards and t
[003] ba Luft, terror on her face, jumped  sideways, but the  _____  hit her in the stomach. She  stared in front of her an

[001]  his face. He   snatched at it savagely. He turned the  _____  of his   flashlight on it. He laughed. It was the silv
[002] e. At the entrance side of the shelter, each roof  _____    is rested on the inside 4 inches of the block wall. 
[003] 4.3  mm (Coates, 1959a),   the diameter of the antenna  _____ , 6'.7, was small enough   to allow resolution of some 
[004] h a reflector 22 meters in diameter   with a resultant  _____  width of only about 2' (Amenitskii,   Noskova, and Sal
[005] shington. The half-intensity diameter of the antenna    _____  was about 9', and the angle subtended by the moon   in
[006] angle subtended by the moon   included the entire main  _____  and part of the first   side lobes. The antenna patter
[007] tenna patterns and the power gain   at the peak of the  _____  were both measured (Mayer,   McCullough, and Sloanaker
[008] o that the absolute   power sensitivity of the antenna  _____  over the solid   angle of the moon was known. The rati
[009]  brightness temperature of the   moon over the antenna  _____  (assuming that the brightness   temperature of the sky
[010] nter of the lunar disk because of the narrow   antenna  _____  and because the temperature distribution   over the ce
[011] reduced by   assuming a Gaussian shape for the antenna  _____  and   a uniformly bright disk for the moon.   #ABSTRAC
[012] nd cells were   reproducibly   positioned in the light  _____  which entered the thermostated   mineral oil-bath thro