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[001] th AIDS, barely able to get out of  bed, ready for the  _____  she had already planned. Today,  the  36-year-old Phil     
[002] when she returns to her New England  hometown for  the  _____  of the Murray family housekeeper, would March  jeopard     
[003] onths but failed to win its goals, some  analysts read  _____  orations over labor and said a basic  change  had take     
[004]  cathartic  and  clannish pageantry of a formal police  _____ , as detectives  investigated whether his killing was t     
[005] rince  George's  County, particularly along a strip of  _____  and cemetery  enterprises on Suitland Road. Loewen is      
[006] land Road. Loewen is building a 14,000-  square-  foot  _____  home at Cedar Hill Cemetery, which is just  across  th     
[007] coln  Memorial and Washington National cemeteries. The  _____   home -  part of a 'combo' approach used by the chains     
[008] t one location - will compete with  nearby  Marshall's  _____  Home, which is minority owned.    The Food and Drug Ad     
[009] atives I haven't seen for years. You see I went  to a   _____  two months ago in the village where I was born, and I      
[010] d  Montesquieu's witty saying: 'I'd like to banish all  _____   ceremonies. One should weep for men at their birth, n     
[011] ' Emil Mihai Cioran was after all given a traditional   _____  service at the little Romanian Orthodox Eglise des  Sa     
[012] e Romanian Orthodox Eglise des  Saints-Archangel and a  _____  cortege to the Cimetiere  Montparnasse, where he lies      
[013] a  treasured place of retreat. It was fitting that his  _____   should take place in the little church at Lochranza i     
[014] e Irish  literary landmark. Although she organised the  _____ ,  Pamela has  never visited the grave. 'I'm not one to     
[015]  busily sewed some black ribbon on her  bonnet for the  _____ .  She went with Miss Jessie to the                         
[016]                    .  She went with Miss Jessie to the  _____ , while Miss Pole,  Miss Matty and I sat with Miss Brow     
[017] ter her sister lay calm  and quiet.  After this second  _____ , Miss Jenkyns made Miss Jessie  stay with us. Miss Jes     
[018] it. Peter would like that."  On the day of my mother's  _____ , Deborah told me that  she would never marry and leave     
[019] illace, who usually rode it, had gone to his father's   _____ .  What a stupid job for a grown man, I thought.  Then      
[020] use  yesterday,  while we were all out at my  father's  _____ !'  We sat in rows and listened to him in surprise. I l     
[021] rom Hong Kong,  posted on the day of  George Millace's  _____ .'  'He was sorry about George's death, was he?' The tr     
[022] n a native medicine  man when he wanted one. Ezekiel's  _____  was like that  too, with both native and Christian cer     
[023] st her voffice. 'How will I be able to cry at Father's  _____   now?' she thought.  She went to the big water pot. Ev     
[024] the graveyard. The factory  had sent their own special  _____  car, with NIGERIAN  ENGINE FACTORY painted on the side     
[025]  Nigeria its name.  Several weeks had passed since the  _____  of Ezekiel  Odia. His wife, Ma Blackie, had returned t     


	
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[001]  he was drawing, Holmes's pencil broke, and he had to   _____  a pencil from 11. 7- Gilchrist.  After a few minutes w     
[002] s I can from everyone  I  know. There's no one left to  _____  from. So I just sit there in  the  evenings, lonely in     
[003]  back one day. And we don't keep  your  blood, we just  _____  it  for a while. Lend us your blood - we'll  save it f     
[004]  initial increase in debt load,  because  the money to  _____  the ships and  containers would be  borrowed.  But in      
[005]  in the university  library before you were allowed to  _____  books to prepare  courses. With formal accreditation c     
[006] aid, 'you sit quietly and be a good  boy. I'm going to  _____  your car for an hour or two.'  I enjoyed the drive we      
[007]  a foreign port, a red -  eyed, dirty drunk, asking to  _____  five dollars from me.  You know how often that happens     
[008] d Godfrey. I tell you, I  haven't got any!'  You could  _____  it,' said Dunstan carelessly. Or wait , I've  had a be     
[009]  lot hidden away in that  cottage! Why doesn't Godfrey  _____  some money from him,  and pay him back when he becomes     
[010]  What do you do  when a new neighbour moves in? Go and  _____   something? He could not remember. People moved away,      
[011] d he did not insist on an answer.  Then he went out to  _____  some water from a neighbour.  Aku-nna was glad to see      
[012] r a pause, he continued more calmly. 'I was trying to   _____  money to buy the Lucella. Niels was getting  desperate     
[013] er smile. 'I didn't want to find out. I was trying  to  _____  fifty million dollars. I couldn't see any bank giving      
[014]  Bledsoe. You  threatened him  while he was trying to   _____  money to buy the  Lucella, but once he'd got the ship      
[015] them  guns if you have any. Is  there a raincoat I can  _____ ?'  Brophy found me a yellow rubber raincoat, then Hend     
[016] n I have in my bank  account at the moment. I  want to  _____  enough money to cover a cheque for  20,000, or even  2     
[017] will be in a few years' time. I'll  teach  you  not to  _____  my books again.' He lifted the  heavy book and threw i     
[018] long way. How will we get there?'  Megan asked.  'I'll  _____  a couple of bicycles,' said Huw. 'Can you think of  so     
[019] ett. 'It's taxes we're  talking  about. Will, we could  _____  money on Tara and -' 'And who  has any money to lend y     
[020] ecting something.  'An' why do you need a new dress to  _____ ?  Scarlett didn't answer. They walked to, Aunt Pitty's     
[021]  he was drawing, Holmes's pencil broke, and he had to   _____  a pencil from 11. 7- Gilchrist.  After a few minutes w     


	
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[001] as a  painter  and sculptor. The family looked in Park  _____  - Ms. Troyan's  sister had moved there - and in Willia     
[002] he  city itself - from the stately brownstones of Park  _____  to the  tenements of Sunset Park, from the flowered la     
[003]  in a police raid on  their  squalid apartment in Park  _____ , Brooklyn, where, the  authorities  said, they found e     
[004]  stopping. Soon I started to  run up  the quarter-mile  _____  to the top of Parliament Hill, although I  had to stop     
[005] etween rows of  neat  cottages near the bottom of the   _____ , but higher up  the houses are larger and further apar     


	
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[001] ore the examination,  it would be very easy for him to  _____  it from Greek into  English. Well, last week the exami     
[002] ct that worker dissatisfaction  does not automatically  _____  into a desire for union  membership. The larger proble     
[003] nancial  adviser, estimates that the projected profits  _____  into a  market value of $1. 5 billion to $1. 8 billion     
[004] ting a  letter to a foreign head of state  he can also  _____  her letter into any of  seven of the  world's major la     
[005] y satisfying. In 1947, after trying unsuccessfully to   _____  Mallarme into Romanian, Cioran made the  dangerous  de     
[006] h' the old devil, did  ye?'  Flora was learning how to  _____  the Starkadder language,  and understood 'the old devi     
[007] ore the examination,  it would be very easy for him to  _____  it from Greek into  English. Well, last week the exami     


	
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[001] ed. 'I missed Brandham very much. Did you  miss me?' I  _____  for a moment. I did not want to say the  wrong thing a     
[002]  us and asked to  look at some shawls for his wife. He  _____ .  Miss Matty                                               
[003]                                          .  Miss Matty  _____  too. She would like a sea-green silk.  No, that lovely     
[004]  your wife.'  The farmer looked at her gratefully, but  _____  for a  moment. I wouldn't like somebody else to  lose      
[005] im. First he offered his  hand, then pulled back, then  _____ , then - it was too  awful for  words. I had to shout a     
[006] rders about  collecting men and boats,  but Tamb' Itam  _____ .  'Forgive me, Tuan,' he said, ashamed, 'but it is not     
[007] .. screamed,'  he  managed  to say. He was English.  I  _____ . I looked at the dried blood on his arm, the thin  fac     
[008] And I'm hungry. We can eat the rest of the  food.'  He  _____ , and looked at the food. 'We cannot stay here.  It's t     
[009]   better  tell me all about this.  Who shot Mark?'  He  _____ , but he seemed to believe that I wanted to help.  'We      
[010] need to know  where you are. Where's the  boat?'  They  _____ . 'Perhaps I'll need help myself,' I added. 'I'd  feel      
[011] said. 'I've always  wanted to  see a windmill.'  Sofia  _____ , then said, 'Please do.' I was already on my  way up,      
[012]  get out of his boat onto the rocks. He looked  back,   _____ , and then put off the  lights.  Mark jumped from our b     
[013] m sorry, boy,' I thought, 'but down you go.'  Daylight  _____  as he jumped. Perhaps he felt my anger. I  kicked  him     
[014] o the grass under his  feet. Daylight didn't fall.  He  _____ , and then galloped after the other horses. In a  momen     
[015]  replied lightly, Do what you like, brother.'  Godfrey  _____ . He knew he had fallen into Dunstan's  trap,  when he      
[016] xactly is your purpose in making this list?'  The lama  _____  for a second, and Dr Wagner wondered  if the question      
[017] further along the beach, and staring out  to sea. Leon  _____ . She was probably waiting for  someone; perhaps he sho     
[018] t is very quiet there no  one will see us.'  Catherine  _____ . Young ladies did not go out alone in  the evenings to     
[019]   Ah, then, if you are afraid, what shall we do?'  She  _____  again; then at last said, You must come to  the house.     
[020] ike it.  Why didn't you speak to me first?'  Catherine  _____  a moment. Then she said, I was afraid  you didn't like     
[021] ot just because you  like you like the money.'  Morris  _____ , then said, But I do like the money.'  But you don't l     
[022] t up from her seat and went to the fire.  Mrs Penniman  _____  for a moment. He said he was  afraid of only one thing     
[023] re about it, then I don't care  either.'  Mrs Penniman  _____ . Perhaps he does care about it.'  He cares about it be     
[024] om him. I know he will never  change.'  Why not?'  She  _____  for a moment. He is not very fond of me,' she  said sl     
[025] t be very kind to me now,  because,  Morris,' here she  _____  because I have done a lot for  you.'  Oh, I know that,     


	
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[001] r speaking,  but he wondered who it was.  Yury's great  _____  was to write an important book about  art or science -     
[002]   knows that hedging against a reassertion of Russian   _____  is  the primary impetus behind NATO enlargement. That'     
[003] er every day/and even  now  the colour of her bleached  _____ /still forks throughout my  work'), was dominated by th     
[004] stitute, a public policy think  tank. 'With sufficient  _____ , ability and education,  individuals can still rise fa     
[005] ings in clubs and  pubs. When I left school, my  only   _____  was to be in a pop group. I: And  which groups have  y     
[006] wo  small children, was studying law and 'had no great  _____ '.  Pamela had other ideas. 'We came to London in 1951      
[007] ion about how to vote. To put it crudely: the highest   _____  of the right has been to retreat from the moral  arena     
[008]  of Social Sciences at a northern university, but his   _____  to play a part in his country's public life was  achie     
[009]  prison governor, Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery  possessed  _____ , knowledge and a hopeful nature. He  looked forward to     
[010] kness of  mine, and become as hard as a rock. My only   _____  now is to serve God.' As he picked up his hat  before      
[011] , and  we visit them once a year. St John achieved his  _____  by  going to  India as planned, and is still there. He     
[012] imagine, Miss Bennet, that you will ever achieve your   _____ .' When they arrived at her carriage, she added, 'I  se     
[013] r speaking,  but he wondered who it was.  Yury's great  _____  was to write an important book about  art or science -     


	
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[001] the lives of four  young people are interrupted by the  _____  events of  the Russian Revolution. They struggle to de     
[002] mber you, but, goodness me, 1 remember  that year. How  _____ ! But, Pasha. Please tell me  about my dear Pasha.' Gal     
[003] ent from the central  government.  They were led by an  _____  man with ideas from the5  revolution. The people wante     
[004]  down and enjoyed something very special. They had  an  _____  relationship that went beyond being uncle  and nephew,     
[005] al in every way  - tall and handsome and alive with an  _____   intelligence.  'Congratulations,' he said to his sta.     
[006] relnikov.  'You saw him!' Lara said in amazement. 'How  _____ !  What kind of impression did he make on you?' 'On the     
[007] s. It seemed that no one could stop  the march of this  _____  army.  Certainly not the Persians, who had once ruled      
[008] edonian Prince  Although Alexander's achievements were  _____  in  many ways his father, King Philip, was responsible     
[009] rature. The list of his interests and  achievements is  _____ .  Nobody knows how much taught Alexander. Aristotle la     
[010] e than his soldiers and ships. The  Macedonians found,  _____  riches left near the  battlefield, and even more at th     
[011] r form of  government had too. The Egyptians had built  _____   tombs for their kings, or 'pharaohs'. The greatest of     
[012] rney from Europe was now well  rewarded, as they found  _____  quantities of gold and  silver, jewellery and expensiv     
[013]  he continued  to  march east, and it is a sign of his  _____  skills as a  leader that his soldiers agreed to follow     
[014] , but in a world before  printing machines this was an  _____  number.  Among these books was a growing collection of     
[015] Luhrmann and  Oliver Stone, have decided to retell his  _____  story.  Will these films earn more money than the enor     
[016] fairy chimneys " that make  Cappadocia one of the most  _____  landscapes on  earth.  Cappadocia has no official boun     
[017] original music with  tellingly focused phrasing and an  _____  combination  of  power and purity. Nothing she does so     
[018] y  multiplied one statistic by 500,000 and you get an   _____   answer? The fact of the matter is that those statisti     
[019] s. Then  downstairs in  his  basement he constructs an  _____  'person' which is  more  monster than man. He sews the     
[020]  was used to make  parachutes  and tyres.  Today, this  _____  material is found in many  things: carpets, ropes, sea     
[021]  it all down the highway. Your  car needs may be less   _____ . But if you're looking for  something new, with a litt     
[022] n Barbados,  paying  them $2 an hour. I mean it sounds  _____  but when you  think about  it in those technological t     
[023] rible crime, they called  on  Holmes.  Holmes used his  _____  skills to see facts  about  the crime that the  police     
[024] that?' I said, shaken, 'and why does he talk  in  that  _____  way?' 'His name is Jan and he is giving this  party,'      
[025]  smiling Jan, leaning over us. And so it went on. The   _____  thing was that it was contagious. Towards the  end  of     


	
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[001]  ordinary cheap hotel.  Then prepare a short report or  _____  (maximum 500  words),  giving suitable  advice for bot     
[002] s very nervous indeed. I was right in the middle of a   _____  question, discussing the causes of pollution,  when  s     
[003] true that statement was. For  over 25  years Lambert's  _____  classes both private and at the  Royal  College of Mus     
[004] sic, Old  Vic  Theatre Companies 1958-62; Professor of  _____ ,  Royal  College of Music 1964-90; FRCM 1976; died Bri     
[005] lthough he has not named it. The central obstacle  to   _____  will be, for current writers, not the 'anxiety of  inf     


	
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[001] Appearance  of  Impropriety. In style it is an awkward  _____  of the legalistic  and the lit'ry, but in substance it     
[002]  magnet school in  New  York it brings together a real  _____ , a real rainbow of ethnic  groups. And because they co     
[003] ertainly know it off by  heart. The book is a curi-ous  _____  - encouraging  independence  and crushing domestic obe     
[004]  children learn to read in different  ways. Is there a  _____  of whole-class teaching and working  in  small groups?     
[005] en. She walked in, very  erect,  and spoke with an odd  _____  of hesitancy and point-blank  self-  assurance. But I      
[006] ng at them, with an expression on his  face that was a  _____   of desire, anger, and misery.  The great kitchen was      
[007] Rochester. I held my breath as I  watched,  feeling a   _____  of happiness and  sadness. He looked as strong as befo     
[008] t hopes of finding him  quite the opposite. There is a  _____  of servility and self  importance in his letter, which     
[009] cerely, M. Gardiner  Elizabeth read this letter with a  _____  of pleasure and pain.  Mr Darcy had thought so little      
[010] rists, most of them white. The streets outside were a   _____  of rich and poor; most of the poor people were black.      
[011] sat holding tight to the  gold ring in its box, with a  _____  of fear and guilt.  She tried three jewellery shops be     


	
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[001] h  they were less bright.  We talked a little about my  _____ , and I told her something  of my work. Then I said, 'M     
[002] Jack (1973), The Kingdom by the Sea  (1983), about his  _____  around the coast of Britain, and a-  Zone (1986).  He      
[003] n't see much of the Bummicks,  but for the rest of the  _____ , my father found ways to annoy  Mr Spellgood. He refus     
[004] ring why these people are savages?' It was a ten-hour   _____  to Santa Rosa. We had to travel at night, because  the     
[005] e other Zambus. Father started to tell them  about the  _____  from Hatfield, and about how there was  going to be a      
[006] !  And you're saying that's nothing?'  Only Water  The  _____  was easier the next day. There were only two  pieces o     
[007]  why the  prisoners asked so many questions.  .    The  _____  back was easier. Father said, 'I wish Mother had  seen     
[008] head and pulled out his tongue.  Mr Haddy paid for our  _____  home from La Ceiba. Many  years have passed since then     
[009] ome  dinner by the kitchen fire.  They continued their  _____ . The night was very cold and not  a word was spoken. T     
[010]  away  to France? Fagin will help me.' Sikes began his  _____   back  immediately. He went by dierent roads and he de     
[011] . But  no dog appeared and at last Sikes continued his  _____   alone.  Chapter 19  Monks is Caught  Night was fallin     
[012]  been in the Gordons' railway carriage for much of the  _____ .  He had talked for hours to Misha's father about his      
[013] anyone could do it - but it's  impossible to arrange a  _____ . Either there are no trains or  they are completely fu     
[014] simple operation. First of all,  Yury  was against the  _____ . 'What worries me,' he told Tonya  and her father, 'is     
[015]  food and objects that they could use as money on  the  _____ . There were twenty-three carriages and about six  hund     
[016] most follow the conversation without  hearing it.  The  _____  lasted for days and days, and the train travelled  thr     
[017] ame with the signs of  violence that they saw.  As the  _____  continued, the passengers were often called  on to hel     
[018] ara was gone. Yury left the house  and began his final  _____  - to Moscow.  Spring, 1922  After a long, frightening      
[019] ung peasant boy, Vassya, whom he had met again  on his  _____ . After all of their experiences, they were both  extre     
[020] der had an important question to ask the  god. But his  _____  across the desert to Siwah almost cost  him his life.      
[021] r path in their search for  riches. For many, the long  _____  from Europe was now well  rewarded, as they found extr     
[022] aspes  and Indus rivers south to the Arabian Sea.  The  _____  started well but it was diicult to sail so many  boats     
[023] They did not know that the most diicult part of their   _____  was still ahead of them.  Two hundred years before, th     
[024] ving  India. They too were hungry and thirsty on their  _____ , but  Nearchus led them well and they lost few men. Ev     
[025] s  and  lure drivers into a love affair. That make the  _____  - not the  destination - the point of a trip. While th