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[
"wanted",
"loved",
"needed"
] | About forty people offered to help the thieves, and two people actually sat down next to the car and [MASK] to buy a camera and a television set a student was taking from the back seat of his own car.The professor wonders whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the same thing as happens anywhere. | waited |
[
"sending",
"offering",
"robbing"
] | About forty people offered to help the thieves, and two people actually sat down next to the car and waited to buy a camera and a television set a student was [MASK] from the back seat of his own car.The professor wonders whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the same thing as happens anywhere. | taking |
[
"knows",
"learns",
"asks"
] | About forty people offered to help the thieves, and two people actually sat down next to the car and waited to buy a camera and a television set a student was taking from the back seat of his own car.The professor [MASK] whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the same thing as happens anywhere. | wonders |
[
"former",
"different",
"small"
] | About forty people offered to help the thieves, and two people actually sat down next to the car and waited to buy a camera and a television set a student was taking from the back seat of his own car.The professor wonders whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the [MASK] thing as happens anywhere. | same |
[
"people",
"sound",
"songs"
] | Every Saturday night the place is filled with country music [MASK] . | fans |
[
"day",
"time",
"concert"
] | One [MASK] in January 1967, it was a very special night at the Opry and for the first time a black man was an attraction . | Saturday |
[
"cold",
"dark",
"successful"
] | One Saturday in January 1967, it was a very [MASK] night at the Opry and for the first time a black man was an attraction . | special |
[
"young",
"famous",
"strong"
] | One Saturday in January 1967, it was a very special night at the Opry and for the first time a [MASK] man was an attraction . | black |
[
"Classic",
"Popular",
"Light"
] | [MASK] music has always been thought of as "white music". | Country |
[
"look",
"event",
"evening"
] | For many, it was a strange [MASK] to see Charley Pride step onto the Opry stage. | sight |
[
"to",
"up",
"for"
] | For many, it was a strange sight to see Charley Pride step [MASK] the Opry stage. | onto |
[
"curious",
"bad",
"excited"
] | Some people felt [MASK] about whether a black man could sing country songs. | unsure |
[
"Then",
"As",
"So"
] | [MASK] Charley's smooth voice quickly won over the Opry crowd . Charley was so good that before long, he was country music's biggest star . | But |
[
"brought",
"flowed",
"carried"
] | But Charley's smooth voice quickly [MASK] over the Opry crowd . Charley was so good that before long, he was country music's biggest star . | won |
[
"hall",
"concert",
"singers"
] | But Charley's smooth voice quickly won over the Opry [MASK] . Charley was so good that before long, he was country music's biggest star . | crowd |
[
"winner",
"player",
"fan"
] | But Charley's smooth voice quickly won over the Opry crowd . Charley was so good that before long, he was country music's biggest [MASK] . | star |
[
"known",
"trained",
"found"
] | Like many country singers, Charley was [MASK] on a farm. | raised |
[
"singing",
"music",
"sports"
] | But he knew he wasn't going to make [MASK] his career . | farming |
[
"played",
"fought",
"worked"
] | In the winter, after the baseball season, Charley [MASK] at a local nightclub. | sang |
[
"made",
"helped",
"let"
] | One evening, Red Sovine, a great country music star, [MASK] Charley sing and told Charley to forget about baseball and go for a singing career. | heard |
[
"music",
"jobs",
"agriculture"
] | One evening, Red Sovine, a great country music star, heard Charley sing and told Charley to forget about [MASK] and go for a singing career. | baseball |
[
"career",
"change",
"order"
] | Charley took the [MASK] and became a true hit-maker. | advice |
[
"fans",
"pictures",
"concerts"
] | His [MASK] were always near the top on the list. | records |
[
"again",
"even",
"yet"
] | Today Charley Pride is [MASK] one of the biggest stars in country music. | still |
[
"shock",
"worry",
"burden"
] | I hated her... She was such a(n) [MASK] . | embarrassment |
[
"avoided",
"violated",
"tricked"
] | I [MASK] her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. | ignored |
[
"defend",
"control",
"involve"
] | I wanted to [MASK] myself. | bury |
[
"When",
"Though",
"Unless"
] | I confronted her that day and said, "39 [MASK] you're only going to make me a laughing stock, why don't you just die?" | If |
[
"still",
"also",
"yet"
] | I didn't [MASK] stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. | even |
[
"something",
"everything",
"anything"
] | I wanted to escape from that house, and had [MASK] to do with her. | nothing |
[
"resisted",
"pushed",
"grabbed"
] | When she stood by the door, my children [MASK] her, and I yelled at her for coming 43 over uninvited. | teased |
[
"on",
"up",
"out"
] | When she stood by the door, my children teased her, and I yelled at her for coming 43 [MASK] uninvited. | over |
[
"threaten",
"accompany",
"disappoint"
] | "How dare you come to my house and [MASK] my children! | scare |
[
"firmly",
"patiently",
"anxiously"
] | And to this, my mother 45 [MASK] answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. | quietly |
[
"team",
"anniversary",
"festival"
] | One day, a letter regarding a school 46 [MASK] came to my house. | reunion |
[
"whispered",
"complained",
"promised"
] | So I [MASK] to my wife that I was going on a business trip. | lied |
[
"thankfulness",
"kindness",
"pity"
] | After that, I went to my old shack just out of [MASK] . | curiosity |
[
"sigh",
"blood",
"word"
] | I did not shed (drop) a single [MASK] . | tear |
[
"chance",
"duty",
"passion"
] | But I may have lost the [MASK] to get out of bed to see you. | ability |
[
"confidential",
"gradual",
"permanent"
] | I'm sorry that I was a [MASK] embarrassment to you when you were growing up. | constant |
[
"help",
"delay",
"permit"
] | As a mother, I couldn't 52 [MASK] watching you having to grow up with one eye. | stand |
[
"sensing",
"touching",
"creating"
] | I was so proud of my son who was 53 [MASK] a whole new world for me, in my place. | seeing |
[
"achieved",
"prayed",
"accumulated"
] | Under no circumstances should we neglect our parents who have [MASK] everything for us--it is a matter of conscience . | sacrificed |
[
"interest",
"taste",
"experience"
] | Under no circumstances should we neglect our parents who have sacrificed everything for us--it is a matter of [MASK] . | conscience |
[
"anyone",
"everyone",
"nobody"
] | When [MASK] invited me,
I always refused and said, "I am only a small potato, I don't want to be
the center of attention ." | someone |
[
"disagreed",
"quarreled",
"argued"
] | When someone invited me,
I always [MASK] and said, "I am only a small potato, I don't want to be
the center of attention ." | refused |
[
"laugh",
"joke",
"trick"
] | When someone invited me,
I always refused and said, "I am only a small potato, I don't want to be
the center of [MASK] ." | attention |
[
"rose",
"lifted",
"took"
] | Even in class when the teacher questioned us, I
never [MASK] my hand because I worried that others might laugh at me if I
made a mistake. | raised |
[
"frightened",
"expected",
"believed"
] | Even in class when the teacher questioned us, I
never raised my hand because I [MASK] that others might laugh at me if I
made a mistake. | worried |
[
"number",
"team",
"scene"
] | I didn't want to join at first, for I was afraid to talk in front of a big [MASK] .However, my good friend
tried to persuade me to go. | crowd |
[
"advise",
"suggest",
"welcome"
] | I didn't want to join at first, for I was afraid to talk in front of a big crowd .However, my good friend
tried to [MASK] me to go. | persuade |
[
"struggle",
"exist",
"stay"
] | She said, "I think you should break out of
your shyness, otherwise it will be hard for you to [MASK] in this society." | survive |
[
"debates",
"friends",
"competitions"
] | I was always so shy that I missed many [MASK] . | opportunities |
[
"future",
"intention",
"purpose"
] | In fact, I used to
have a beautiful [MASK] that one day I would become a news broadcaster but I
knew it was unlikely because of my shyness. | dream |
[
"nervous",
"shy",
"afraid"
] | How [MASK] I was! | excited |
[
"changing",
"fighting",
"controlling"
] | I
felt I had made the first step in [MASK] my cowardice . | conquering |
[
"wanted",
"hoped",
"dreamed"
] | But the first debate was not what I had [MASK] .
I was so nervous when I went to my seat. | expected |
[
"shy",
"excited",
"glad"
] | But the first debate was not what I had expected .
I was so [MASK] when I went to my seat. | nervous |
[
"students",
"teachers",
"friends"
] | I dared not look at the audience and [MASK] . I shook like a leaf because I felt as if all the people were staring at me. | judges |
[
"thing",
"condition",
"matter"
] | My three teammates
had the same [MASK] . | problem |
[
"paid",
"drew",
"caught"
] | In the second competition, I [MASK] my
attention on the subject of the debate. | focused |
[
"accompanied",
"expected",
"ignored"
] | I [MASK] you in action yesterday as you saved a little boy from drowning at Lake Elmo beach. | witnessed |
[
"missing",
"bleeding",
"falling"
] | I witnessed you in action yesterday as you saved a little boy from [MASK] at Lake Elmo beach. | drowning |
[
"although",
"unless",
"if"
] | I was sitting on a bench with my friends, [MASK] their children played in the water. | while |
[
"imagining",
"minding",
"stopping"
] | I remember [MASK] you taking off your shorts, grabbing your rescue device and heading into the water. | noticing |
[
"digital",
"convenient",
"nuclear"
] | I remember noticing you taking off your shorts, grabbing your [MASK] device and heading into the water. | rescue |
[
"feet",
"legs",
"arms"
] | My friends and I noticed at that moment the little boy's [MASK] moving up and down. | head |
[
"pretended",
"determined",
"prepared"
] | He couldn't have been more than two years old and [MASK] to be alone in the water. | appeared |
[
"allowed",
"lifted",
"dropped"
] | You got to him, put your floatation device around him, and [MASK] him back to shore. | swam |
[
"frozen",
"excited",
"calm"
] | We could see the boy was [MASK] as you carried him out of the water and laid him on the beach . | weak |
[
"stone",
"board",
"bench"
] | We could see the boy was weak as you carried him out of the water and laid him on the [MASK] . | beach |
[
"meaning",
"process",
"presentation"
] | You started doing compressions on his chest, that is when we knew it was a bad [MASK] . | situation |
[
"food",
"money",
"time"
] | We reached you and knew you needed [MASK] . I picked up my phone and dialed 911. | help |
[
"proud",
"confident",
"independent"
] | You appeared [MASK] as you walked away, as anyone would be. | frightened |
[
"know",
"predict",
"believe"
] | I [MASK] if this is your first rescue -- it doesn't matter. | wonder |
[
"protect",
"doubt",
"greet"
] | What you did was heroic, and I [MASK] you. | applaud |
[
"idea",
"performance",
"game"
] | Had you been a few seconds later, this [MASK] could have ended quite differently. | story |
[
"pitifully",
"strictly",
"sincerely"
] | Because of you, the little boy and his family are [MASK] together today. | happily |
[
"technique",
"style",
"career"
] | If you consider your drafts as dress , or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing [MASK] . | process |
[
"skipped",
"rejected",
"replaced"
] | The musical had [MASK] several revisions due to problems with . | undergone |
[
"released",
"recorded",
"reserved"
] | For instance, Lloyd Webber [MASK] some of the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds. | rewrote |
[
"addition",
"opposition",
"contrast"
] | When you revise, you change aspects of your work in [MASK] to your evolving purpose, or to include fresh ideas or newly discovered information. | response |
[
"fixed",
"ambitious",
"familiar"
] | When you revise, you change aspects of your work in response to your evolving purpose, or to include [MASK] ideas or newly discovered information. | fresh |
[
"However",
"Instead",
"Therefore"
] | [MASK] , it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. | Moreover |
[
"discuss",
"exhaust",
"cover"
] | Even your decision to [MASK] topics while prewriting is a type of revising. | switch |
[
"director",
"master",
"visitor"
] | Always make time to become your own [MASK] and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. | audience |
[
"personal",
"basic",
"delicate"
] | Reviewing your work in this way can give you [MASK] new ideas. | valuable |
[
"weakening",
"maintaining",
"assessing"
] | Revising involves [MASK] the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more specifically , and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. | mixing |
[
"freshly",
"swiftly",
"loosely"
] | Revising involves mixing the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more [MASK] , and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. | specifically |
[
"amazing",
"bright",
"unique"
] | When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose [MASK] throughout my draft? | clear |
[
"angles",
"evidence",
"hints"
] | Have I given my readers all of the [MASK] ; that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? | information |
[
"uninteresting",
"concrete",
"final"
] | Finally, have I included too many [MASK] details that may confuse readers? | unnecessary |
[
"invite",
"help",
"drive"
] | I haven't been home for a long time, so I wanted to stop by the house to [MASK] her on this special day. | see |
[
"dreaming",
"escaping",
"improving"
] | I have been [MASK] on a low income so I was afraid that I couldn't afford the long journey . | struggling |
[
"jump",
"meeting",
"holiday"
] | I have been struggling on a low income so I was afraid that I couldn't afford the long [MASK] . | journey |
[
"Therefore",
"Moreover",
"Besides"
] | [MASK] , I filled my tank with gas and set off. | Anyway |
[
"left",
"shouted",
"smoked"
] | I [MASK] at a shopping mall and found a present. | stopped |
[
"ordinary",
"handmade",
"free"
] | It was the [MASK] gift and I knew she would love it. | perfect |
[
"Though",
"So",
"Since"
] | [MASK] when I got to the cashier, my card was refused ! | But |
[
"gone",
"checked",
"opened"
] | But when I got to the cashier, my card was [MASK] ! | refused |
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