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[ "cloud", "puzzle", "look" ]
Her optimistic andenthusiastic letters always lift my spirits and the inspiring poems she shares with the world always bring a [MASK] to my face.
smile
[ "helpful", "sensitive", "disappointing" ]
She is all the more [MASK] due to the fact that she lost he sight halfway through her life.
amazing
[ "way", "parents", "heart" ]
She is all the more amazing due to the fact that she lost he [MASK] halfway through her life.
sight
[ "failure", "break", "challenge" ]
Many would have given up after such a [MASK] but not her.
loss
[ "However", "Therefore", "Then" ]
[MASK] , she started a glorious new life full of award winning volunteer work.
Instead
[ "plans", "ideas", "thoughts" ]
Her [MASK] are full of teaching English to new immigrants, giving comfort to hurting hearts, writing, serving her religious community, and helping others in every way she can.
days
[ "feeling", "touching", "breaking" ]
Her days are full of teaching English to new immigrants, giving comfort to [MASK] hearts, writing, serving her religious community, and helping others in every way she can.
hurting
[ "some", "no", "possible" ]
Her days are full of teaching English to new immigrants, giving comfort to hurting hearts, writing, serving her religious community, and helping others in [MASK] way she can.
every
[ "examine", "copy", "complete" ]
The light of my friend's example is a beacon that I try to [MASK] as well.
follow
[ "cheated", "bored", "nervous" ]
Whenever I feel too [MASK] in my own life I look at the challenges that she has overcome in hers.
challenged
[ "controlled", "passed", "overlooked" ]
Whenever I feel too challenged in my own life I look at the challenges that she has [MASK] in hers.
overcome
[ "still", "also", "already" ]
She may have lost her sight but she [MASK] lost her soul.
never
[ "lasting", "caring", "continuing" ]
She knows that the eyes that really see are the eyes of the heart, and she does her best every day to follow the [MASK] vision that they give to her.
loving
[ "pity", "sorrow", "surprise`" ]
I am sure too that their eyes of the angels watching over her are always filled with tears of [MASK] and that their faces are always full of shining smile.
joy
[ "entered", "covered", "judged" ]
His brother had [MASK] the bee two years before, and Akshay wanted to match his brother's success.
won
[ "enjoy", "measure", "celebrate" ]
His brother had won the bee two years before, and Akshay wanted to [MASK] his brother's success.
match
[ "still", "also", "even" ]
You could learn at Harvard University all day and [MASK] hear the words used in the National Spelling Bee.
never
[ "lower", "tight", "opposite" ]
These words live in the [MASK] corners of dictionaries.
dark
[ "chooses", "writes", "explains" ]
Each speller steps up to the microphone, and the official pronouncer 45 [MASK] a word.
announces
[ "relaxation", "cheering", "discussion" ]
If the speller gets it right, there's a moment of [MASK] , then three magic words: that is correct . Akshay's moment came in round six.
silence
[ "enough", "amazing", "useful" ]
If the speller gets it right, there's a moment of silence , then three magic words: that is [MASK] . Akshay's moment came in round six.
correct
[ "repeated", "forgot", "considered" ]
He [MASK] the word, but there was a problem.
knew
[ "special", "difficult", "right" ]
In his head, he saw two [MASK] spellings and he couldn't decide which was right.
different
[ "try", "check", "find" ]
He had two minutes to [MASK] the word.
spell
[ "guess", "fix", "build" ]
He asked to hear the word again, trying to [MASK] between the two versions in his head.
pick
[ "crossed", "touched", "ignored" ]
Without knowing it, he stood so straight that he [MASK] his knees.
locked
[ "warm-hearted", "strong-minded", "tongue-tied" ]
He started to feel [MASK] .
light-headed
[ "suddenly", "loudly", "straight" ]
He crashed to the stage so [MASK] that his feet flew into the air.
hard
[ "Repair", "Change", "Watch" ]
An official said, " [MASK] the clock."
Stop
[ "hot", "bright", "crowed" ]
The room went [MASK] except for the click-click-click of the photographer's cameras.
quiet
[ "look", "step", "chance" ]
"Take a [MASK] ," one official said.
break
[ "speaking", "competing", "waiting" ]
He later said a lot was going through his mind when he was [MASK] there.
lying
[ "encourage", "control", "improve" ]
He was going to [MASK] himself.
trust
[ "unlucky", "mild", "normal" ]
It was Halloween morning in Hawaii and a(n) [MASK] day for surfing.
perfect
[ "immediately", "naturally", "sadly" ]
She was catching great waves and [MASK] her life changed in a second.
suddenly
[ "trapped", "surrounded", "defeated" ]
She got [MASK] by a 14-foot tiger shark, which bit her just 4 inches below her left shoulder and took the rest of her arm off!
attacked
[ "nearby", "above", "within" ]
She got attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark, which bit her just 4 inches [MASK] her left shoulder and took the rest of her arm off!
below
[ "planned", "hoped", "forgot" ]
She never [MASK] that to happen to her on a sunny Halloween!
expected
[ "depending", "insisting", "calling" ]
Bethany was [MASK] on being a professional surfer before her accident in the waves.
planning
[ "grew", "became", "announced" ]
Bethany only [MASK] 14 on February 8th, 2004, so it was a young age to have something that bad happen to someone.
turned
[ "too", "enough", "much" ]
Bethany only turned 14 on February 8th, 2004, so it was a young age to have something [MASK] bad happen to someone.
that
[ "therefore", "instead", "indeed" ]
Bethany Hamilton, [MASK] , showed that she was a true hero by saving her life.
however
[ "friends", "s", "parents" ]
Her life was at risk when the tiger shark bit her arm completely off and her [MASK] helped her get to safety and she was successful.
instincts
[ "almost", "never", "hardly" ]
She [MASK] overcame the loss of her left arm and within a month she rose to the challenge of going surfing in the ocean once again !
also
[ "chance", "danger", "fate" ]
She also overcame the loss of her left arm and within a month she rose to the [MASK] of going surfing in the ocean once again !
challenge
[ "weakness", "misfortune", "disability" ]
She turned a [MASK] into a positive, which many people can't do!
negative
[ "began", "stopped", "prepared" ]
She remained positive and [MASK] to go forward with her dream.
continued
[ "originally", "unexpectedly", "finally" ]
She is [MASK] a survivor hero and is keeping her surfing career alive as well.
obviously
[ "it", "that", "careful" ]
Have you ever heard of the saying , "if you want a friend, be [MASK] "?
one
[ "want", "have", "show" ]
What does it [MASK] ?
mean
[ "meet", "have", "get" ]
There are many different things that you can do to [MASK] friends.
make
[ "look", "hear", "listen" ]
You may find out what they are if you [MASK] someone make friends.
watch
[ "what", "why", "when" ]
Here is [MASK] one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of the school.
how
[ "teachers", "workmates", "parents" ]
Here is how one new teacher made friends with the [MASK] in her class on the first day of the school.
students
[ "got", "sang", "spoke" ]
When the bell [MASK] , the teacher smiled at all the students.
rang
[ "on", "with", "about" ]
How nice it is to have all of you [MASK] my class this year!
in
[ "reach", "learn", "like" ]
I want to [MASK] each of you very much.
know
[ "sound", "sentence", "phrase" ]
The teacher smiled, used a pleasant [MASK] , and acted in a friendly way.
voice
[ "on", "by", "to" ]
The teacher smiled, used a pleasant voice , and acted [MASK] a friendly way.
in
[ "family", "father", "work" ]
She told the students her [MASK] and wrote it on the blackboard.
name
[ "eat", "get", "play" ]
Then she told them something she liked to [MASK] and hoped to do with them during the year.
do
[ "was", "liked", "forget" ]
Everyone felt that she [MASK] what she said.
meant
[ "less", "enough", "still" ]
Each of them wanted to know her [MASK] and be her friend.
better
[ "was", "got", "saw" ]
Could you make friends as the teacher [MASK] ?
did
[ "day", "teacher", "class" ]
One [MASK] is to find out more about them.
way
[ "room", "class", "day" ]
During the [MASK] you can talk to them.
break
[ "speak", "say", "tell" ]
As you [MASK] , the others may be thinking "I like to do the same things you do.
talk
[ "crazy", "large", "nice" ]
The place was totally uncared for, quite [MASK] and overgrown with all sorts of useless things.
wild
[ "lost", "felt", "took" ]
I [MASK] my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.
made
[ "gardening", "plants", "solution" ]
In twenty minutes he put me right on all the [MASK] that had puzzled me.
problems
[ "time", "request", "permission" ]
I was on the [MASK] of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said, "You're very fond of gardening, I see" "No, I'm not," he said. "
point
[ "where", "why", "whether" ]
It's [MASK] I always wanted it to be.
as
[ "after", "of", "in" ]
I never touch it [MASK] all."
at
[ "desert", "trouble", "garden" ]
It seems a pity to let all this ground go to [MASK] But perhaps you don't see that way?"
waste
[ "recognize", "observe", "know" ]
It seems a pity to let all this ground go to waste But perhaps you don't [MASK] that way?"
see
[ "much", "something", "nothing" ]
I lived here when I was a child, and I had [MASK] of gardening then.
enough
[ "interested", "excited", "demanding" ]
Unfortunately, he wasn't [MASK] enough to do it himself.
fit
[ "fought", "ruled", "cut" ]
Each blade of grass was an enemy to be [MASK] out by hand, not just cut off.
rooted
[ "shock", "astonish", "disappoint" ]
It used to [MASK] me.
worry
[ "life", "house", "hands" ]
It appeared in my [MASK] ------ a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was supposed to have cleaned.
dreams
[ "thought", "expected", "ordered" ]
It appeared in my dreams ------ a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was [MASK] to have cleaned.
supposed
[ "Develop", "Grow", "Sell" ]
"And now it's yours, you're just letting it go to ..." " [MASK] ?"
Ruin
[ "attending", "watering", "noticing" ]
I like [MASK] it grow in its own way.
watching
[ "comments", "difference", "sense" ]
I make no [MASK] on it.
demands
[ "time", "sunlight", "space" ]
It has [MASK] at last, and so have I."
freedom
[ "important", "useless", "previous" ]
It's [MASK] for you, isn't it?"
inconvenient
[ "music", "sport", "dance" ]
What came naturally to Marissa was [MASK] .
art
[ "off", "over", "down" ]
However, a few weeks ago Marissa signed [MASK] for high jump.
up
[ "wondered", "insisted", "remembered" ]
But now she [MASK] that however hard she worked, she would never be a high jump star like her mother.
realized
[ "ill", "silent", "apart" ]
One night, halfway through her homework, Marissa fell [MASK] .When she woke up, the clock read 1:00 A.M. Marissa got into a panic.
asleep
[ "says", "wrote", "hit" ]
One night, halfway through her homework, Marissa fell asleep .When she woke up, the clock [MASK] 1:00 A.M. Marissa got into a panic.
read
[ "research", "housework", "practice" ]
There was still so much [MASK] to do, but she really needed her rest for track practice.
homework
[ "health", "life", "images" ]
Marissa had always been a good student, but now track was risking her [MASK] .
grades
[ "occurred", "took", "appeared" ]
Then a dark thought [MASK] Marissa's mind.
crossed
[ "gave", "attended", "took" ]
If she [MASK] some of her classes, she would be off the track team.
failed
[ "completing", "copying", "preparing" ]
After a week of [MASK] her homework, letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades, and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had dropped a lot.
ignoring
[ "risen", "improved", "meant" ]
After a week of ignoring her homework, letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades, and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had [MASK] a lot.
dropped
[ "perfect", "simple", "serious" ]
She walked home with slow heavy steps, knowing her [MASK] plan had worked .
ugly
[ "made", "stopped", "carried" ]
She walked home with slow heavy steps, knowing her ugly plan had [MASK] .
worked
[ "feeling", "weakness", "excuse" ]
With tears in her eyes, Marissa admitted her [MASK] .
secret