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"travelling"
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| In all my years of [MASK] , I haven't really learned much about football. | watching |
[
"returned",
"belonged",
"referred"
]
| The details of the actual game have never [MASK] to me as much as the time I spent with my dad. | mattered |
[
"learned",
"organized",
"designed"
]
| At the beginning of the new term, I was [MASK] that I was going to teach math in a new class. | told |
[
"Unwilling",
"Curious",
"Excited"
]
| [MASK] to know how I can deal with this group, I asked the former teachers about the students. | Eager |
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"uncertain",
"unhappy",
"unable"
]
| One teacher told me that the students were naughty and [MASK] to obey the rules. | unwilling |
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"quarreled",
"shouted",
"fell"
]
| One boy was especially lazy and he [MASK] on purpose so that he would be allowed to move back to his father's house in another state. | failed |
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"Because",
"Before"
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| [MASK] I met my new students, I managed to make my class lovely and was surprised and happy to see they did better than I had thought. | After |
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"needed",
"agreed"
]
| After I met my new students, I [MASK] to make my class lovely and was surprised and happy to see they did better than I had thought. | managed |
[
"physics",
"English",
"chemistry"
]
| As I was giving them [MASK] problems to solve, something amazing happened. | math |
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"exciting",
"frightening",
"discouraging"
]
| As I was giving them math problems to solve, something [MASK] happened. | amazing |
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"immediately",
"suddenly",
"hopefully"
]
| He stood up and gave the [MASK] correct answers. | exactly |
[
"generosity",
"guidance",
"effects"
]
| Later I told the student how I was proud of his [MASK] and gave him a positive letter to let him take home. | efforts |
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"require",
"advise",
"realize"
]
| He said, " I [MASK] you had been my teacher last term. | wish |
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"carry",
"take",
"bring"
]
| You are the first one to [MASK] a positive letter home. | send |
[
"careful",
"interested",
"worried"
]
| He was so excited and [MASK] that he was almost crying. | encouraged |
[
"praised",
"congratulated",
"greeted"
]
| At the end of the class he [MASK] me again. | thanked |
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"forget",
"teach",
"accept"
]
| I believe that this student will [MASK] this term. | improve |
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"attack",
"replace",
"search"
]
| Sometimes teachers [MASK] students without seeing their potential . | evaluate |
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"future",
"goal",
"activity"
]
| It is possible for a teacher to change students' [MASK] with love and encouragement. | attitudes |
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"award",
"prize",
"medal"
]
| The [MASK] of making a difference in students is great! | reward |
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"struck",
"relied",
"depended"
]
| I [MASK] upon my mother with hugs, and for the first time in my life I said, "I love you, mom!" | fell |
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"deserted",
"guilty",
"clumsy"
]
| Instead, she appeared [MASK] in horror. | frozen |
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"sacred",
"apparent",
"original"
]
| As [MASK] as that. | simple |
[
"stress",
"crisis",
"emergency"
]
| Something had to be done about this [MASK] situation once and for all. | love |
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"potential",
"inspiration",
"choice"
]
| My [MASK] came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. | opportunity |
[
"interests",
"secrets",
"expectations"
]
| After we had shared our usual pleasantries and [MASK] , I took a deep breath and asked, "Do you love me, Mum?" | updates |
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"preparation",
"friction",
"identification"
]
| After a short [MASK] , she replied, "I love you. | hesitation |
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"start",
"continue",
"hold"
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| From now on I want to [MASK] our conversations with 'I love you.'" | end |
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"permitted",
"allowed",
"sentenced"
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| She was [MASK] to hospital, and I phoned every day to check on her. | admitted |
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"take",
"face",
"cool"
]
| She wasn't expected to [MASK] it through the night. | make |
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"entirely",
"absolutely",
"slightly"
]
| "She's [MASK] conscious," the nurse replied. | barely |
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"therefore",
"otherwise",
"somehow"
]
| I wanted to do it [MASK] . | anyway |
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"Since"
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| [MASK] she'd placed the phone by my mother's ear, I started sobbing and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. | Once |
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"whispering",
"yelling",
"screaming"
]
| Once she'd placed the phone by my mother's ear, I started [MASK] and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. | sobbing |
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"conversation",
"thought",
"sleep"
]
| At first, all I could hear was "Hmmmm"--but then, like a miracle, with a deep [MASK] she said, "Love you ... love you, darling." | sigh |
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"hardness",
"sickness"
]
| It was the last thing she said before drifting into [MASK] . | unconsciousness |
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"prayed",
"clarified",
"concluded"
]
| Although I was overwhelmed by her death, the surprising part was how well I [MASK] . | coped |
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"authentic",
"arbitrary",
"precise"
]
| Of course, losing a parent is extremely painful and I shed many tears, but receiving those lovely last words made it much more [MASK] . I had closure in the best possible way. | bearable |
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"personally",
"correctly",
"occasionally"
]
| Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to remember passwords ever again?If we could just sit in front of our computers and be [MASK] logged in (? | automatically |
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"face",
"software",
"system"
]
| Crave mentions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a [MASK] All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to access your PC. | password |
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"connect",
"recognize",
"remember"
]
| Crave mentions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a password All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to [MASK] your PC. | access |
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"simple",
"special",
"useful"
]
| No more [MASK] , confusing passwords to remember or change every few months. | complicated |
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"computer",
"password",
"application"
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| After doing a little research, I found this type of [MASK] already available to consumers via a relatively inexpensive application called FaceCode. | technology |
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"independent",
"infrequent",
"instant"
]
| After doing a little research, I found this type of technology already available to consumers via a relatively [MASK] application called FaceCode. | inexpensive |
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"account",
"consumer",
"designer"
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| The [MASK] requires the use of a webcam to recog- nize and log PC users into their systems. | software |
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"passwords",
"systems",
"computers"
]
| You can add as many [MASK] as you want, provided they each have a Windows account. | users |
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| If the system [MASK] to recognize your face , you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination. | fails |
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"account",
"name",
"password"
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| If the system fails to recognize your [MASK] , you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination. | face |
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"leaves",
"dust",
"grass"
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| On a cold winter day, two men walked along a valley.Finally, they stopped at a grave , which was covered with thick [MASK] . | snow |
[
"clean",
"beautiful",
"big"
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| The gravestone looked very [MASK] . | simple |
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"party",
"strike",
"accident"
]
| The older man said to the young man,"This is your mother's grave..."The young man knelt down
This [MASK] took place 20 years ago. | story |
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"speech",
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"argument"
]
| At that time the most intense [MASK] had occurred here. | fighting |
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"competition",
"disease",
"storm"
]
| The strong [MASK] had made the forces retreat . | enemy |
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"Fortunately",
"Frequently",
"Immediately"
]
| [MASK] , he heard a baby's cry, which came from a hole in the snow. | Suddenly |
[
"puzzled",
"frightened",
"annoyed"
]
| Wilson dug into the snow, and was immediately [MASK] by what he had seen. | shocked |
[
"wounded",
"killed",
"frozen"
]
| It turned out that they were [MASK] in this valley by the heavy snow. | trapped |
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"feed",
"teach",
"hide"
]
| In order to [MASK] her baby, the mother had wrapped all her clothes around the child while holding him tightly in her arms. | save |
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"blankets",
"packages",
"handkerchiefs"
]
| In order to save her baby, the mother had wrapped all her [MASK] around the child while holding him tightly in her arms. | clothes |
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"sick",
"hungry",
"lost"
]
| Though the mother had been [MASK] , the baby in her arms had survived. | dead |
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"mark",
"condition",
"voice"
]
| Wilson was deeply moved by such an unexpected [MASK] . | scene |
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"growing",
"running",
"singing"
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| He buried the mother and held the [MASK] baby to pursue the troops . | crying |
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"mother",
"path",
"goal"
]
| He buried the mother and held the crying baby to pursue the [MASK] . | troops |
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"appeared",
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| When the child grew up, Wilson told him what [MASK] that year and took him to the valley to look for his mother. | happened |
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"moved",
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"dug"
]
| After cleaning the snow around, he undressed himself, [MASK] the grave, threw himself on the grave and spoke out the words from his heart,"Mom, how cold you were for so many years!" | covered |
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"tired",
"fearful",
"lonely"
]
| After cleaning the snow around, he undressed himself, covered the grave, threw himself on the grave and spoke out the words from his heart,"Mom, how [MASK] you were for so many years!" | cold |
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"anyhow",
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"however"
]
| we learned that our bags had [MASK] not made the trip with our plane. | somehow |
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"stolen"
]
| As we were filling out the [MASK] luggage forms, we couldn't help noticing the mountain of unclaimed baggage in a corner. | missing |
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]
| Would we [MASK] see our belongings again? | ever |
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"use"
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| The officials had told us there was no [MASK] in checking to see if our bags had arrived until Monday. | point |
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| [MASK] we stood there wondering, Uma came over. | As |
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"condition",
"suggestion",
"conclusion"
]
| Learning of our [MASK] , she said. | situation |
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"call",
"get",
"bring"
]
| "Our driver will soon be here to [MASK] me up. | pick |
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"afternoon",
"night",
"evening"
]
| We entered the steamy early [MASK] scene outside. | morning |
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"putting",
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"collecting"
]
| calling their names and [MASK] them into warm hugs as they reconnected. | gathering |
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"For",
"By",
"During"
]
| [MASK] minutes, Uma said, "There's our car!" | Within |
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"covered",
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]
| We piled into the small car, already [MASK] with family members who had come to welcome Uma home. | crowded |
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"see",
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"send"
]
| We piled into the small car, already crowded with family members who had come to [MASK] Uma home. | welcome |
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| They fed us delicious Indian meals, took us on [MASK] of their city and brought us to their favorite temples. | tours |
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"Friday",
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| On [MASK] morning. | Monday |
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"quiet",
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]
| their driver brought us to the airport, where we were happy to find our bags, [MASK] and sound. | safe |
[
"politeness",
"bravery",
"carefulness"
]
| What a gift Uma's [MASK] was! | kindness |
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"action",
"state",
"deed"
]
| I learned an unforgettable lesson about the warm, generous [MASK] of the Indian people. | spirit |
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"depend",
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"turn"
]
| Uma had begun achain reaction that we did our best to [MASK] on wherever we went. | pass |
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"stupid",
"childish",
"ugly"
]
| She always wore a flower in her hair.Mostly I thought it looked [MASK] .A flower to work? | strange |
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"brought",
"allowed",
"encouraged"
]
| But no one questioned the young woman why a flower [MASK] her to work each day.In fact, we probably would have been more curious if she had shown up without it. | accompanied |
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"until"
]
| She did so one day [MASK] she delivered a project to my office. | when |
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"sense",
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"doubt"
]
| "I [MASK] there is no flower in your hair today," I said freely . | notice |
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"firmly",
"calmly",
"worriedly"
]
| "I notice there is no flower in your hair today," I said [MASK] . | freely |
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"what"
]
| "I'm so used to seeing you wear one [MASK] it almost seems as if something is missing ." | that |
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"going",
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]
| "I'm so used to seeing you wear one that it almost seems as if something is [MASK] ." | missing |
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"normal",
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]
| "Oh, yes," she replied quietly, in a rather sad voice.This was far from her [MASK] bright personality.I knew l had questioned something bigger than a lost flower. | usual |
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"prettier",
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]
| "Oh, yes," she replied quietly, in a rather sad voice.This was far from her usual bright personality.I knew l had questioned something [MASK] than a lost flower. | bigger |
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| "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death.I [MASK] her so much that I'm very sad.When I was a little girl, my mother would often put flowers in my hair.But when I was 15 she died of cancer.I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and it made me feel as though she stayed with me.Today, however, I think she would like a sign that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death.And it seems that it is the flower that has to go ." | miss |
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| "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death.I miss her so much that I'm very sad.When I was a little girl, my mother would often [MASK] flowers in my hair.But when I was 15 she died of cancer.I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and it made me feel as though she stayed with me.Today, however, I think she would like a sign that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death.And it seems that it is the flower that has to go ." | put |
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| "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death.I miss her so much that I'm very sad.When I was a little girl, my mother would often put flowers in my hair.But when I was 15 she died of cancer.I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and [MASK] made me feel as though she stayed with me.Today, however, I think she would like a sign that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death.And it seems that it is the flower that has to go ." | it |
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| "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death.I miss her so much that I'm very sad.When I was a little girl, my mother would often put flowers in my hair.But when I was 15 she died of cancer.I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and it made me feel as though she [MASK] with me.Today, however, I think she would like a sign that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death.And it seems that it is the flower that has to go ." | stayed |
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| "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death.I miss her so much that I'm very sad.When I was a little girl, my mother would often put flowers in my hair.But when I was 15 she died of cancer.I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and it made me feel as though she stayed with me.Today, however, I think she would like a [MASK] that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death.And it seems that it is the flower that has to go ." | sign |
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| "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death.I miss her so much that I'm very sad.When I was a little girl, my mother would often put flowers in my hair.But when I was 15 she died of cancer.I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and it made me feel as though she stayed with me.Today, however, I think she would like a sign that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death.And it seems that it is the flower that has to [MASK] ." | go |
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| "I needn't wear a flower to be [MASK] of her.It was just an outward sign of my treasured memories they're still there even with the flower gone...Oh, here's the project I hope it meets with your agreement." | reminded |
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| "I needn't wear a flower to be reminded of her.It was just an outward sign of my treasured [MASK] they're still there even with the flower gone...Oh, here's the project I hope it meets with your agreement." | memories |
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