AndyChiang/cloth · Datasets at Hugging Face

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[ "sure", "upset", "pleased" ]	I was not so [MASK] of my cash now.	proud
[ "warned", "thought", "told" ]	For the next two years, whenever I was 55 [MASK] of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this experience .Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a free pizza.	reminded
[ "experiment", "story", "mistake" ]	For the next two years, whenever I was 55 reminded of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this [MASK] .Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a free pizza.	experience
[ "turning", "taking", "handing" ]	For the next two years, whenever I was 55 reminded of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this experience .Maybe I was a fool for [MASK] in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a free pizza.	giving
[ "cheap", "ordinary", "delicious" ]	For the next two years, whenever I was 55 reminded of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this experience .Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a [MASK] pizza.	free
[ "make", "wake", "put" ]	But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will [MASK] up with you.	catch
[ "coward", "fool", "loser" ]	If I had been a " [MASK] " and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.	hero
[ "but", "though", "yet" ]	People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the easier it is to do so, in theory it is that, [MASK] , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language.	however
[ "opinions", "regards", "requests" ]	Capability to practice some essential [MASK] of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work directly .So spending money to help children learn English may end up with disappointment.	expressions
[ "orally", "properly", "indirectly" ]	Capability to practice some essential expressions of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work [MASK] .So spending money to help children learn English may end up with disappointment.	directly
[ "people", "girls", "boys" ]	Capability to practice some essential expressions of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work directly .So spending money to help [MASK] learn English may end up with disappointment.	children
[ "begin", "start", "finish" ]	Capability to practice some essential expressions of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work directly .So spending money to help children learn English may [MASK] up with disappointment.	end
[ "get", "buy", "take" ]	It is likely that the more you [MASK] ,the more you are let down.	pay
[ "loved", "liked", "learned" ]	The daughter of one of my friends [MASK] English in primary school, because of her foreign teacher's blindness to psychology.	disliked
[ "of", "at", "in" ]	The daughter of one of my friends disliked English in primary school, because of her foreign teacher's blindness [MASK] psychology.	to
[ "while", "where", "as" ]	She did not want to go on learning English until middle school, [MASK] a college student studying English slowly developed her interest in the language.	when
[ "introduced", "practiced", "explained" ]	She did not want to go on learning English until middle school, when a college student studying English slowly [MASK] her interest in the language.	developed
[ "to", "at", "of" ]	It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty [MASK] learning English for several years.	in
[ "He", "She", "They" ]	Having been engaged in English education, [MASK] find that despite their excellent pronunciation , many students have little command of English words and phrases.	I
[ "phrase", "language", "writing" ]	Having been engaged in English education, I find that despite their excellent [MASK] , many students have little command of English words and phrases.	pronunciation
[ "few", "less", "fewer" ]	Having been engaged in English education, I find that despite their excellent pronunciation , many students have [MASK] command of English words and phrases.	little
[ "write", "do", "remember" ]	So I suggest that children [MASK] classical Chinese prose ,rather than cause them to learn English hurriedly.	memorize
[ "have", "let", "make" ]	So I suggest that children memorize classical Chinese prose ,rather than [MASK] them to learn English hurriedly.	cause
[ "study", "learn", "master" ]	Otherwise, they may let go the best time to [MASK] the language ability of their mother tongue.	improve
[ "thought", "agreed", "disagreed" ]	My parents, sharing my love of music, [MASK] of it as a profession.	disapproved
[ "experience", "tradition", "belief" ]	This was understandable in view of the family [MASK] .	background
[ "offer", "support", "give" ]	My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years and earned barely enough to [MASK] for his large family.	provide
[ "expectation", "intention", "cause" ]	As a(an) [MASK] of this example in the family, my mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of an existence with uncertain financial rewards.	consequence
[ "certain", "sure", "ensured" ]	As a(an) consequence of this example in the family, my mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of an existence with [MASK] financial rewards.	uncertain
[ "enter", "join", "apply" ]	Before my graduation from Columbia, the family met with severe financial problems and I felt it my duty to [MASK] college and take a job.	leave
[ "interest", "dreams", "hope" ]	I went into it for [MASK] , and apart from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it.	money
[ "excited", "embarrassed", "cheerful" ]	From being merely dissatisfied I became really [MASK] . I knew what I wanted is to save enough to quit and go to Europe to study music . I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for "downtown", disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute.	painful
[ "drop", "satisfy", "live" ]	From being merely dissatisfied I became really painful . I knew what I wanted is to save enough to [MASK] and go to Europe to study music . I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for "downtown", disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute.	quit
[ "medicine", "economy", "Business" ]	From being merely dissatisfied I became really painful . I knew what I wanted is to save enough to quit and go to Europe to study [MASK] . I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for "downtown", disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute.	music
[ "let", "make", "encourage" ]	I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, saved enough to [MASK] me to go abroad.	enable
[ "spent", "wasted", "used" ]	I stayed four years, worked harder than ever and [MASK] every minute of it.	enjoyed
[ "wealthy", "creative", "enthusiastic" ]	I was a [MASK] man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to do.	free
[ "strong", "successful", "satisfied" ]	If I had stayed in business, I might be a [MASK] man today, but I do not believe I would have made a success of living.	wealthy
[ "it", "which", "as" ]	Most of us are so accustomed to the association of success with money [MASK] the thought of giving up a good income for an idea seemed rather crazy.	that
[ "broken", "hidden", "fixed" ]	One day he found his watch [MASK] in his own store.	lost
[ "learned", "performed", "bargained" ]	It [MASK] a lot to him because it was from his wife.	meant
[ "forgot", "agreed", "pretended" ]	After searching up and down in the store for a long while, he [MASK] to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store.	decided
[ "taught", "worried", "warned" ]	He [MASK] them that the person who found it would be rewarded.	promised
[ "Seeing", "Wearing", "Feeling" ]	[MASK] this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the whole store, but still could not find the watch.	Hearing
[ "secure", "dusty", "busy" ]	Hearing this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the [MASK] store, but still could not find the watch.	whole
[ "reason", "meeting", "date" ]	A little boy went up to him and asked for another [MASK] .	chance
[ "But", "Or", "Unless" ]	[MASK] the man sent him back in the store.	So
[ "proud", "nervous", "angry" ]	The man was very [MASK] , and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had failed .	amazed
[ "finished", "regretted", "doubted" ]	The man was very amazed , and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had [MASK] .	failed
[ "played", "waited", "watched" ]	The boy replied, "I did nothing but sat on the ground and [MASK] .Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction ."	listened
[ "station", "situation", "darkness" ]	The boy replied, "I did nothing but sat on the ground and listened .Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that [MASK] ."	direction
[ "Possibly", "Besides", "Luckily" ]	[MASK] we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a good result.	Instead
[ "clear", "straight", "natural" ]	Instead we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a [MASK] result.	good
[ "exercise", "pleasure", "conversation" ]	So allow a few minutes of [MASK] to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make progress as you expect to!	silence
[ "noise", "sense", "mistake" ]	So allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make [MASK] as you expect to!	progress
[ "fix", ".make", ".repair" ]	One day, Bartoli, a rich Italian merchant, sent for him saying, "Could you42 [MASK] my portrait on my banquet room wall?	.paint
[ "possible", "free", "reliable" ]	[MASK] "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.	available
[ "formed", "got", "insisted" ]	available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he [MASK] heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.	.changed
[ ".mind", "room", ".brain" ]	available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed [MASK] 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.	heart
[ "challenges", "control", "confidence" ]	available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your [MASK] to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.	limits
[ "figure", "image", "masterpiece" ]	available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the [MASK] of my abilities.	portrait
[ "terrible", "common", ".funny" ]	Furthermore, already I can see your private .So I insist that while l work your portrait stay48 [MASK] -even from you!"	strange
[ "brought", "decorated", "bought'" ]	"No problem," Bartoli agreed, though he thought it was49 [MASK] ,"Anything you wish, but it must look realistic."	hung
[ ".anxious", ".serious", "careful" ]	Immediately the master artist [MASK] a high curtain in front of the wall, -through which Bartoli couldn't see at all.	hopeful
[ "affords", "spends", "costs" ]	asked the [MASK] Bartoli.	takes
[ "money", "mood", "taste" ]	Bartoli lost his [MASK] .	temper
[ "set", ".left", "stood" ]	And he57 [MASK] aside the 20 - foot curtain.	pulled
[ "felt", "remained", "kept" ]	Bartoli stared at the masterpiece and then his mouth [MASK] open.	fell
[ "changed", "showed", ".found" ]	He was obviously so angry that his eyes [MASK] red.	.turned
[ "confidence", "power", "design" ]	Abbaye had drawn to his heart's [MASK] for 20 feet tall.	content
[ "operate", "encounter", "recall" ]	I don't care what life gives me; I'll [MASK] it.	handle
[ "recognizing", "accessing", "Approaching" ]	It was my ninth time 32 [MASK] in front of a music executive to try to get a record deal.	appearing
[ "information", "reply", "competition" ]	When I found out the [MASK] was at 6 a.m., I went a little crazy, for I had to get up very early in order to get to the audition room on time.	appointment
[ "simple", "regretful", "amusing" ]	This [MASK] audition was at the office of Sony Music's president, John Grady.	particular
[ "Permitting", "Failing", "Welcoming" ]	36 [MASK] to sing songs for a man behind a desk, I was nervous .	Waiting
[ "excited", "hopeful", "helpless" ]	36 Waiting to sing songs for a man behind a desk, I was [MASK] .	nervous
[ "finish", "solve", "persuade" ]	It's very hard to let someone [MASK] whether you're worthy of a commercial career in 10 minutes.	judge
[ "experience", "profession", "trick" ]	If one wanted new horizons, he had to learn a(n) [MASK] that could take him out of there.	skill
[ "questioned", "required", "practiced" ]	That's how I [MASK] my singing.	viewed
[ "progress", "process", "stop" ]	That was a huge [MASK] for me.	step
[ "embarrassed", "amazed", "puzzled" ]	It was in the middle of my singing that John Grady didn't appear [MASK] at all.	interested
[ "angrily", "straightly", "hardly" ]	From where I stood, I could [MASK] see him write the letter 'n', followed by the letter 'o'.	clearly
[ "proved", "supported", "hidden" ]	From where I stood, I could clearly see him write the letter 'n', [MASK] by the letter 'o'.	followed
[ "understand", "trust", "refuse" ]	I guessed he didn't [MASK] me.	appreciate
[ "record", "chance", "promise" ]	As we said good-bye, Grady gave me a [MASK] .	note
[ "waving", "removing", "Moving" ]	Though my hands were [MASK] , I found the courage to read the note.	shaking
[ "patience", "imagination", "determination" ]	Though my hands were shaking , I found the [MASK] to read the note.	courage
[ "plan", "preference", "tendency" ]	Just then, I knew that my [MASK] of becoming a professional musician was starting to come true.	dream
[ "games", "books", "persons" ]	The teacher told each child to bring a bag containing a few [MASK] .	potatoes
[ "chooses", "loves", "forgives" ]	Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child [MASK] hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her bag will depend on the number of people the child hates.	hates
[ "box", "basket", "barrel" ]	Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her [MASK] will depend on the number of people the child hates.	bag
[ "kind", "weight", "size" ]	Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her bag will depend on the [MASK] of people the child hates.	number
[ "ever", "already", "hardly" ]	Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had [MASK] up to five potatoes.	even
[ "whatever", "whenever", "however" ]	The teacher then told the children to carry the bag [MASK] they go for a week.	wherever
[ "Although", "When", "After" ]	[MASK] the days went by, the children started to complain ,because the rotten potatoes gave off an unpleasant smell.	As
[ "argue", "disagree", "stop" ]	As the days went by, the children started to [MASK] ,because the rotten potatoes gave off an unpleasant smell.	complain
[ "larger", "more", "fewer" ]	And the students with five potatoes also had to carry [MASK] bags.	heavier
[ "Until", "Before", "Toward" ]	[MASK] a week, the teacher asked, "How did you feel ?"	After
[ "play", "learn", "realize" ]	After a week, the teacher asked, "How did you [MASK] ?"	feel
[ "fresh", "delicious", "lovely" ]	The children started complaining about the trouble they had to go through , when they had to carry the heavy and [MASK] potatoes everywhere they went.	smelly

[ "sure", "upset", "pleased" ]

I was not so [MASK] of my cash now.

proud

[ "warned", "thought", "told" ]

For the next two years, whenever I was 55 [MASK] of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this experience .Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a free pizza.

reminded

[ "experiment", "story", "mistake" ]

For the next two years, whenever I was 55 reminded of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this [MASK] .Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a free pizza.

experience

[ "turning", "taking", "handing" ]

For the next two years, whenever I was 55 reminded of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this experience .Maybe I was a fool for [MASK] in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a free pizza.

giving

[ "cheap", "ordinary", "delicious" ]

For the next two years, whenever I was 55 reminded of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don't think about it...." I have learned two things from this experience .Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to enjoy a [MASK] pizza.

free

[ "make", "wake", "put" ]

But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will [MASK] up with you.

catch

[ "coward", "fool", "loser" ]

If I had been a " [MASK] " and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

hero

[ "but", "though", "yet" ]

People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the easier it is to do so, in theory it is that, [MASK] , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language.

however

[ "opinions", "regards", "requests" ]

Capability to practice some essential [MASK] of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work directly .So spending money to help children learn English may end up with disappointment.

expressions

[ "orally", "properly", "indirectly" ]

Capability to practice some essential expressions of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work [MASK] .So spending money to help children learn English may end up with disappointment.

directly

[ "people", "girls", "boys" ]

Capability to practice some essential expressions of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work directly .So spending money to help [MASK] learn English may end up with disappointment.

children

[ "begin", "start", "finish" ]

Capability to practice some essential expressions of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work directly .So spending money to help children learn English may [MASK] up with disappointment.

end

[ "get", "buy", "take" ]

It is likely that the more you [MASK] ,the more you are let down.

pay

[ "loved", "liked", "learned" ]

The daughter of one of my friends [MASK] English in primary school, because of her foreign teacher's blindness to psychology.

disliked

[ "of", "at", "in" ]

The daughter of one of my friends disliked English in primary school, because of her foreign teacher's blindness [MASK] psychology.

to

[ "while", "where", "as" ]

She did not want to go on learning English until middle school, [MASK] a college student studying English slowly developed her interest in the language.

when

[ "introduced", "practiced", "explained" ]

She did not want to go on learning English until middle school, when a college student studying English slowly [MASK] her interest in the language.

developed

[ "to", "at", "of" ]

It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty [MASK] learning English for several years.

in

[ "He", "She", "They" ]

Having been engaged in English education, [MASK] find that despite their excellent pronunciation , many students have little command of English words and phrases.

I

[ "phrase", "language", "writing" ]

Having been engaged in English education, I find that despite their excellent [MASK] , many students have little command of English words and phrases.

pronunciation

[ "few", "less", "fewer" ]

Having been engaged in English education, I find that despite their excellent pronunciation , many students have [MASK] command of English words and phrases.

little

[ "write", "do", "remember" ]

So I suggest that children [MASK] classical Chinese prose ,rather than cause them to learn English hurriedly.

memorize

[ "have", "let", "make" ]

So I suggest that children memorize classical Chinese prose ,rather than [MASK] them to learn English hurriedly.

cause

[ "study", "learn", "master" ]

Otherwise, they may let go the best time to [MASK] the language ability of their mother tongue.

improve

[ "thought", "agreed", "disagreed" ]

My parents, sharing my love of music, [MASK] of it as a profession.

disapproved

[ "experience", "tradition", "belief" ]

This was understandable in view of the family [MASK] .

background

[ "offer", "support", "give" ]

My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years and earned barely enough to [MASK] for his large family.

provide

[ "expectation", "intention", "cause" ]

As a(an) [MASK] of this example in the family, my mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of an existence with uncertain financial rewards.

consequence

[ "certain", "sure", "ensured" ]

As a(an) consequence of this example in the family, my mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of an existence with [MASK] financial rewards.

uncertain

[ "enter", "join", "apply" ]

Before my graduation from Columbia, the family met with severe financial problems and I felt it my duty to [MASK] college and take a job.

leave

[ "interest", "dreams", "hope" ]

I went into it for [MASK] , and apart from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it.

money

[ "excited", "embarrassed", "cheerful" ]

From being merely dissatisfied I became really [MASK] . I knew what I wanted is to save enough to quit and go to Europe to study music . I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for "downtown", disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute.

painful

[ "drop", "satisfy", "live" ]

From being merely dissatisfied I became really painful . I knew what I wanted is to save enough to [MASK] and go to Europe to study music . I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for "downtown", disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute.

quit

[ "medicine", "economy", "Business" ]

From being merely dissatisfied I became really painful . I knew what I wanted is to save enough to quit and go to Europe to study [MASK] . I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for "downtown", disappointing my poor mother by eating a hurried breakfast at the last minute.

music

[ "let", "make", "encourage" ]

I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, saved enough to [MASK] me to go abroad.

enable

[ "spent", "wasted", "used" ]

I stayed four years, worked harder than ever and [MASK] every minute of it.

enjoyed

[ "wealthy", "creative", "enthusiastic" ]

I was a [MASK] man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to do.

free

[ "strong", "successful", "satisfied" ]

If I had stayed in business, I might be a [MASK] man today, but I do not believe I would have made a success of living.

wealthy

[ "it", "which", "as" ]

Most of us are so accustomed to the association of success with money [MASK] the thought of giving up a good income for an idea seemed rather crazy.

that

[ "broken", "hidden", "fixed" ]

One day he found his watch [MASK] in his own store.

lost

[ "learned", "performed", "bargained" ]

It [MASK] a lot to him because it was from his wife.

meant

[ "forgot", "agreed", "pretended" ]

After searching up and down in the store for a long while, he [MASK] to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store.

decided

[ "taught", "worried", "warned" ]

He [MASK] them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

promised

[ "Seeing", "Wearing", "Feeling" ]

[MASK] this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the whole store, but still could not find the watch.

Hearing

[ "secure", "dusty", "busy" ]

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the [MASK] store, but still could not find the watch.

whole

[ "reason", "meeting", "date" ]

A little boy went up to him and asked for another [MASK] .

chance

[ "But", "Or", "Unless" ]

[MASK] the man sent him back in the store.

So

[ "proud", "nervous", "angry" ]

The man was very [MASK] , and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had failed .

amazed

[ "finished", "regretted", "doubted" ]

The man was very amazed , and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had [MASK] .

failed

[ "played", "waited", "watched" ]

The boy replied, "I did nothing but sat on the ground and [MASK] .Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction ."

listened

[ "station", "situation", "darkness" ]

The boy replied, "I did nothing but sat on the ground and listened .Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that [MASK] ."

direction

[ "Possibly", "Besides", "Luckily" ]

[MASK] we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a good result.

Instead

[ "clear", "straight", "natural" ]

Instead we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a [MASK] result.

good

[ "exercise", "pleasure", "conversation" ]

So allow a few minutes of [MASK] to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make progress as you expect to!

silence

[ "noise", "sense", "mistake" ]

So allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make [MASK] as you expect to!

progress

[ "fix", ".make", ".repair" ]

One day, Bartoli, a rich Italian merchant, sent for him saying, "Could you42 [MASK] my portrait on my banquet room wall?

.paint

[ "possible", "free", "reliable" ]

[MASK] "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.

available

[ "formed", "got", "insisted" ]

available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he [MASK] heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.

.changed

[ ".mind", "room", ".brain" ]

available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed [MASK] 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.

heart

[ "challenges", "control", "confidence" ]

available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your [MASK] to allow me to explore the portrait of my abilities.

limits

[ "figure", "image", "masterpiece" ]

available "But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he .changed heart 44his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your limits to allow me to explore the [MASK] of my abilities.

portrait

[ "terrible", "common", ".funny" ]

Furthermore, already I can see your private .So I insist that while l work your portrait stay48 [MASK] -even from you!"

strange

[ "brought", "decorated", "bought'" ]

"No problem," Bartoli agreed, though he thought it was49 [MASK] ,"Anything you wish, but it must look realistic."

hung

[ ".anxious", ".serious", "careful" ]

Immediately the master artist [MASK] a high curtain in front of the wall, -through which Bartoli couldn't see at all.

hopeful

[ "affords", "spends", "costs" ]

asked the [MASK] Bartoli.

takes

[ "money", "mood", "taste" ]

Bartoli lost his [MASK] .

temper

[ "set", ".left", "stood" ]

And he57 [MASK] aside the 20 - foot curtain.

pulled

[ "felt", "remained", "kept" ]

Bartoli stared at the masterpiece and then his mouth [MASK] open.

fell

[ "changed", "showed", ".found" ]

He was obviously so angry that his eyes [MASK] red.

.turned

[ "confidence", "power", "design" ]

Abbaye had drawn to his heart's [MASK] for 20 feet tall.

content

[ "operate", "encounter", "recall" ]

I don't care what life gives me; I'll [MASK] it.

handle

[ "recognizing", "accessing", "Approaching" ]

It was my ninth time 32 [MASK] in front of a music executive to try to get a record deal.

appearing

[ "information", "reply", "competition" ]

When I found out the [MASK] was at 6 a.m., I went a little crazy, for I had to get up very early in order to get to the audition room on time.

appointment

[ "simple", "regretful", "amusing" ]

This [MASK] audition was at the office of Sony Music's president, John Grady.

particular

[ "Permitting", "Failing", "Welcoming" ]

36 [MASK] to sing songs for a man behind a desk, I was nervous .

Waiting

[ "excited", "hopeful", "helpless" ]

36 Waiting to sing songs for a man behind a desk, I was [MASK] .

nervous

[ "finish", "solve", "persuade" ]

It's very hard to let someone [MASK] whether you're worthy of a commercial career in 10 minutes.

judge

[ "experience", "profession", "trick" ]

If one wanted new horizons, he had to learn a(n) [MASK] that could take him out of there.

skill

[ "questioned", "required", "practiced" ]

That's how I [MASK] my singing.

viewed

[ "progress", "process", "stop" ]

That was a huge [MASK] for me.

step

[ "embarrassed", "amazed", "puzzled" ]

It was in the middle of my singing that John Grady didn't appear [MASK] at all.

interested

[ "angrily", "straightly", "hardly" ]

From where I stood, I could [MASK] see him write the letter 'n', followed by the letter 'o'.

clearly

[ "proved", "supported", "hidden" ]

From where I stood, I could clearly see him write the letter 'n', [MASK] by the letter 'o'.

followed

[ "understand", "trust", "refuse" ]

I guessed he didn't [MASK] me.

appreciate

[ "record", "chance", "promise" ]

As we said good-bye, Grady gave me a [MASK] .

note

[ "waving", "removing", "Moving" ]

Though my hands were [MASK] , I found the courage to read the note.

shaking

[ "patience", "imagination", "determination" ]

Though my hands were shaking , I found the [MASK] to read the note.

courage

[ "plan", "preference", "tendency" ]

Just then, I knew that my [MASK] of becoming a professional musician was starting to come true.

dream

[ "games", "books", "persons" ]

The teacher told each child to bring a bag containing a few [MASK] .

potatoes

[ "chooses", "loves", "forgives" ]

Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child [MASK] hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her bag will depend on the number of people the child hates.

hates

[ "box", "basket", "barrel" ]

Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her [MASK] will depend on the number of people the child hates.

bag

[ "kind", "weight", "size" ]

Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her bag will depend on the [MASK] of people the child hates.

number

[ "ever", "already", "hardly" ]

Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had [MASK] up to five potatoes.

even

[ "whatever", "whenever", "however" ]

The teacher then told the children to carry the bag [MASK] they go for a week.

wherever

[ "Although", "When", "After" ]

[MASK] the days went by, the children started to complain ,because the rotten potatoes gave off an unpleasant smell.

As

[ "argue", "disagree", "stop" ]

As the days went by, the children started to [MASK] ,because the rotten potatoes gave off an unpleasant smell.

complain

[ "larger", "more", "fewer" ]

And the students with five potatoes also had to carry [MASK] bags.

heavier

[ "Until", "Before", "Toward" ]

[MASK] a week, the teacher asked, "How did you feel ?"

After

[ "play", "learn", "realize" ]

After a week, the teacher asked, "How did you [MASK] ?"

feel

[ "fresh", "delicious", "lovely" ]

The children started complaining about the trouble they had to go through , when they had to carry the heavy and [MASK] potatoes everywhere they went.

smelly