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[ "chance", "example", "way" ]
Then the teacher said, "This is the [MASK] when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart .
situation
[ "study", "work", "life" ]
Then the teacher said, "This is the situation when you carry your hate for somebody inside your [MASK] .
heart
[ "damage", "kill", "take" ]
The smell of hate will [MASK] your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go.
pollute
[ "continue", "last", "love" ]
If you cannot [MASK] the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for a lifetime ?"
bear
[ "remember", "recognize", "notice" ]
If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you [MASK] what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for a lifetime ?"
imagine
[ "week", "moment", "while" ]
If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for a [MASK] ?"
lifetime
[ "hold", "carry", "fetch" ]
Once there lived a girl named Chen Lien who was very self-conscious about a large scar,which crossed one of her eyebrows.If by mistake she happened to [MASK] her reflection in a mirror,the scar seemed three times larger than it really was to her.And so she avoided mirrors and reflections at all costs,and as she grew to become a young woman,she preferred to spend the time alone in the garden.
catch
[ "damaged", "escaped", "forbade" ]
Once there lived a girl named Chen Lien who was very self-conscious about a large scar,which crossed one of her eyebrows.If by mistake she happened to catch her reflection in a mirror,the scar seemed three times larger than it really was to her.And so she [MASK] mirrors and reflections at all costs,and as she grew to become a young woman,she preferred to spend the time alone in the garden.
avoided
[ "wanted", "intended", "planned" ]
Once there lived a girl named Chen Lien who was very self-conscious about a large scar,which crossed one of her eyebrows.If by mistake she happened to catch her reflection in a mirror,the scar seemed three times larger than it really was to her.And so she avoided mirrors and reflections at all costs,and as she grew to become a young woman,she [MASK] to spend the time alone in the garden.
preferred
[ "Already", "Also", "So" ]
[MASK] she remained helpful and pleasant to all.
Yet
[ "calling", "checking", "helping" ]
One day a young man named Wu Tang was [MASK] Chen Lien's next door neighbors.
visiting
[ "flower", "mountain", "hill" ]
As Wu Tang was climbing in the [MASK] , he happened to notice Chen Lien in her garden below.
tree
[ "observe", "injure", "recognize" ]
As Wu Tang was climbing in the tree , he happened to [MASK] Chen Lien in her garden below.
notice
[ "astonished", "frightened", "amazed" ]
He was so [MASK] by the young woman and thought her the perfect vision of a soul mate.
entranced
[ "friend", "servant", "master" ]
"I have found my [MASK] !"
bride
[ "encouraged", "awarded", "consulted" ]
Wu Tang declared to his parents.And a matchmaker was [MASK] .
summoned
[ "virtue", "disguise", "wound" ]
You should know about a [MASK] to her beauty."
flaw
[ "for", "by", "on" ]
"I have seen her [MASK] my own eyes!"
with
[ "Though", "However", "But" ]
[MASK] the wedding arrangements proceeded on schedule.
So
[ "carnival", "festival", "celebration" ]
After the wedding [MASK] , when the two were alone, the new husband lifted his bride's veil ... "When I was a little girl," the bride said, "my family was traveling far away to visit friends.
ceremony
[ "since", "while", "as" ]
I was playing in their garden [MASK] a little boy threw a heavy stone..." "What was the name of that little boy?"
when
[ "customer", "pupil", "neighbor" ]
"I do not know;he was a [MASK] there like myself."
visitor
[ "warned", "scolded", "punished" ]
"My parents have often [MASK] me how I once threw a stone and cut the forehead of a little girl in the garden of the Li family."
told
[ "cheek", "nose", "eyesight" ]
"My parents have often told me how I once threw a stone and cut the [MASK] of a little girl in the garden of the Li family."
forehead
[ "expensive", "amazing", "harmful" ]
His father was a skilled leather worker who had many [MASK] tools.
sharp
[ "hands", "legs", "feet" ]
The awl slipped from his tiny hands and hurt one of his [MASK] .
eyes
[ "hopeless", "desperate", "incurable" ]
The infection soon spread to the other eye and the poor child became totally [MASK] at the age of three.
blind
[ "improve", "spread", "learn" ]
At the age of 12 he started his new mission -- to [MASK] a system to enable the blind to read and write.
invent
[ "kept", "touched", "loaded" ]
He had the concept that if the letters could be [MASK] by the fingertips even the blind could read with ease.
felt
[ "imagine", "grasp", "accept" ]
He had the concept that if the letters could be felt by the fingertips even the blind could [MASK] with ease.
read
[ "pressed", "selected", "lifted" ]
He successfully completed his system of [MASK] dots by the age of fifteen.
raised
[ "easy", "familiar", "suitable" ]
Each letter is formed by raised [MASK] dots out of a total of six dots arranged in a rectangle consisting of two columns of three dots each.
specific
[ "perfect", "confident", "normal" ]
Braille's work has changed the lives of millions of disabled people and enabled them to lead a [MASK] life.
productive
[ "necessary", "immediate", "considerate" ]
The [MASK] contributions of Braille provided a vision and mission for the millions of disabled people.
outstanding
[ "luck", "pain", "responsibility" ]
By [MASK] and effort, they also can create wonders and serve society.
determination
[ "off", "down", "away" ]
He died [MASK] leukemia .
of
[ "studied", "researched", "questioned" ]
After Michael [MASK] he had leukemia, he asked his mother to promise one thing----that she become a nurse.
learned
[ "take", "do", "manage" ]
Weeks after Michael's funeral, Kathy was still struggling to [MASK] it through each day.
make
[ "behaviour", "performance", "reaction" ]
The dream spurred her to [MASK] .
action
[ "gained", "calculated", "marked" ]
But she [MASK] well.
scored
[ "high", "wide", "deep" ]
It took her twice as [MASK] as the younger students to complete assignments, and there were several times she thought she'd quit.
long
[ "persuade", "suggest", "advise" ]
But Matthew and her family continued to [MASK] her.
encourage
[ "should", "could", "might" ]
"She [MASK] study on vacations.
would
[ "strength", "power", "pressure" ]
I know Michael was on her mind the whole time, and that was her driving [MASK] .
force
[ "before", "after", "since" ]
"Doubling up on courses and even taking summer classes [MASK] working part-time at the deli , she earned her nursing degree, graduating cum laude in May 2006 from Thomas Jefferson University, and soon became a registered nurse.
while
[ "caught", "made", "produced" ]
"Doubling up on courses and even taking summer classes while working part-time at the deli , she [MASK] her nursing degree, graduating cum laude in May 2006 from Thomas Jefferson University, and soon became a registered nurse.
earned
[ "prepared", "ready", "anxious" ]
The fall before she was [MASK] to graduate, Kathy attended a nursing career fair.
due
[ "immediate", "straightly", "forwardly" ]
She walked [MASK] up to Beverly Emonds.
directly
[ "persuade", "swear", "guarantee" ]
Kathy had to [MASK] the floor's nurse manager that Michael's history wouldn't interfere with her performance on the job.
convince
[ "on", "onto", "away" ]
Kathy had to convince the floor's nurse manager that Michael's history wouldn't interfere [MASK] her performance on the job.
with
[ "function", "situation", "location" ]
Finally, Emonds called to offer her the [MASK] .
position
[ "forcing", "cheating", "asking" ]
I had just finished [MASK] my daughter to the airport to catch an early morning flight.
driving
[ "still", "thus", "first" ]
My sons and I [MASK] went to a fast-food place for breakfast before heading back home.
then
[ "coffee", "tea", "lunch" ]
My sons and I then went to a fast-food place for [MASK] before heading back home.
breakfast
[ "rest", "turning", "slowing" ]
At the bottom of the hill was a [MASK] sign, so we found ourselves at the end of a long line of traffic waiting while the cars at the bottom turned onto the main road one at a time.
stop
[ "quiet", "single", "strange" ]
At the bottom of the hill was a stop sign, so we found ourselves at the end of a [MASK] line of traffic waiting while the cars at the bottom turned onto the main road one at a time.
long
[ "opposite", "downward", "slim" ]
At the bottom of the hill was a stop sign, so we found ourselves at the end of a long line of traffic waiting while the cars at the bottom turned onto the [MASK] road one at a time.
main
[ "on", "with", "over" ]
As I looked down to the bottom of the hill, my eyes saw an elderly man standing [MASK] the stop sign.
by
[ "loose", "formal", "clean" ]
His clothes were [MASK] and shabby .
old
[ "Offer", "Call", "Refuse" ]
He held a cardboard sign with the words " [MASK] Help Please!"
Need
[ "hid", "reminded", "regretted" ]
My heart went out to him and I [MASK] myself in his situation.
imagined
[ "begging", "reaching", "praying" ]
As car after car turned onto the main road without [MASK] for him, I reached for my wallet to look for whatever cash was left in it.
stopping
[ "card", "number", "information" ]
As car after car turned onto the main road without stopping for him, I reached for my wallet to look for whatever [MASK] was left in it.
cash
[ "therefore", "instead", "anyway" ]
As I was pulling it out of my wallet, [MASK] , I saw a young woman walk up to him along the side of the road.
however
[ "money", "hope", "paper" ]
She was carrying a bag full of [MASK] taken out from the restaurant I was just at.
food
[ "rewarded", "admitted", "paid" ]
I watched as the old man [MASK] the young girl and smiled as she reached out her arms to give him a hug.
thanked
[ "soft", "short", "gentle" ]
Suddenly a [MASK] honk from the car behind me made me realize that I hadn't been moving forward because this simple choice for kindness had captured (attracted) my attention and my heart.
loud
[ "jumping", "pushing", "wandering" ]
Suddenly a loud honk from the car behind me made me realize that I hadn't been [MASK] forward because this simple choice for kindness had captured (attracted) my attention and my heart.
moving
[ "courage", "trust", "success" ]
Suddenly a loud honk from the car behind me made me realize that I hadn't been moving forward because this simple choice for [MASK] had captured (attracted) my attention and my heart.
kindness
[ "back", "top", "middle" ]
By the time I reached the [MASK] of the hill, both the man and the lady who had helped him were gone.
bottom
[ "risk", "difficulty", "opportunity" ]
Now, if there's one thing I can tell you about any sports, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least [MASK] .
luck
[ "accuse", "doubt", "keep" ]
There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot [MASK] it on your teammates or your coach.
blame
[ "stress", "injury", "standard" ]
There is no [MASK] because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can't say, "It was raining."
weather
[ "judgement", "progress", "way" ]
It makes [MASK] to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.
sense
[ "even", "only", "once" ]
We [MASK] had five people who were national champions.
also
[ "under", "for", "in" ]
One of them was a guy [MASK] the name of John.
by
[ "hurt", "chosen", "trained" ]
John had never been 27 [MASK] in my high school wrestling competition that I could remember, because he was a national champion.
defeated
[ "although", "unless", "until" ]
John had never been 27 defeated in my high school wrestling competition that I could remember, [MASK] he was a national champion.
because
[ "sign", "step", "task" ]
John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular [MASK] .
move
[ "fixed", "threw", "carried" ]
He rolled over, and his opponent [MASK] him halfway through his roll.
caught
[ "accidentally", "fortunately", "unfairly" ]
He was pinned [MASK] !
instantly
[ "calm", "convince", "forgive" ]
I remember on the bus on the way home, one of our teammates tried to [MASK] John by saying, "Oh, he just got lucky."
comfort
[ "so", "or", "but" ]
The opportunity presented itself, [MASK] he exploited it."
and
[ "set", "left", "used" ]
We used to have this big sign in our wrestling room that the coach had [MASK] there.
put
[ "suits", "gets", "fits" ]
"Luck is what happens when opportunity [MASK] preparation."
meets
[ "striking", "knocking", "controlling" ]
The probability of [MASK] John was not strong, and he knew it.
beating
[ "equal", "exact", "rest" ]
But he paid attention to the [MASK] opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a fivetime national champion.
right
[ "passage", "decision", "suggestion" ]
In other words, the real [MASK] is Be Prepared.
message
[ "receive", "follow", "save" ]
It's not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to [MASK] it.
seize
[ "Invited", "encouraged", "awarded" ]
He [MASK] me by telling me a little about his life -- how he had lost the battle with drink but how his Belief in himself has turned his life around.
rewarded
[ "dream", "spirit", "interest" ]
He rewarded me by telling me a little about his life -- how he had lost the battle with drink but how his [MASK] in himself has turned his life around.
Belief
[ "Facing", "refusing", "expecting" ]
Now, when most men of his age will be [MASK] their retirement , he spent his time handing out papers to shops and strangers in the street.
enjoying
[ "even", "mostly", "exactly" ]
Julie looked over my shoulder and saw the same man, sitting there with [MASK] a cup of tea.
only
[ "hot", "warm", "cool" ]
He dressed coldly despite the fact that the outside temperature was very [MASK] .
low
[ "Quickly", "proudly", "carelessly" ]
We were having our dinner [MASK] , then I got up and walked over.
happily
[ "Concern", "understand", "support" ]
Knowing he would not [MASK] me, I sat down beside him and asked, "How's your Kindness work going?"
remember
[ "Boring", "meaningless", "instruction" ]
Knowing he would not remember me, I sat down beside him and asked, "How's your [MASK] work going?"
Kindness
[ "Introduction", "argument", "intention" ]
He didn't remember me, but my [MASK] had told him who I was.
question
[ "work", "cover", "stop" ]
He replied, "That doesn't [MASK] ."
Matter
[ "quiet", "Confident", "different" ]
"You need to be [MASK] to keep on doing the good work."
well