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| You give up trying to find real [MASK] to solve your problem. | solutions |
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| Dealing with resentment needs [MASK] . | calmness |
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"luckily",
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| Then try hard to force yourself [MASK] ready to be less resentful. | truly |
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| You believe you are to blame for resentment, and you actively look for the way that can [MASK] the problem in your life. | solve |
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| "I grew up in San Pedro.My Dad was a fisherman,and he loved the sea.He had his own boat,but it was [MASK] making a living on the sea.He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family." | hard |
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| "I grew up in San Pedro.My Dad was a fisherman,and he loved the sea.He had his own boat,but it was hard making a living on the sea.He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to [MASK] the family." | feed |
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"prefer",
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| He looked at us and said,"I [MASK] you could have met my Dad.He was a big man,and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the fish .When you got close to him,he smelled like the ocean.He would wear his old coat and his overalls.No matter how much my mother washed them,they would still smell of the sea and of fish." | wish |
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| He looked at us and said,"I wish you could have met my Dad.He was a big man,and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the [MASK] .When you got close to him,he smelled like the ocean.He would wear his old coat and his overalls.No matter how much my mother washed them,they would still smell of the sea and of fish." | fish |
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| He looked at us and said,"I wish you could have met my Dad.He was a big man,and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the fish .When you got close to him,he [MASK] like the ocean.He would wear his old coat and his overalls.No matter how much my mother washed them,they would still smell of the sea and of fish." | smelled |
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| He looked at us and said,"I wish you could have met my Dad.He was a big man,and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the fish .When you got close to him,he smelled like the ocean.He would wear his old coat and his overalls.No matter how much my mother [MASK] them,they would still smell of the sea and of fish." | washed |
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| "When the weather was bad he would [MASK] me to school.He had this old truck that was older than he was As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.He would pull up right in front of the school gate,and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching.Then he would lean .over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so embarrassing .for me.I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!" | drive |
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| "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school.He had this old truck that was older than he was [MASK] he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.He would pull up right in front of the school gate,and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching.Then he would lean .over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so embarrassing .for me.I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!" | As |
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| "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school.He had this old truck that was older than he was As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.He would pull up right in front of the school gate,and it seemed like everybody [MASK] be standing around and watching.Then he would lean .over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so embarrassing .for me.I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!" | would |
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| "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school.He had this old truck that was older than he was As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.He would pull up right in front of the school gate,and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching.Then he would [MASK] .over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so embarrassing .for me.I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!" | lean |
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| "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school.He had this old truck that was older than he was As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear.He would pull up right in front of the school gate,and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching.Then he would lean .over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy.It was so [MASK] .for me.I was twelve years old,and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!" | embarrassing |
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| He [MASK] and then went on,"I remember the day when I said 'No' "
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way ,and he had this surprised look on his face. | paused |
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| He paused and then went on,"I remember the day when I said 'No' "
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that [MASK] ,and he had this surprised look on his face. | way |
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| I said,'Dad,I'm too [MASK] for a goodbye kiss.' | old |
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"sigh",
"shout",
"yell"
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| My Dad looked at me for the longest time,and his eyes started to tear up.I had never seen him [MASK] .He turned and looked out the windshield . | cry |
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"demand",
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"infer"
]
| "Guys,you don't know what I would [MASK] .to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek. | give |
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"boy",
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"backbone"
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| I wish I had been a man then.If I had been a [MASK] ,I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss." | man |
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]
| I still remember the summer when I was with my aunt at the age of seven.One day, she asked me to go to Miss Bee's store with a [MASK] .How could I find anything on the packed shelves around me? | list |
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| I still remember the summer when I was with my aunt at the age of seven.One day, she asked me to go to Miss Bee's store with a list .How could I find anything on the [MASK] shelves around me? | packed |
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| I walked up to the counter, [MASK] up the list, and told the lady behind it I needed those. | holding |
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| She [MASK] to a sign on the door. | pointed |
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| "There's no one here except you and me and I'm not your servant.40 [MASK] yourself a basket and start filling." | Get |
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| The store was a [MASK] .I searched shelf after shelf and when I finally made it, I was exhausted and it was already sundown. | puzzle |
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| The store was a puzzle .I searched shelf after shelf and when I finally [MASK] it, I was exhausted and it was already sundown. | made |
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| I visited Miss Bee's, [MASK] with my list, twice a week that summer.Sometimes she short-charged me.Other times she overcharged or sold me an old newspaper instead of one that was current.Going to the store was more like going into battle . | armed |
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"so",
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| I visited Miss Bee's, armed with my list, twice a week that summer.Sometimes she short-charged me.Other times she overcharged [MASK] sold me an old newspaper instead of one that was current.Going to the store was more like going into battle . | or |
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| I visited Miss Bee's, armed with my list, twice a week that summer.Sometimes she short-charged me.Other times she overcharged or sold me an old newspaper instead of one that was current.Going to the store was more like going into [MASK] . | battle |
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| Every time I told her that she had overcharged, she just looked at me [MASK] her glasses and fixed the price.The moment I remembered the location of an item.Miss Bee rearranged the shelves and made me hunt for it all over again.By summer's end the shopping trip that had at one time taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes. | over |
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| Every time I told her that she had overcharged, she just looked at me over her glasses and fixed the price.The moment I remembered the location of an item.Miss Bee rearranged the shelves and made me [MASK] for it all over again.By summer's end the shopping trip that had at one time taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes. | hunt |
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"buy",
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| On my last trip to the store.Miss Bee asked: "What did you [MASK] this summer?" | learn |
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| I pressed my lips together.To my [MASK] , Miss Bee laughed. | amazement |
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| "I know what you think of me.But I am [MASK] to teach every child some life lessons. | willing |
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| When you grow up you'll be glad our paths [MASK] !" | crossed |
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| I thought it a stupid [MASK] until one day my daughter came to me with homework troubles. | idea |
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| I said.Suddenly, I was back at Miss Bee's store and realized that she had really taught me [MASK] .Now it is my turn to share some life lessons as Miss Bee did years ago. | something |
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| I said.Suddenly, I was back at Miss Bee's store and realized that she had really taught me something .Now it is my turn to share some [MASK] lessons as Miss Bee did years ago. | life |
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| Although nearly everyone was out of work, people still needed [MASK] , so he didn't lack jobs. | water |
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| [MASK] , in those days, it was awfully hard to get paid for what you did. | However |
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| One morning, a farmer showed up with a [MASK] --a whole side of fresh beef on his shoulder. | payment |
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| "I [MASK] this ought to make us equal on that digging,"he said to my grandfather. | expect |
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| Grandfather [MASK] . | agreed |
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| Each day, Nana stepped out onto the porch, [MASK] good piece of the meat, and carried it into the kitchen as if it were pure gold. | selected |
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| Nana noticed the [MASK] had been moved.She asked grandfather if he had touched the beef. | cloth |
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| My grandfather told her not to [MASK] . | worry |
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| She probably had moved the cloth herself, and had [MASK] forgotten. | simply |
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| Nana was [MASK] that someone was taking their meat, and grandfather just insisted she was imagining things. | certain |
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| Nana was certain that someone was taking their meat, and grandfather just insisted she was [MASK] things. | imagining |
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| On the morning after grandfather set the meat out on the back porch door, he [MASK] some footprints near the door. | noticed |
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| He [MASK] followed the footprints to where they began. | curiously |
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| Soon the footprintsin the snow led my grandfather to a house he instantly [MASK] .It was the home of a poor single mother with two young children. | recognized |
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| Grandfather [MASK] turned around and walked back home. | quietly |
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| From then on, Nana would carefully [MASK] the lock on the porch door each night to make sure it was safe . | check |
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| From then on, Nana would carefully check the lock on the porch door each night to make sure it was [MASK] . | safe |
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| Then grandfather, after waiting for Nana to go to bed, would return to the porch and [MASK] the lock again. | release |
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| Maybe you've lost your job.Maybe you didn't get the [MASK] in your job.Maybe your sweetheart broke up with you.People say "Don't take it personally"and "Don't let it get to you",but that's very hard to do. | promotion |
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| Maybe you've lost your job.Maybe you didn't get the promotion in your job.Maybe your sweetheart broke up with you.People say "Don't take it personally"and "Don't let it get to you",but that's very [MASK] to do. | hard |
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| If you're feeling disheartened, [MASK] are some strategies for making yourself feel better?It's pretty clear that repeating "I'm the greatest! | what |
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| If you're feeling disheartened, what are some strategies for making yourself feel better?It's pretty clear that [MASK] "I'm the greatest! | repeating |
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| "or winning a prize along with every other secondgrade soccer player isn't a good way to [MASK] healthy selfrespect. | build |
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| Then what can you do to feel better?Here are some [MASK] to follow: Do a good deed.This is as selfish as it is selfless;you'll benefit as much as the person you're helping.I had a friend who went through a period of vast rejection:she was fired from her job ,she didn't get into the graduate program to which she'd applied ,and her boyfriend split up with her.Everything worked out fine in the end ,and I asked her how she got through such a(n) tough time.She said,"I was practically addicted to doing good deeds for other people.It was the only way I could make myself feel like I wasn't a total loser." | tips |
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| Then what can you do to feel better?Here are some tips to follow: Do a good deed.This is as selfish as it is selfless;you'll [MASK] as much as the person you're helping.I had a friend who went through a period of vast rejection:she was fired from her job ,she didn't get into the graduate program to which she'd applied ,and her boyfriend split up with her.Everything worked out fine in the end ,and I asked her how she got through such a(n) tough time.She said,"I was practically addicted to doing good deeds for other people.It was the only way I could make myself feel like I wasn't a total loser." | benefit |
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| Then what can you do to feel better?Here are some tips to follow: Do a good deed.This is as selfish as it is selfless;you'll benefit as much as the person you're helping.I had a friend who went through a period of vast rejection:she was fired from her [MASK] ,she didn't get into the graduate program to which she'd applied ,and her boyfriend split up with her.Everything worked out fine in the end ,and I asked her how she got through such a(n) tough time.She said,"I was practically addicted to doing good deeds for other people.It was the only way I could make myself feel like I wasn't a total loser." | job |
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| Then what can you do to feel better?Here are some tips to follow: Do a good deed.This is as selfish as it is selfless;you'll benefit as much as the person you're helping.I had a friend who went through a period of vast rejection:she was fired from her job ,she didn't get into the graduate program to which she'd [MASK] ,and her boyfriend split up with her.Everything worked out fine in the end ,and I asked her how she got through such a(n) tough time.She said,"I was practically addicted to doing good deeds for other people.It was the only way I could make myself feel like I wasn't a total loser." | applied |
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| Then what can you do to feel better?Here are some tips to follow: Do a good deed.This is as selfish as it is selfless;you'll benefit as much as the person you're helping.I had a friend who went through a period of vast rejection:she was fired from her job ,she didn't get into the graduate program to which she'd applied ,and her boyfriend split up with her.Everything worked out fine in the end ,and I asked her how she got through such a(n) [MASK] time.She said,"I was practically addicted to doing good deeds for other people.It was the only way I could make myself feel like I wasn't a total loser." | tough |
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| Then what can you do to feel better?Here are some tips to follow: Do a good deed.This is as selfish as it is selfless;you'll benefit as much as the person you're helping.I had a friend who went through a period of vast rejection:she was fired from her job ,she didn't get into the graduate program to which she'd applied ,and her boyfriend split up with her.Everything worked out fine in the end ,and I asked her how she got through such a(n) tough time.She said,"I was [MASK] addicted to doing good deeds for other people.It was the only way I could make myself feel like I wasn't a total loser." | practically |
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| Keep a resolution .Not only will you benefit from exercising or [MASK] out your garage,but you'll also get a boost from the mere fact that you made a promise and stuck to it. | cleaning |
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| Keep a resolution .Not only will you benefit from exercising or cleaning out your garage,but you'll also get a boost from the mere fact that you made a [MASK] and stuck to it. | promise |
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| Boost your [MASK] .Studies show that when you're feeling energetic,you're much more likely to feel good about yourself.Most important:get enough sleep. | energy |
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| Challenge yourself [MASK] .This strategy doesn't work for me,but I know that many people feel great after whitewater rafting,bungee jumping,or rollercoasterriding.For the less daring,a great run,or bike ride can do the trick . | physically |
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| Challenge yourself physically .This strategy doesn't work for me,but I know that many people feel great [MASK] whitewater rafting,bungee jumping,or rollercoasterriding.For the less daring,a great run,or bike ride can do the trick . | after |
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| Challenge yourself physically .This strategy doesn't work for me,but I know that many people feel great after whitewater rafting,bungee jumping,or rollercoasterriding.For the less daring,a great run,or bike ride can do the [MASK] . | trick |
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| That usually means [MASK] everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. | leaving |
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| I did that, as he can be [MASK] and will not stop calling out until I gave in . | stubborn |
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| He was playing with beads , pushing a string through them, which is a great exercise to help [MASK] fine motor skills. | develop |
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| I saw him [MASK] pick up each bead, look at it 36 as if it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box. | carefully |
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| With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting [MASK] . | impatient |
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| Why cannot he [MASK] ten beads in one go and drop them in?" | grab |
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| I noticed that he did this with as much [MASK] as he had while we were playing. | involvement |
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| I didn't see any [MASK] between his play and his putting away the toy. | difference |
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| Then it suddenly [MASK] me that this boy was enjoying the whole process . | struck |
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| Then it suddenly struck me that this boy was enjoying the whole [MASK] . | process |
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| For him the [MASK] was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. | pleasure |
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| What a great perspective: to live each moment as it is the [MASK] moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. | perfect |
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| Nothing else [MASK] . | matters |
[
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| Looking at how [MASK] my son was putting beads into the box taught me that the process was the goal. | peacefully |
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| Looking at how peacefully my son was putting beads into the box [MASK] me that the process was the goal. | taught |
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| The joy of pilgrimage is not in getting there but in every [MASK] of the journey. | step |
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| This is what living in the NOW is all [MASK] . Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with complete love and peace. | about |
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| This is what living in the NOW is all about . Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with [MASK] love and peace. | complete |
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| One of them is to walk around it, guide-book [MASK] hand. | in |
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| Of course, we may 32 [MASK] with our guide-books the history and 33 special developments of a town and get to know them. | study |
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| Of course, we may 32 study with our guide-books the history and 33 [MASK] developments of a town and get to know them. | special |
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| 34 [MASK] , if we take our time and 35 stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. | However |
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| 34 However , if we take our time and 35 [MASK] in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. | stay |
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| When we 36 look at it as a whole, we begin to have some 37 [MASK] , which even the best guide-books do not answer. | questions |
[
"for",
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| Why is the town just 38 [MASK] this ---- this shape, this plan, this size? | 1ike |
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