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[ "advice", "work", "information" ]
It was freezing cold last Tuesday evening.I was waiting at a(n) bus stop when I saw a young woman wearing just a T-shirt and no shoes .I asked if she needed any [MASK] .She told me she had lost everything in a big fire and had been starving for two days.
help
[ "walking", "moving", "surviving" ]
It was freezing cold last Tuesday evening.I was waiting at a(n) bus stop when I saw a young woman wearing just a T-shirt and no shoes .I asked if she needed any help .She told me she had lost everything in a big fire and had been [MASK] for two days.
starving
[ "room", "book", "hand" ]
I dug in my [MASK] and took out$5.00 so she could get something to eat.I then took off my coat and shoes and gave them to her.She looked at me and said,"Aren't you,going to be cold?"
purse
[ "glasses", "watch", "hat" ]
I dug in my purse and took out$5.00 so she could get something to eat.I then took off my [MASK] and shoes and gave them to her.She looked at me and said,"Aren't you,going to be cold?"
coat
[ "happier", "smarter", "healthier" ]
I told her,it would be worth it if they could keep her a little bit [MASK] .She was moved to tears and thanked me with a hug .
warmer
[ "smile", "jump", "gift" ]
I told her,it would be worth it if they could keep her a little bit warmer .She was moved to tears and thanked me with a [MASK] .
hug
[ "praising", "enjoying", "accepting" ]
Then as I got on the bus the miracle of [MASK] kindness happened.When I was to pay the fare,the bus driver said with a smile,"Madam,I saw what you just did and your fare is on me."
spreading
[ "change", "check", "borrow" ]
Then as I got on the bus the miracle of spreading kindness happened.When I was to [MASK] the fare,the bus driver said with a smile,"Madam,I saw what you just did and your fare is on me."
pay
[ "bill", "debt", "rent" ]
Then as I got on the bus the miracle of spreading kindness happened.When I was to pay the fare,the bus driver said with a smile,"Madam,I saw what you just did and your [MASK] is on me."
fare
[ "delivered", "accepted", "felt" ]
I [MASK] my thanks and was about to sit down when a lady dressed in a business suit said to me,"You just did the most inspiring thing I have ever seen.What can I do for you?
expressed
[ "unbelievable", "ordinary", "reasonable" ]
I expressed my thanks and was about to sit down when a lady dressed in a business suit said to me,"You just did the most [MASK] thing I have ever seen.What can I do for you?
inspiring
[ "comfortable", "tough", "challenging" ]
"I jokingly said a [MASK] job would be nice.She asked for my name and said she might be able to work something out.
paying
[ "pick", "find", "keep" ]
"I jokingly said a paying job would be nice.She asked for my name and said she might be able to [MASK] something out.
work
[ "visited", "met", "invited" ]
The next day she [MASK] me,saying she had a part-time position open in her company and wanted me to come in and meet with the manager that day.I had started my act of kindness just to make myself feel good,but I never expected to get so much in return !
called
[ "empty", "absent", "free" ]
The next day she called me,saying she had a part-time position [MASK] in her company and wanted me to come in and meet with the manager that day.I had started my act of kindness just to make myself feel good,but I never expected to get so much in return !
open
[ "comments", "adjustments", "possibilities" ]
As the middle, artist child, I was going to do my own thing, make some new [MASK] .
traditions
[ "significance", "enthusiasm", "discovery" ]
From a book, I drew [MASK] --- I would spend the holiday at an artist colony!
inspiration
[ "on", "about", "over" ]
From the way my mother got angry [MASK] me, you would think that I was divorcing the family.
with
[ "But", "Therefore", "Moreover" ]
[MASK] , I held my ground and made plans for my winter adventure in New Hampshire.
Still
[ "designed", "informed", "interviewed" ]
About 30 artists were there, and it was as well artsy as I had [MASK] .
imagined
[ "taking", "putting", "giving" ]
The novelty was [MASK] away.
fading
[ "error", "danger", "return" ]
Not a Christmas sweater anywhere in [MASK] .
sight
[ "happy", "excited", "fortunate" ]
Then why was I so [MASK] ?
sad
[ "returned", "escaped", "knocked" ]
Finally, I [MASK] home.
called
[ "clearly", "sincerely", "extremely" ]
My dad answered, but I could [MASK] hear him for there was too much good-time noise in the background.
barely
[ "up", "in", "over" ]
He turned [MASK] the volume on the Stevie Wonder holiday album and told me that my mother was out shopping with my brothers.
down
[ "spoke", "said", "talked" ]
He turned down the volume on the Stevie Wonder holiday album and [MASK] me that my mother was out shopping with my brothers.
told
[ "cry", "laugh", "disappoint" ]
Now it was my turn to [MASK] .
upset
[ "words", "name", "letters" ]
Tayari Jones was written in my mother's beautiful [MASK] . I grasped at that parcel like I was five years old.
handwriting
[ "impact", "ingredient", "option" ]
Inside was a beautiful delicious cake, my [MASK] .
favorite
[ "outside", "upside", "downside" ]
"Merry Christmas", read the simple card [MASK] .
inside
[ "ran", "scared", "flew" ]
As I sliced the cake, everyone [MASK] around.
gathered
[ "lot", "much", "few" ]
It was a minor Christmas miracle that one cake managed to feed so [MASK] .
many
[ "liberty", "interest", "dilemma" ]
We ate it from paper towels with our bare hands, satisfying a [MASK] we didn't know we had.
hunger
[ "behind", "through", "like" ]
Our teacher gave us a task called "secret friends" for the coming week.We were supposed to do nice things [MASK] our friends without letting them know who was doing it.We could leave encouraging notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks.Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we drew a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days.
for
[ "convincing", "reminding", "rewarding" ]
Our teacher gave us a task called "secret friends" for the coming week.We were supposed to do nice things for our friends without letting them know who was doing it.We could leave [MASK] notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks.Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we drew a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days.
encouraging
[ "dragged", "found", "picked" ]
Our teacher gave us a task called "secret friends" for the coming week.We were supposed to do nice things for our friends without letting them know who was doing it.We could leave encouraging notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks.Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we [MASK] a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days.
drew
[ "chances", "help", "hope" ]
Soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving [MASK] instead of notes.Everyone was getting cool presents except me.My friend followed what the teacher had told us without a fault.I received nothing but hand-made cards with nice words about me.
gifts
[ "learned", "copied", "discovered" ]
Soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving gifts instead of notes.Everyone was getting cool presents except me.My friend [MASK] what the teacher had told us without a fault.I received nothing but hand-made cards with nice words about me.
followed
[ "discovered", "grasped", "held" ]
On the last morning, I finally got a package.When I [MASK] it, the girls around all laughed .It was perfumed powder, an "old lady" gift.My face went red.
opened
[ "blamed", "shouted", "commented" ]
On the last morning, I finally got a package.When I opened it, the girls around all [MASK] .It was perfumed powder, an "old lady" gift.My face went red.
laughed
[ "special", "valuable", "worrying" ]
I tried to forget about the [MASK] gift, but when the same girls mentioned it again during the break in the bathroom, I joined in, "How stupid!
embarrassing
[ "saw", "showed", "suggested" ]
I tried to forget about the embarrassing gift, but when the same girls [MASK] it again during the break in the bathroom, I joined in, "How stupid!
mentioned
[ "just", "ever", "only" ]
My grandmother wouldn't [MASK] want it."
even
[ "feeling", "suffering", "expression" ]
The girls laughed at my [MASK] and filed out of the bathroom.Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers as I thought about my words.It wasn't normally like me to say things like that.
remarks
[ "if", "since", "because" ]
The girls laughed at my remarks and filed out of the bathroom.Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers [MASK] I thought about my words.It wasn't normally like me to say things like that.
as
[ "exactly", "perfectly", "necessarily" ]
The girls laughed at my remarks and filed out of the bathroom.Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers as I thought about my words.It wasn't [MASK] like me to say things like that.
normally
[ "waved", "came", "pointed" ]
I' m sorry about the gift," she [MASK] to me, tears streaming down her face.
whispered
[ "goal", "centre", "wonder" ]
From a poor family, she was a [MASK] at school for those with rich parents.Yet she just took all the teasing and the horrible treatment silently.
target
[ "challenge", "puzzle", "ignoring" ]
From a poor family, she was a target at school for those with rich parents.Yet she just took all the [MASK] and the horrible treatment silently.
teasing
[ "powerful", "tense", "scary" ]
I was sick to my stomach as my [MASK] words ran through my mind.She had heard everything.How could I have been so cruel?
hurtful
[ "stolen", "changed", "disturbed" ]
And I had [MASK] everything for her.
ruined
[ "optimistically", "persuasively", "honestly" ]
She smiled [MASK] .Her simple words, spoken from her heart, found their way straight into mine.
understandingly
[ "farther", "higher", "faster" ]
As they became [MASK] to the village, hundreds of cheering children stood in lines at the entrance to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had collected money for.
closer
[ "adults", "farmers", "workers" ]
As they became closer to the village, hundreds of cheering [MASK] stood in lines at the entrance to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had collected money for.
children
[ "centre", "top", "exit" ]
As they became closer to the village, hundreds of cheering children stood in lines at the [MASK] to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had collected money for.
entrance
[ "borrow", "saved", "earned" ]
As they became closer to the village, hundreds of cheering children stood in lines at the entrance to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had [MASK] money for.
collected
[ "houses", "beds", "food" ]
When she saw one girl wearing very little in a snowy day and others didn't have warm [MASK] , she went door-to-door asking for used coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them out to the poor families with the baskets.
clothes
[ "new", "beautiful", "broken" ]
When she saw one girl wearing very little in a snowy day and others didn't have warm clothes , she went door-to-door asking for [MASK] coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them out to the poor families with the baskets.
used
[ "up", "back", "over" ]
When she saw one girl wearing very little in a snowy day and others didn't have warm clothes , she went door-to-door asking for used coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them [MASK] to the poor families with the baskets.
out
[ "anything", "everything", "nothing" ]
However, Carly wanted to do [MASK] more--she wanted to "change these children's lives with her efforts".
something
[ "moods", "works", "studies" ]
However, Carly wanted to do something more--she wanted to "change these children's [MASK] with her efforts".
lives
[ "church", "village", "library" ]
She remembered that her grandmother's Rotary club had collected money to build a [MASK] in Vietnam a few years ago.
school
[ "either", "also", "neither" ]
She wanted to build a school, [MASK] .
too
[ "Because", "Unless", "When" ]
[MASK] her new braces made it hard to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, "I want to give them a place to make their lives better."
Although
[ "funny", "easy", "happy" ]
Although her new braces made it [MASK] to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, "I want to give them a place to make their lives better."
hard
[ "remain", "turn", "allow" ]
Although her new braces made it hard to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, "I want to give them a place to [MASK] their lives better."
make
[ "sick", "disabled", "friendly" ]
"We travelled like [MASK] people to all these meetings," said her mother.
crazy
[ "tradition", "currency", "condition" ]
At the donation [MASK] in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply touched by the little girl.
ceremony
[ "surprised", "pleased", "excited" ]
At the donation ceremony in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply [MASK] by the little girl.
touched
[ "protected", "separated", "prevented" ]
I [MASK] us from the home that wasn't really a home at all.
removed
[ "old", "beautiful", "cold" ]
That day, my daughter and I were sitting in our [MASK] home having a quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her.
new
[ "firmly", "carelessly", "slowly" ]
As I watched the white tablecloth and [MASK] painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face.
freshly
[ "pleasure", "pain", "smile" ]
It was filled with [MASK] , knowing what the outcome of the event would have meant in her father's presence a week before.
fear
[ "absence", "patience", "arrival" ]
It was filled with fear , knowing what the outcome of the event would have meant in her father's [MASK] a week before.
presence
[ "jam", "juice", "water" ]
When I saw that look on her face and looked at the [MASK] running down the wall, I simply started laughing . I am sure she thought I was crazy , but then she must have realized that I was thinking, "It's a good thing your father isn't here!"
milk
[ "shouting", "scolding", "praying" ]
When I saw that look on her face and looked at the milk running down the wall, I simply started [MASK] . I am sure she thought I was crazy , but then she must have realized that I was thinking, "It's a good thing your father isn't here!"
laughing
[ "sad", "excited", "sick" ]
When I saw that look on her face and looked at the milk running down the wall, I simply started laughing . I am sure she thought I was [MASK] , but then she must have realized that I was thinking, "It's a good thing your father isn't here!"
crazy
[ "friend", "grandma", "brother" ]
When I saw that look on her face and looked at the milk running down the wall, I simply started laughing . I am sure she thought I was crazy , but then she must have realized that I was thinking, "It's a good thing your [MASK] isn't here!"
father
[ "fainted", "slept", "stopped" ]
She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we [MASK] .
cried
[ "bravery", "horror", "surprise" ]
These were tears of joy and [MASK] and were the first of many tears that we cried together.
peace
[ "questioned", "wondered", "remembered" ]
I [MASK] that being a mom isn't only going to ballet, and attending every school concert.
discovered
[ "splendid", "messy", "lifeless" ]
It isn't keeping a(n) [MASK] house and preparing perfect meals.
spotless
[ "describing", "creating", "meaning" ]
It certainly isn't [MASK] thatthings are always normal when they are not.
pretending
[ "useful", "interesting", "strange" ]
I tried to sound cheerful, although I already knew that it was [MASK] to work with Rose.
difficult
[ "sad", "nervous", "interested" ]
I could tell from her expression that she wasn't [MASK] to see a student worker.
pleased
[ "Serve", "Buy", "Find" ]
[MASK] the coffee?"
Start
[ "bent", "spoke", "stood" ]
Rose [MASK] and went away.
nodded
[ "agreed", "decided", "calmed" ]
I filled the pot with cold water and began making coffee when Rose suddenly [MASK] and took over, "That's not the way to make coffee."
appeared
[ "time", "place", "student" ]
I filled the pot with cold water and began making coffee when Rose suddenly appeared and took over, "That's not the [MASK] to make coffee."
way
[ "serious", "excited", "bored" ]
I was [MASK] as I just followed the steps our supervisor showed us.
shocked
[ "Something", "Anything", "Everything" ]
[MASK] I did pleased her.
Nothing
[ "attracted", "moved", "taught" ]
All morning her eyes missed nothing and her words [MASK] me.
hurt
[ "fear", "worry", "pride" ]
Fighting back [MASK] , I thought of my situation alone in my room.
tears
[ "mind", "project", "tool" ]
Should I see if my supervisor would change my [MASK] ?
work
[ "notice", "trust", "show" ]
Then I had the answer -- I needed to [MASK] her.
love
[ "enjoyed", "judged", "considered" ]
Working with Rose the next morning, I [MASK] her sharp words and did things in her way as much as possible.
ignored
[ "helpful", "angry", "grateful" ]
She became [MASK] to me.
friendly
[ "young", "strong", "kind" ]
As I worked with this [MASK] woman, I listened to her -- something no one else had done.
lonely
[ "refuse", "mention", "call" ]
I never [MASK] Rose again after that summer, but I still remember her.
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