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[ "after", "though", "unless" ]
It's always nice to help someone out [MASK] they really need it," said Karla's 15-year-old son Chad.
when
[ "periods", "time", "age" ]
The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of [MASK] I about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.
seasons
[ "winner", "advisor", "fighter" ]
Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the [MASK] of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his wife . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he forbid it.
ruler
[ "lover", "partner", "daughter" ]
Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ruler of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his [MASK] . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he forbid it.
wife
[ "forgive", "admit", "accept" ]
Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ruler of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his wife . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he [MASK] it.
forbid
[ "arrangement", "warning", "reason" ]
Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without [MASK] .
permission
[ "excited", "tired", "serious" ]
When Demeter found out what happened to Persephone, she became so [MASK] that she caused all plants to stop growing .
angry
[ "hope", "turn", "case" ]
People were in [MASK] of starving.
danger
[ "since", "after", "when" ]
But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow [MASK] . her daughter , Persephone, was returned to her.
until
[ "Persephone", "Demeter", "Hades" ]
[MASK] , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's return .
Zeus
[ "change", "marriage", "journey" ]
Zeus , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's [MASK] .
return
[ "stolen", "found", "heard" ]
She could go back to her mother if she had not [MASK] anything while she was in the underworld Demeter accepted it, underworld.
eaten
[ "understood", "refused", "doubted" ]
She could go back to her mother if she had not eaten anything while she was in the underworld Demeter [MASK] it, underworld.
accepted
[ "studied", "forgot", "prepared" ]
When Zeus [MASK] this , he decided that Persephone could spend part of the year with her mother .
discovered
[ "daughter", "god", "ruler" ]
When Zeus discovered this , he decided that Persephone could spend part of the year with her [MASK] .
mother
[ "works", "remains", "starts" ]
; And so it [MASK] that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and will not let the crops grow.
happens
[ "should", "can", "dare" ]
; And so it happens that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and [MASK] not let the crops grow.
will
[ "where", "because", "how" ]
That is [MASK] we have winter when plants do not grow.
why
[ "nice", "friendly", "fresh" ]
When Persephone returns, Demeter is [MASK] .
happy
[ "word", "meanings", "stories" ]
People from the North and the South have different [MASK] about the foods they eat on this special day.
habits
[ "usual", "unforgettable", "common" ]
People from the North and the South have different habits about the foods they eat on this [MASK] day.
special
[ "seldom", "always", "hardly" ]
In Northern China, people [MASK] eat Jiaozi.
usually
[ "future", "result", "effect" ]
The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the [MASK] and the beginning of time.
end
[ "reasons", "notes", "stories" ]
According to historical [MASK] , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year's Day.
records
[ "caused", "took", "brought" ]
Perhaps because the areas in Southern China [MASK] more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly began to eat many other kinds of food on New Year's Day.
produced
[ "understood", "knew", "made" ]
Perhaps because the areas in Southern China produced more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly [MASK] to eat many other kinds of food on New Year's Day.
began
[ "Therefore", "Consequently", "Usually" ]
[MASK] , the most common foods for the first meal are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan.
Besides
[ "subject", "title", "program" ]
Besides , the most common foods for the first [MASK] are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan.
meal
[ "reveals", "shows", "indicates" ]
The noodle [MASK] long life.
symbolizes
[ "transports", "fetches", "takes" ]
The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which [MASK] the hope of improvement in life year after year.
represents
[ "health", "family", "work" ]
The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which represents the hope of improvement in [MASK] year after year.
life
[ "luck", "happiness", "harmony" ]
Tangyuan is a symbol of [MASK] according to the Chinese.
reunion
[ "do", "get", "carry" ]
To [MASK] a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival.
pay
[ "describe", "establish", "define" ]
People also send cards to [MASK] a New Year's greeting.
express
[ "Luckily", "Unfortunately", "Besides" ]
[MASK] , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have taken up new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year.
However
[ "Fortunately", "Moreover", "Furthermore" ]
[MASK] , they use short messages or emails.
Instead
[ "effect", "sight", "power" ]
Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into [MASK] .
fashion
[ "contribute", "subscribe", "react" ]
You have to [MASK] to it.
commit
[ "tells", "cares", "writes" ]
But who [MASK] , right?
knows
[ "believe", "behave", "mistake" ]
Sometimes people [MASK] themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they're something completely different.
advertise
[ "compared", "used", "related" ]
Either there was some good marketing [MASK] to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a(n) superficial way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there's so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.
attached
[ "artificial", "theoretical", "confidential" ]
Either there was some good marketing attached to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a(n) [MASK] way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there's so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.
superficial
[ "repeat", "change", "conflict" ]
The story is beginning to [MASK] .
unfold
[ "worried", "content", "serious" ]
Maybe this book won't be that great but you'll feel [MASK] about putting it down.
guilty
[ "spare", "save", "take" ]
Or maybe you'll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely--needing something to [MASK] the time, but it won't be any better than it was when you first started reading it.
fill
[ "like", "beyond", "beneath" ]
Maybe you've taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren't [MASK] it.
worth
[ "familiar", "rare", "tough" ]
Or something [MASK] could happen.
exciting
[ "price", "danger", "style" ]
That's the [MASK] of risk.
beauty
[ "balance", "waste", "harvest" ]
You [MASK] your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is a new understanding and pure wonder.
invest
[ "book", "body", "eyes" ]
It's like they're seeing inside your [MASK] .
soul
[ "asking", "looking", "standing" ]
This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just [MASK] for you to pick it up.
waiting
[ "yourself", "busy", "crazy" ]
To say, "You are not [MASK] ."
alone
[ "devoted", "agreed", "enjoyed" ]
You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author has ever [MASK] .
written
[ "faster", "more", "less" ]
The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the [MASK] you read, wanting to savor it all.
slower
[ "always", "ever", "once" ]
You will always wish you could go back to [MASK] having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you're better for having this close, inside you, covering your heart and mind.
never
[ "breaking", "separating", "blocking" ]
You will always wish you could go back to never having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you're better for having this close, inside you, [MASK] your heart and mind.
covering
[ "finds", "teaches", "hires" ]
Jolie [MASK] six children with the actor.She was asked by America's Parade magazine if their children are the reason she and Brad stay together.
raises
[ "written", "reported", "stopped" ]
Jolie raises six children with the actor.She was [MASK] by America's Parade magazine if their children are the reason she and Brad stay together.
asked
[ "intention", "purpose", "result" ]
Jolie raises six children with the actor.She was asked by America's Parade magazine if their children are the [MASK] she and Brad stay together.
reason
[ "break", "lose", "happen" ]
"The children certainly tie us together,but a relationship won't [MASK] if it's only about the kids," Jolie replied.
hold
[ "boring", "disappointing", "surprising" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, [MASK] time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
exciting
[ "avoid", "hate", "consider" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I [MASK] being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
love
[ "never", "seldom", "sometimes" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we [MASK] find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
always
[ "easy", "different", "far" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very [MASK] to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
important
[ "classmates", "relatives", "neighbors" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy [MASK] and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
parents
[ "mostly", "only", "simply" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, [MASK] as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
exactly
[ "knowledge", "sight", "view" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the [MASK] that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully encouraging their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
sense
[ "changing", "forming", "destroying" ]
"You also must be really interested in each other and have a really,really wonderful, exciting time together.We do.Brad and I love being together.We enjoy it.We need it,and we always find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It's very important to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy,then our kids have happy parents and that's the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely, exactly as I am,every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I'm giving my children the sense that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully [MASK] their individuality as they get to know who they are,and not getting in the way of that.That's why they are six very strong individuals."
encouraging
[ "little", "none", "all" ]
The Oscarwinning star showed [MASK] of helping her children develop their individuality is allowing them to develop their own identities , and she admitted that she can't understand the recent controversy with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and dress like a boy.For example,she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
part
[ "forcing", "warning", "refusing" ]
The Oscarwinning star showed part of helping her children develop their individuality is [MASK] them to develop their own identities , and she admitted that she can't understand the recent controversy with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and dress like a boy.For example,she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
allowing
[ "though", "because", "but" ]
The Oscarwinning star showed part of helping her children develop their individuality is allowing them to develop their own identities , [MASK] she admitted that she can't understand the recent controversy with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and dress like a boy.For example,she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
and
[ "remember", "explain", "realize" ]
The Oscarwinning star showed part of helping her children develop their individuality is allowing them to develop their own identities , and she admitted that she can't [MASK] the recent controversy with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and dress like a boy.For example,she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
understand
[ "walk", "eat", "think" ]
The Oscarwinning star showed part of helping her children develop their individuality is allowing them to develop their own identities , and she admitted that she can't understand the recent controversy with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and [MASK] like a boy.For example,she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
dress
[ "doctors", "players", "readers" ]
Angelina added to [MASK] ,"She wants her hair cut like a boy and she wants to be called John for a while.Some kids wear caps and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her brothers ."
reporters
[ "mistaken", "recognized", "made" ]
Angelina added to reporters ,"She wants her hair cut like a boy and she wants to be [MASK] John for a while.Some kids wear caps and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her brothers ."
called
[ "sisters", "uncles", "aunts" ]
Angelina added to reporters ,"She wants her hair cut like a boy and she wants to be called John for a while.Some kids wear caps and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her [MASK] ."
brothers
[ "eyes", "decision", "breath" ]
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got The "Help Wanted Unskilled" section.A small advertisement held my [MASK] .It read:"Easy job.Good wages.No experience necessary .
attention
[ "relevant", "practical", "primitive" ]
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got The "Help Wanted Unskilled" section.A small advertisement held my attention .It read:"Easy job.Good wages.No experience [MASK] .
necessary
[ "circled", "moved", "attacked" ]
"it sounded like the job I was looking for .Easy job.Good Wages.Those four words [MASK] now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the advertisement .Easy job.Good wages.Easy job.Good Wages.Easy...
flashed
[ "letter", "sign", "post" ]
"it sounded like the job I was looking for .Easy job.Good Wages.Those four words flashed now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the [MASK] .Easy job.Good wages.Easy job.Good Wages.Easy...
advertisement
[ "baskets", "bowls", "pots" ]
When I got to the place I saw a series of large [MASK] half filled with water, out of which I noticed hiding the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes.
basins
[ "sticking", "rising", "breaking" ]
When I got to the place I saw a series of large basins half filled with water, out of which I noticed [MASK] the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes.
hiding
[ "In", "Above", "Under" ]
[MASK] these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their hands .the left hand holding a bottle and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching the labels on it.
Around
[ "arms", "legs", "feet" ]
Around these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their [MASK] .the left hand holding a bottle and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching the labels on it.
hands
[ "knife", "snail", "brush" ]
Around these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their hands .the left hand holding a [MASK] and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching the labels on it.
bottle
[ "painting", "decorating", "refreshing" ]
Around these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their hands .the left hand holding a bottle and the thumb nail of the right hand [MASK] the labels on it.
scratching
[ "chair", "bottle", "sofa" ]
I Sat down On a [MASK] beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the coldness 0f the water started to spread from my hand to my body.But worse still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was growing by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd quit .He figured I had earned 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
bench
[ "smell", "color", "steam" ]
I Sat down On a bench beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the [MASK] 0f the water started to spread from my hand to my body.But worse still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was growing by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd quit .He figured I had earned 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
coldness
[ "travel", "recycle", "accelerate" ]
I Sat down On a bench beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the coldness 0f the water started to [MASK] from my hand to my body.But worse still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was growing by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd quit .He figured I had earned 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
spread
[ "better", "more", "rather" ]
I Sat down On a bench beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the coldness 0f the water started to spread from my hand to my body.But [MASK] still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was growing by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd quit .He figured I had earned 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
worse
[ "going", "finding", "becoming" ]
I Sat down On a bench beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the coldness 0f the water started to spread from my hand to my body.But worse still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was [MASK] by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd quit .He figured I had earned 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
growing
[ "adapt", "negotiate", "bargain" ]
I Sat down On a bench beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the coldness 0f the water started to spread from my hand to my body.But worse still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was growing by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd [MASK] .He figured I had earned 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
quit
[ "taken", "offered", "created" ]
I Sat down On a bench beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the coldness 0f the water started to spread from my hand to my body.But worse still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was growing by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger.A numb pain began to be felt little by little from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.After three hours of this I told the manager I'd quit .He figured I had [MASK] 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
earned
[ "asked", "found", "hated" ]
"Easy job.Good wages...."came to my brain again.Looking at my hands, I [MASK] myself, "Can easy job get good wages?"
thought
[ "beginning", "end", "course" ]
In the 41 [MASK] of the circus, the little girl, Jenny, fell asleep in her mother's lap .
middle
[ "tired", "sick", "bored" ]
In the 41 middle of the circus, the little girl, Jenny, fell [MASK] in her mother's lap .
asleep
[ "waited", "heard", "performed" ]
The brother, Jack, who was six, stayed awake, and 43 [MASK] the latter half with his mother.
enjoyed
[ "dark", "cloudy", "rainy" ]
It was 45 [MASK] that night, so she took off her scarf and gently 46 covered Jenny's head with it.
freezing
[ "shook", "knocked", "turned" ]
It was 45 freezing that night, so she took off her scarf and gently 46 [MASK] Jenny's head with it.
covered
[ "second", "next", "last" ]
When they arrived home, the mother 47 [MASK] carried Jenny into the bedroom and 48 put her to sleep.
first