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[
"harder",
"softer",
"deeper"
] |
Luckily, the rain made the soil [MASK] , and before we knew it, we had finished digging the bed.
|
heavier
|
[
"fruits",
"seeds",
"vegetables"
] |
Next came my favorite part: shopping for [MASK] and plants.
|
flowers
|
[
"tasted",
"watched",
"smelt"
] |
We had never [MASK] such fresh tomatoes; they were so sweet that you could almost taste the cloud in them.
|
sensed
|
[
"tear",
"sunshine",
"wind"
] |
We had never sensed such fresh tomatoes; they were so sweet that you could almost taste the [MASK] in them.
|
cloud
|
[
"cooked",
"offered",
"supplied"
] |
We also [MASK] Italian pasta sauce with our tomatoes and basil (,).
|
provided
|
[
"force",
"doubt",
"willpower"
] |
As long as we had the [MASK] to start and maintain the garden, we fulfilled a bountiful harvest for the entire summer and fall in return.
|
fact
|
[
"received",
"accepted",
"spent"
] |
As long as we had the fact to start and maintain the garden, we [MASK] a bountiful harvest for the entire summer and fall in return.
|
fulfilled
|
[
"quality",
"goal",
"standard"
] |
Thanks to the success of my vegetable garden, I can say that if the [MASK] of life is to be happy, I'm one little step closer.
|
way
|
[
"judgements",
"expectations",
"requests"
] |
Mostly he said that after my halfhearted [MASK] to weed the vegetable garden.
|
attempts
|
[
"planted",
"grown",
"stuck"
] |
For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still [MASK] deep in the ground without looking around the garden.
|
buried
|
[
"house",
"school",
"company"
] |
So I would be in the [MASK] again the next day with a spade dig deep and get down to the roots of our garden.
|
garden
|
[
"watching",
"thinking",
"working"
] |
As I tried to focus my attention to [MASK] , Dad's words kept echoing in my mind: "Do it right."
|
digging
|
[
"competitors",
"directors",
"consultants"
] |
They were good friends and [MASK] , and we worried about them.
|
colleagues
|
[
"naturally",
"equally",
"generally"
] |
And [MASK] , at such times you always wonder: am I next?
|
frankly
|
[
"Since",
"When",
"Unless"
] |
[MASK] none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or sadness in their departure.
|
While
|
[
"puzzle",
"anger",
"delight"
] |
While none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or [MASK] in their departure.
|
sadness
|
[
"smiles",
"dangers",
"fears"
] |
I didn't see any [MASK] or unhappy faces--at least, not from them.
|
tears
|
[
"upsetting",
"exciting",
"disappointing"
] |
"It's [MASK] ," one of my colleagues whispered.
|
amazing
|
[
"birth",
"arrival",
"party"
] |
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their [MASK] . I don't know if my departing friends view their ending as a "swan song" or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and inspired us.
|
death
|
[
"recognize",
"choose",
"describe"
] |
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their death . I don't know if my departing friends [MASK] their ending as a "swan song" or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and inspired us.
|
view
|
[
"discouraged",
"warned",
"amused"
] |
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their death . I don't know if my departing friends view their ending as a "swan song" or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and [MASK] us.
|
inspired
|
[
"celebrated",
"witnessed",
"resisted"
] |
Lee, a man who has seen and [MASK] lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, summed up nicely for all of us.
|
survived
|
[
"disagreement",
"indifference",
"admiration"
] |
Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his [MASK] .
|
approval
|
[
"seriously",
"patiently",
"cautiously"
] |
My 12-year-old daughter,Lauren,came home from school yesterday.She [MASK] waved her grade book to me.She had been awarded A-1 in most subjects such as mathematics,language arts and science--a great achievement !
|
proudly
|
[
"handed",
"sent",
"promised"
] |
My 12-year-old daughter,Lauren,came home from school yesterday.She proudly waved her grade book to me.She had been [MASK] A-1 in most subjects such as mathematics,language arts and science--a great achievement !
|
awarded
|
[
"favor",
"relief",
"1esson"
] |
My 12-year-old daughter,Lauren,came home from school yesterday.She proudly waved her grade book to me.She had been awarded A-1 in most subjects such as mathematics,language arts and science--a great [MASK] !
|
achievement
|
[
"Politics",
"English",
"Science"
] |
Then she sadly pointed out that her perfect score was damaged by a B-1 in [MASK] and a C-1 in Playsical Education.
|
French
|
[
"needed",
"attracted",
"affected"
] |
I asked her what the scores [MASK] .She said that the 1etter showed the achievement and the number showed the effort.That moment I remembered that the grades were misleading.I reached out my hands and gave her a big smile and told her in my mind she had a perfect score.It didn't matter that her grade in French was a"B"--"l" showed that she had tried her best.That is something to make any parent proud.
|
meant
|
[
"score",
"figure",
"word"
] |
I asked her what the scores meant .She said that the [MASK] showed the achievement and the number showed the effort.That moment I remembered that the grades were misleading.I reached out my hands and gave her a big smile and told her in my mind she had a perfect score.It didn't matter that her grade in French was a"B"--"l" showed that she had tried her best.That is something to make any parent proud.
|
1etter
|
[
"realized",
"checked",
"recognized"
] |
I asked her what the scores meant .She said that the 1etter showed the achievement and the number showed the effort.That moment I [MASK] that the grades were misleading.I reached out my hands and gave her a big smile and told her in my mind she had a perfect score.It didn't matter that her grade in French was a"B"--"l" showed that she had tried her best.That is something to make any parent proud.
|
remembered
|
[
"hug",
"shake",
"kiss"
] |
I asked her what the scores meant .She said that the 1etter showed the achievement and the number showed the effort.That moment I remembered that the grades were misleading.I reached out my hands and gave her a big [MASK] and told her in my mind she had a perfect score.It didn't matter that her grade in French was a"B"--"l" showed that she had tried her best.That is something to make any parent proud.
|
smile
|
[
"bother",
"work",
"suffer"
] |
I asked her what the scores meant .She said that the 1etter showed the achievement and the number showed the effort.That moment I remembered that the grades were misleading.I reached out my hands and gave her a big smile and told her in my mind she had a perfect score.It didn't [MASK] that her grade in French was a"B"--"l" showed that she had tried her best.That is something to make any parent proud.
|
matter
|
[
"said",
"warned",
"included"
] |
I asked her what the scores meant .She said that the 1etter showed the achievement and the number showed the effort.That moment I remembered that the grades were misleading.I reached out my hands and gave her a big smile and told her in my mind she had a perfect score.It didn't matter that her grade in French was a"B"--"l" [MASK] that she had tried her best.That is something to make any parent proud.
|
showed
|
[
"energetic",
"independent",
"curious"
] |
Everybody is [MASK] .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
different
|
[
"trainers",
"salesmen",
"fans"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports [MASK] .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
stars
|
[
"safety",
"principle",
"experience"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no [MASK] can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
potential
|
[
"1ast",
"best",
"1atest"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the [MASK] thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
first
|
[
"ambition",
"confidence",
"attitude"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with [MASK] ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
effort
|
[
"cheerful",
"careful",
"hopeful"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't [MASK] with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
successful
|
[
"money",
"expectation",
"protection"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some [MASK] from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
advice
|
[
"decide",
"appear",
"match"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will [MASK] .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
help
|
[
"competition",
"task",
"choice"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a [MASK] whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are great .
|
result
|
[
"diligent",
"famous",
"Reliable"
] |
Everybody is different .Everybody has different potential.Not all of us will become scientists or sports stars .But without 100%effort no potential can be achieved.If I see a salesperson fail at sales,the first thing I want to examine is the effort being put in.If there is a problem with effort ,the salesperson has no future.But if I see a salesperson isn't successful with l00%effort,he or she is worth my effort in helping.Maybe a bit of training or some advice from a more successful person will help .
I know that 100%effort,focus in the right direction,will always bring a result whether that is an"A"or a"C".As long as you make 100%effort,you are [MASK] .
|
great
|
[
"always",
"often",
"usually"
] |
Though life's goodness can at times be overshadowed , it is [MASK] outweighed.
|
never
|
[
"here",
"they",
"those"
] |
For every single act that is senselessly destructive, [MASK] are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, kindness and sympathy.
|
there
|
[
"worry",
"anxiety",
"upset"
] |
For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, [MASK] and sympathy.
|
kindness
|
[
"make",
"put",
"contribute"
] |
For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who [MASK] their lives to helping and to healing.
|
devote
|
[
"needn't",
"mustn't",
"won't"
] |
There is a goodness to life that [MASK] be denied.
|
can't
|
[
"suddenly",
"roughly",
"simply"
] |
In the most remarkable views and in the smallest details, look [MASK] , because that goodness always comes shining through.
|
closely
|
[
"denying",
"doubt",
"point"
] |
There is no [MASK] to the goodness of life.
|
limit
|
[
"loses",
"plants",
"goes"
] |
It [MASK] more abundant each time you feel it.
|
grows
|
[
"less",
"fewer",
"most"
] |
The [MASK] you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived.
|
more
|
[
"if",
"though",
"before"
] |
Even [MASK] the cold winds blow and the world seems to be covered in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives on .
|
when
|
[
"shone",
"decorated",
"suffered"
] |
Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be [MASK] in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives on .
|
covered
|
[
"with",
"by",
"through"
] |
Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be covered in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives [MASK] .
|
on
|
[
"yet",
"or",
"still"
] |
Open your eyes, open your heart, [MASK] you will see that goodness is everywhere.
|
and
|
[
"looks",
"proves",
"appears"
] |
Though the goodness of life [MASK] at times to suffer hardships, it is always going on there.
|
seems
|
[
"shortest",
"brightest",
"fastest"
] |
For in the [MASK] moment, it becomes more clear that life is a priceless treasure.
|
darkest
|
[
"valueless",
"useless",
"worthless"
] |
For in the darkest moment, it becomes more clear that life is a [MASK] treasure.
|
priceless
|
[
"heart",
"wealth",
"health"
] |
And so the goodness of [MASK] is made even stronger by the very things that would go against it.
|
life
|
[
"disappeared",
"lost",
"left"
] |
Time and time again when you feared it was [MASK] forever, you found that the goodness of life was really only a / an moment away.
|
gone
|
[
"hour",
"mile",
"month"
] |
Time and time again when you feared it was gone forever, you found that the goodness of life was really only a / an [MASK] away.
|
moment
|
[
"regret",
"shock",
"disappoint"
] |
Around the next corner, inside every moment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and [MASK] you.
|
delight
|
[
"live",
"stand",
"assist"
] |
From then on, he has had to [MASK] on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years.
|
rely
|
[
"something",
"everything",
"nothing"
] |
Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do [MASK] else.
|
anything
|
[
"share",
"support",
"dislike"
] |
As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often [MASK] .
|
quarrel
|
[
"happily",
"lonely",
"disappointedly"
] |
Finally, his younger brother went away and lived [MASK] , leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.
|
sparately
|
[
"Unfortunately",
"Unexpectedly",
"Naturally"
] |
[MASK] , a misfortune befell a girl.
|
Similarly
|
[
"leading",
"bringing",
"causing"
] |
One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light on the stove was overturned, [MASK] in a fire which took her hands away.
|
resulting
|
[
"alone",
"free",
"successful"
] |
Having decidedly turned down her sister's willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly [MASK] .
|
independent
|
[
"wings",
"dreams",
"promises"
] |
Though my [MASK] are broken, my heart can still fly."
|
arms
|
[
"radio",
"sports",
"health"
] |
One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a(n) [MASK] programme.
|
interview
|
[
"hopeful",
"bright",
"miserable"
] |
The boy told the television hostess about his [MASK] future, whereas the girl was full of enthusiesm for her life.
|
uncertain
|
[
"calmness",
"patience",
"excitement"
] |
The boy told the television hostess about his uncertain future, whereas the girl was full of [MASK] for her life.
|
enthusiesm
|
[
"hands",
"strength",
"mouths"
] |
They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their [MASK] .
|
toes
|
[
"chatacters",
"desires",
"opinions"
] |
Both of them had the same ordeal , but their different [MASK] determined the nature of their lives.
|
attitudes
|
[
"passive",
"rough",
"serious"
] |
As seems the case, [MASK] disasters can strike our life at any time.
|
unexpected
|
[
"emergency",
"accident",
"difficulty"
] |
How you handle the [MASK] when faced with it is the true test of your character.
|
misfortune
|
[
"reflection",
"display",
"problem"
] |
How you handle the misfortune when faced with it is the true [MASK] of your character.
|
test
|
[
"ignore",
"resist",
"suffer"
] |
If you choose to [MASK] or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go.
|
complain
|
[
"problem",
"result",
"failure"
] |
But if you decide to be strong, the [MASK] will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
|
hardship
|
[
"solutions",
"ways",
"rewards"
] |
But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new [MASK] will arise.
|
hopes
|
[
"confident",
"consistent",
"conscious"
] |
I was [MASK] that persistence is the only way towards success.
|
convinced
|
[
"event",
"accident",
"affair"
] |
But a small [MASK] made me change my mind.
|
incident
|
[
"shouting",
"screaming",
"laughing"
] |
One day my twoyearold son, [MASK] at a dozen of "stood" color markerpens, cheered excitedly,"Mummy, look!
|
pointing
|
[
"insisting",
"requiring",
"urging"
] |
Afterwards, he collected some ballpens, [MASK] to do the same.
|
intending
|
[
"silent",
"still",
"quiet"
] |
Hard though he tried, the ballpens just lay [MASK] .
|
flat
|
[
"deliberately",
"unintentionally",
"enthusiastically"
] |
Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said [MASK] , "Mummy can't help you."
|
casually
|
[
"interested",
"busy",
"devoted"
] |
My son's behaviour reminded me of George who was always [MASK] in his work and rarely talked to anyone.
|
buried
|
[
"however",
"otherwise",
"though"
] |
To him, [MASK] , there was no such thing called weekends or holidays.
|
therefore
|
[
"high",
"well",
"much"
] |
Our boss praised [MASK] about him and inspired us to look up to him as a role model.
|
highly
|
[
"promised",
"demanded",
"appealed"
] |
Our boss praised highly about him and [MASK] us to look up to him as a role model.
|
inspired
|
[
"encouraging",
"comfortable",
"ashamed"
] |
It's much too [MASK] to even think about letting go."
|
painful
|
[
"latter",
"later",
"lately"
] |
The [MASK] thing I heard about him was that his wife divorced him.
|
last
|
[
"picture",
"figure",
"reflection"
] |
But occasionally his aged [MASK] would come to my mind.
|
image
|
[
"for",
"with",
"besides"
] |
Until that day, [MASK] knowing why the ballpens couldn't stand up, the twoyearold had accepted the impossibility after many failures.
|
without
|
[
"received",
"refused",
"rejected"
] |
Until that day, without knowing why the ballpens couldn't stand up, the twoyearold had [MASK] the impossibility after many failures.
|
accepted
|
[
"Generally",
"Eventually",
"Additionally"
] |
[MASK] , he already learned to let go of his previous useless attempts.
|
Obviously
|
[
"endless",
"hopeful",
"meaningful"
] |
Obviously , he already learned to let go of his previous [MASK] attempts.
|
useless
|
[
"clarify",
"distinguish",
"acknowledge"
] |
In our daily life, many headaches can be avoided if we know how to [MASK] them and then decisively let go of them immediately.
|
identify
|
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