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[ "generally", "quickly", "similarly" ]
A shepherd was herding his sheep when suddenly a brandnew sports car came out of a dust cloud towards him.The driver was a young man in a new designer suit,designer shoes ,designer sunglasses and a designer tie.He leaned out the window and asked the shepherd,"If I tell you [MASK] how many sheep you have here,will you give me one?"
exactly
[ "stilly", "quietly", "angrily" ]
The shepherd looked at the man,then his peaceful sheep and [MASK] answered,"Sure.Why not?"
calmly
[ "moved", "turned", "ran" ]
The young man [MASK] his car,took out his computer ,connected it to his mobile phone,surfed to a page on the Internet where he called up a satellite navigation system .
parked
[ "counter", "book", "pencil" ]
The young man parked his car,took out his [MASK] ,connected it to his mobile phone,surfed to a page on the Internet where he called up a satellite navigation system .
computer
[ "However", "Even", "Therefore" ]
[MASK] ,he printed out a fullcolor1,150page report on his hitech printer ,he turned to the shepherd and said,"You have exactly 1,586 sheep."
Finally
[ "car", "Internet", "phone" ]
Finally ,he printed out a fullcolor1,150page report on his hitech [MASK] ,he turned to the shepherd and said,"You have exactly 1,586 sheep."
printer
[ "bring", "fetch", "carry" ]
said the shepherd,"I guess you can [MASK] one of my sheep."
take
[ "know", "guess", "look" ]
The shepherd then said to the young man,"Hey,if I can [MASK] you exactly what your business is,will you give me back my sheep?
tell
[ "car", "computer", "matter" ]
The shepherd then said to the young man,"Hey,if I can tell you exactly what your [MASK] is,will you give me back my sheep?
business
[ "hour", "day", "minute" ]
"The young man thought about it for a (an) [MASK] and then said,"Okay, why not ?"
second
[ "get", "work", "have" ]
"But how did you [MASK] that?"
guess
[ "praised", "done", "called" ]
"You showed up here even though nobody called you,you want to get [MASK] for an answer that I already knew,to a question I never asked and it's obvious you don't know a thing about my business...Now give me back my sheep."
paid
[ "often", "constantly", "sometimes" ]
"You showed up here even though nobody called you,you want to get paid for an answer that I already knew,to a question I [MASK] asked and it's obvious you don't know a thing about my business...Now give me back my sheep."
never
[ "managed", "had", "remembered" ]
I [MASK] to make homemade bread.
chose
[ "weak", "interested", "successful" ]
As I was not [MASK] in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled .everything.
experienced
[ "used", "collected", "tried" ]
As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I [MASK] .everything.
doubled
[ "watered", "dipped", "threw" ]
As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and [MASK] it all into the bowl.
poured
[ "pleasant", "big", "light" ]
Soon there was a sticky dough covered with [MASK] yellowish marks.
ugly
[ "injured", "dropped", "lost." ]
Realizing I was [MASK] ,I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so 1 wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work.
defeated
[ "feel", "keep", "stop" ]
Realizing I was defeated ,I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so 1 wouldn't have to [MASK] Doug laughing at my work.
face
[ "bread", "orange", "rice" ]
I went on preparing the rest of th [MASK] ,and when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice.
meal
[ "disappointed", "frightened.", "ashamed" ]
He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed [MASK] Twice he got up and went outside, saying he heard a noise .
disturbed.
[ "voice", "cry", "shout" ]
He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he heard a [MASK] .
noise
[ "around", "upward", "out" ]
I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin ,holding the lid up with a stick and looking [MASK] When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in our rubbish bin.
inside
[ "important", "new", "different" ]
I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin ,holding the lid up with a stick and looking inside When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something [MASK] in our rubbish bin.
alive
[ "happy", "angry", "inspired" ]
I felt [MASK] .But I stepped closer and looked harder.
cold
[ "hesitation", "delay", "exception" ]
Without [MASK] it was my work.
doubt
[ "pot", "floor", "earth" ]
The hot [MASK] had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast(})made the surface.
sun
[ "burn", "walk", "work" ]
[MASK] and sigh as though it were breathing.
shake
[ "nervous", "regretful", "awkward" ]
I don't know who was more [MASK] by the whole thing---Doug or me.
embarrassed
[ "way", "line", "mark" ]
Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who loved each other and they played together so often that they had worn a [MASK] through the grass of the field between their houses.
path
[ "realized", "sensed", "saw" ]
One evening,Brownie's family [MASK] that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no success .Brownie didn't show up the next day,and,despite their efforts to find him,by the next week he was still missing Curiously ,Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and constantly annoying Brownie's human family.Busy with their own lives,they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
noticed
[ "reason", "purpose", "use" ]
One evening,Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no [MASK] .Brownie didn't show up the next day,and,despite their efforts to find him,by the next week he was still missing Curiously ,Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and constantly annoying Brownie's human family.Busy with their own lives,they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
success
[ "time", "hardship", "energy" ]
One evening,Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no success .Brownie didn't show up the next day,and,despite their [MASK] to find him,by the next week he was still missing Curiously ,Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and constantly annoying Brownie's human family.Busy with their own lives,they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
efforts
[ "Unluckily", "Frequently", "Amazingly" ]
One evening,Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no success .Brownie didn't show up the next day,and,despite their efforts to find him,by the next week he was still missing [MASK] ,Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and constantly annoying Brownie's human family.Busy with their own lives,they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
Curiously
[ "biting", "running", "waiting" ]
One evening,Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no success .Brownie didn't show up the next day,and,despite their efforts to find him,by the next week he was still missing Curiously ,Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, [MASK] and constantly annoying Brownie's human family.Busy with their own lives,they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
barking
[ "refused", "drove", "noted" ]
One evening,Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.They went looking for him with no success .Brownie didn't show up the next day,and,despite their efforts to find him,by the next week he was still missing Curiously ,Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking and constantly annoying Brownie's human family.Busy with their own lives,they just [MASK] the nervous little neighbor dog.
ignored
[ "say", "give", "tell" ]
Finally,one morning Spotty refused to [MASK] "no" for an answer.Ted,Brownie's owner ,was steadily upset by the angry,stubborn little dog.Spotty followed Ted about.
take
[ "friend", "neighbor", "fellow" ]
Finally,one morning Spotty refused to take "no" for an answer.Ted,Brownie's [MASK] ,was steadily upset by the angry,stubborn little dog.Spotty followed Ted about.
owner
[ "walking", "heading", "starting" ]
barking insistently,then [MASK] toward a nearby empty lot and back,as if to say,"Follow me!
rushing
[ "certain", "safe", "helpful" ]
It's [MASK] !"
urgent
[ "through", "over", "onto" ]
Eventually,Ted followed the mad Spotty [MASK] the empty lot as Spotty paused to race back and bark encouragingly.Finally,the little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house.There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive,one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap.Shocked,Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously.Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.
across
[ "continued", "began", "braked" ]
Eventually,Ted followed the mad Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty [MASK] to race back and bark encouragingly.Finally,the little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house.There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive,one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap.Shocked,Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously.Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.
paused
[ "warnings", "hopes", "needs" ]
Eventually,Ted followed the mad Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty paused to race back and bark encouragingly.Finally,the little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house.There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive,one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap.Shocked,Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier [MASK] seriously.Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.
appeals
[ "smoothly", "eagerly", "gradually" ]
Spotty had done more than [MASK] led Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend.In a circle around the injured dog,Ted found some dog food and the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly,in a single minded pursuit to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort .Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators ,stayed with him at night to keep him warm and gently rub him with the nose to keep his spirits up.
simply
[ "caring", "looking", "watthing" ]
Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend.In a circle around the injured dog,Ted found some dog food and the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!Spotty had been [MASK] Brownie regularly,in a single minded pursuit to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort .Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators ,stayed with him at night to keep him warm and gently rub him with the nose to keep his spirits up.
visiting
[ "time", "life", "duty" ]
Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend.In a circle around the injured dog,Ted found some dog food and the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly,in a single minded pursuit to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own [MASK] .Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators ,stayed with him at night to keep him warm and gently rub him with the nose to keep his spirits up.
comfort
[ "heart", "mind", "feelings" ]
Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend.In a circle around the injured dog,Ted found some dog food and the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly,in a single minded pursuit to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort .Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators ,stayed with him at night to keep him warm and gently rub him with the nose to keep his [MASK] up.
spirits
[ "returned", "rescued", "cured" ]
Brownie's leg was treated and he [MASK] .For many years after that,the two families watched the faithful friends playing happily and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.
recovered
[ "sensitive", "honest", "careful" ]
Brownie's leg was treated and he recovered .For many years after that,the two families watched the [MASK] friends playing happily and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.
faithful
[ "created", "wrote", "repeated" ]
The other day as I talked with a friend I [MASK] a story that I heard this summer.
recalled
[ "curious", "apologetic", "angry" ]
"A{n} [MASK] person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very gently loosed the filaments to form a(n) opening .
sympathetic
[ "kindly", "carefully", "cautiously" ]
"A{n} sympathetic person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very [MASK] loosed the filaments to form a(n) opening .
gently
[ "closing", "admission", "permission" ]
"A{n} sympathetic person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very gently loosed the filaments to form a(n) [MASK] .
opening
[ "filaments", "wings", "shell" ]
The butterfly was freed, got out of the [MASK] , and moved its wings about but could not fly.
cocoon
[ "and", "or", "while" ]
The butterfly was freed, got out of the cocoon , and moved its wings about [MASK] could not fly.
but
[ "faith", "death", "worth" ]
What the sympathetic person did not know was that only through the [MASK] struggle can the wings grow strong enough for flight.
birth
[ "ever", "always", "constantly" ]
Its shortened life was spent on the ground ; it never knew freedom, [MASK] really lived."
never
[ "practicing", "struggling", "teaching" ]
It is a [MASK] which has come slowly to me and has been wrought in the fires of pain and in the waters of patience.
learning
[ "praise", "value", "open" ]
I am learning that I must [MASK] the one I love, for if I hold firmly and try to control , I shall lose what I try to control hold .
free
[ "win", "love", "earn" ]
I am learning that I must free the one I love, for if I hold firmly and try to control , I shall lose what I try to control [MASK] .
hold
[ "confidence", "will", "courage" ]
As I learn and practice more and more, I can say to the one I love, "I love you, I value you, I respect you and I trust that you have the [MASK] to become all that it is possible for you to become -- if I don't get in your way.
strength
[ "disappointment", "wonder", "fun" ]
I love you so much that I can set you free to walk beside me in [MASK] and in sadness.
joy
[ "enjoy", "sympathize", "criticize" ]
I will [MASK] your tears but I will not ask you not to cry.
share
[ "attend", "trust", "believe" ]
I will care and [MASK] you, but I will not hold you up when you can walk alone.
comfort
[ "quickly", "immediately", "simply" ]
I can not [MASK] be with you or hear what you say for there are times when I must listen to myself and care for myself."
always
[ "where", "why", "which" ]
I can not always be with you or hear what you say for there are times [MASK] I must listen to myself and care for myself."
when
[ "music", "days", "school" ]
The country [MASK] seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.
roads
[ "called", "missed", "left" ]
Finally we [MASK] a truck stop.
found
[ "time", "gas", "water" ]
So we pulled in and I got out of the car for [MASK] "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?"
directions
[ "careful", "beautiful", "hopeful" ]
Since she was not [MASK] , I looked around at the customers.There,sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life.
helpful
[ "maps", "bags", "gifts" ]
I immediately thought of my [MASK] in the car and what these characters might do to us.
family
[ "how", "what", "why" ]
"We know [MASK] you're going," one of them said cheerfully.
where
[ "If", "Since", "Because" ]
[MASK] I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles,gesturing," Follow us!"
Before
[ "Invite", "Show", "Give" ]
Before I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles,gesturing," [MASK] us!"
Follow
[ "right", "alone", "around" ]
After a few minutes, my son decided it was all [MASK] for us.
over
[ "cool", "safe", "new" ]
"They're taking us to a [MASK] place, and that will be the end," he said uneasily .
lonely
[ "cheerfully", "curiously", "uncertainly" ]
"They're taking us to a lonely place, and that will be the end," he said [MASK] .
uneasily
[ "should", "would", "must" ]
How [MASK] you do this to me?"
can
[ "annoyed", "excited", "amazed" ]
I am a bit [MASK] .
frightened
[ "same", "bad", "funny" ]
Maybe I did the [MASK] thing."
wrong
[ "looking", "walking", "climbing" ]
About an hour later, after [MASK] through endless back roads deep in the woods,they gestured to us to go left.
winding
[ "greeted", "connected", "hurried" ]
About an hour later, after winding through endless back roads deep in the woods,they [MASK] to us to go left.
gestured
[ "label", "notice", "poster" ]
We looked up, and there was the [MASK] for Merridale Road.
sign
[ "kissed", "shook", "blew" ]
And then they [MASK] good-bye and disappeared from view.
waved
[ "tiring", "interesting", "fancy" ]
If I've learned anything on this [MASK] journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of angels .
crazy
[ "friends", "partners", "relatives" ]
If I've learned anything on this crazy journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of [MASK] .
angels
[ "travel", "succeed", "escape" ]
At that time, the family struggled hard to [MASK] .
survive
[ "excuse", "point", "discovery" ]
When we children became knew that other children got spending money from their parents, we made the [MASK] of ask our father from some.His face turned cold, "If you're old enough to ask you're old enough to earn " he shouted.
mistake
[ "waste", "borrow", "save" ]
When we children became knew that other children got spending money from their parents, we made the mistake of ask our father from some.His face turned cold, "If you're old enough to ask you're old enough to [MASK] " he shouted.
earn
[ "each", "one", "all" ]
There was a period of time when [MASK] of us had a car, so we had to ride the bus home.
none
[ "Since", "When", "Until" ]
[MASK] the bus stopped more than two miles from home, Dad never met us.
Though
[ "forgot", "arrived", "failed" ]
If someone [MASK] , he 'd say in his loudest voice, "That's what your legs are for!"
complained
[ "buses", "brains", "friends" ]
If someone complained , he 'd say in his loudest voice, "That's what your [MASK] are for!"
legs
[ "run", "ride", "drive" ]
When I went to senior high school, I had to [MASK] a long way each time I came home.
walk
[ "tire", "help", "excite" ]
The walk didn't [MASK] me as much as the fear of walking alone.
trouble
[ "opinion", "grade", "interest" ]
I also felt that my father didn't care about my [MASK] .
safety
[ "felt", "discussed", "shown" ]
That feeling was [MASK] one spring evening.
removed
[ "curious", "worried", "delighted" ]
Tests and long hours in labs had left me [MASK] .
exhausted
[ "singing", "talking", "kept" ]
As other students were [MASK] at their stops, I looked out of the window sadly .
met