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[
"expressions",
"kids",
"stories"
] | The moment he opened the door, he had amusing [MASK] . | changes |
[
"willingly",
"quietly",
"carefully"
] | His eyes lit up and he ran to his two small children [MASK] and hugged them and gave his wife a kiss. | cheerfully |
[
"pity",
"habit",
"satisfaction"
] | After leaving the joyful family, I passed the tree and my [MASK] got the better of me, so I asked, "Before we went in the house, why did you stop by the tree?" | curiosity |
[
"how",
"when",
"what"
] | After leaving the joyful family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me, so I asked, "Before we went in the house, [MASK] did you stop by the tree?" | why |
[
"keep",
"appreciate",
"allow"
] | he replied, "I know I can't [MASK] having worries both on the job and in my life, but those problems don't belong in the house with my wife and children. | help |
[
"jobs",
"facts",
"duties"
] | he replied, "I know I can't help having worries both on the job and in my life, but those [MASK] don't belong in the house with my wife and children. | problems |
[
"correct",
"remove",
"learn"
] | I know I can [MASK] one thing for sure, so every night before I walk into my home I hang them up on the tree." | control |
[
"admitted",
"suggested",
"insisted"
] | "Funny thing is," he [MASK] , "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember putting up the night before." | smiled |
[
"good",
"interesting",
"free"
] | "Funny thing is," he smiled , "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as [MASK] as I remember putting up the night before." | many |
[
"child",
"lesson",
"history"
] | This is one such [MASK] . | story |
[
"started",
"planned",
"kept"
] | While I was attending a party being [MASK] at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked familiar . I thought she had been a(n) student of mine. | held |
[
"beautiful",
"strange",
"different"
] | While I was attending a party being held at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked [MASK] . I thought she had been a(n) student of mine. | familiar |
[
"teacher",
"friend",
"co-worker"
] | While I was attending a party being held at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked familiar . I thought she had been a(n) [MASK] of mine. | student |
[
"face",
"hobby",
"job"
] | I tried to remember her [MASK] , but I couldn't. | name |
[
"so",
"but",
"if"
] | I felt so frustrated , [MASK] I have always been able to remember former students. | as |
[
"forget",
"miss",
"know"
] | I felt so frustrated , as I have always been able to [MASK] former students. | remember |
[
"shoulder",
"back",
"chest"
] | Her eyes met mine and she threw her [MASK] around me and said, "Mrs. G, it's me, Sarah, and I'm still writing !" | arms |
[
"studying",
"reading",
"drawing"
] | Her eyes met mine and she threw her arms around me and said, "Mrs. G, it's me, Sarah, and I'm still [MASK] !" | writing |
[
"already",
"still",
"just"
] | You see, Sarah was [MASK] a student in my classroom. | never |
[
"passed",
"missed",
"lost"
] | Sarah's mother had abandoned her, and her father had [MASK] her. | left |
[
"changed",
"taught",
"accepted"
] | She was sent to live with her grandparents the year I [MASK] her. | met |
[
"time",
"need",
"place"
] | Sarah was angry, often in [MASK] and often in the office. | trouble |
[
"class",
"home",
"room"
] | It was during one of those [MASK] visits that I first met her. | office |
[
"how",
"why",
"who"
] | I introduced myself to her and asked her [MASK] she was writing. | what |
[
"decisions",
"words",
"actions"
] | I knew it was healing for her to put her [MASK] on paper. | thoughts |
[
"tear",
"chance",
"care"
] | Our conversation that evening was filled with [MASK] . | hope |
[
"understand",
"receive",
"suggest"
] | Driving home, I could not help but [MASK] the impact for both good and bad that teachers have upon their students. | realize |
[
"play",
"agree",
"compare"
] | Taking the time to [MASK] with a child has the power to change that child's life. | connect |
[
"disappointment",
"surprise",
"satisfaction"
] | She nodded in 41 [MASK] . | agreement |
[
"songs",
"thoughts",
"understanding"
] | Thanksgiving usually meant 42 [MASK] and full stomachs, however, this year was 43 different . | laughter |
[
"popular",
"familiar",
"similar"
] | Thanksgiving usually meant 42 laughter and full stomachs, however, this year was 43 [MASK] . | different |
[
"aiming",
"joking",
"nodding"
] | My family sat around the dinner table 44 [MASK] at our feast. | staring |
[
"plans",
"dinners",
"activities"
] | This was the first of many food-focused 46 [MASK] to come. | holidays |
[
"cheap",
"beautiful",
"terrible"
] | I could not imagine what it would be like to never taste 47 [MASK] food again. | delicious |
[
"record",
"rule",
"dark"
] | My cousin Molly broke the 48 [MASK] with a raise of her glass, "To Nat." | silence |
[
"wish",
"concern",
"confidence"
] | "Your 49 [MASK] and strength encourage us all," she continued. | courage |
[
"effects",
"relief",
"patience"
] | Grandma smiled, holding back her tears with great 50 [MASK] . | efforts |
[
"up",
"down",
"out"
] | Conversation broke 51 [MASK] around the room while Grandma laughed and talked with us all. | into |
[
"necessary",
"basic",
"certain"
] | The evening went on as 52 [MASK] Thanksgivings do. | normal |
[
"farther",
"happier",
"stranger"
] | By the time the night was over, I felt 53 [MASK] to my family than ever before. | closer |
[
"apologize",
"promise",
"forgive"
] | I learned that we gather together on holidays not to eat rich feast, but to 54 [MASK] and share with one another. | support |
[
"remembered",
"mentioned",
"followed"
] | We 55 [MASK] my Grandmother's courage, but we all learned a lesson in grace. | celebrated |
[
"decided",
"hated",
"started"
] | In the years following, my Grandma 56 [MASK] to create meals for family events. | continued |
[
"ever",
"just",
"even"
] | She told me once with a laugh, "I may not be able to eat, but I can 57 [MASK] taste things." | still |
[
"careless",
"frightening",
"pitiful"
] | With a 58 [MASK] heart, Grandma prepared what she could not have for the only purpose of making us 59 happy . | selfless |
[
"sad",
"surprised",
"lovely"
] | With a 58 selfless heart, Grandma prepared what she could not have for the only purpose of making us 59 [MASK] . | happy |
[
"sign",
"skill",
"attitude"
] | She inspired me to learn to cook and helped me find the 60 [MASK] to make everything come together: love. | secret |
[
"school",
"office",
"museum"
] | When he was very young, I often took him to the [MASK] . | library |
[
"store",
"talk",
"pick"
] | He loved to read and often needed to [MASK] the books he'd read in order to borrow more books. | return |
[
"advantage",
"discovery",
"explanation"
] | One unintended [MASK] of his nonstop reading habits was that he even read at the dinner table. | consequence |
[
"play",
"study",
"laugh"
] | One unintended consequence of his nonstop reading habits was that he even [MASK] at the dinner table. | read |
[
"promise",
"warn",
"advise"
] | His mother, Mary, and I did our best to [MASK] him that, on certain social occasions , reading while dining with others was not a good thing. | convince |
[
"issues",
"services",
"duties"
] | His mother, Mary, and I did our best to convince him that, on certain social [MASK] , reading while dining with others was not a good thing. | occasions |
[
"could",
"should",
"might"
] | Every summer the teachers at his school [MASK] give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. | would |
[
"sincere",
"crazy",
"positive"
] | He was so [MASK] , and he always wanted to win. | competitive |
[
"went",
"failed",
"proved"
] | And he often [MASK] . | did |
[
"confident",
"diligent",
"excellent"
] | But the main reason why he read so obsessively was that he was so [MASK] . | curious |
[
"simple",
"past",
"any"
] | He didn't just want to learn about [MASK] things. | some |
[
"protect",
"examine",
"follow"
] | We helped [MASK] his curiosity in every way. | develop |
[
"Until",
"Though",
"Because"
] | [MASK] an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we'd turn to the dictionary , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. | If |
[
"teacher",
"newspaper",
"partner"
] | If an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we'd turn to the [MASK] , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. | dictionary |
[
"person",
"book",
"matter"
] | Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the [MASK] exists somewhere. | answer |
[
"use",
"tell",
"ask"
] | All you have to do is [MASK] it. | find |
[
"speaker",
"maker",
"user"
] | Bill remains as much of a [MASK] today as when he was a child, and he seems to remember everything he reads. | reader |
[
"imagine",
"believe",
"create"
] | Bill remains as much of a reader today as when he was a child, and he seems to [MASK] everything he reads. | remember |
[
"afraid",
"careful",
"sure"
] | He's often [MASK] to share what he's learned with the next person he meets. | eager |
[
"carried",
"had",
"forced"
] | It [MASK] my mother, two younger brothers and me alone. | left |
[
"receive",
"realize",
"manage"
] | However, it wasn't easy, for I couldn't [MASK] their tuition even if I worked from day to night without rest. | afford |
[
"chance",
"need",
"money"
] | A thread of [MASK] appeared during those gloomy days. | hope |
[
"drive",
"walk",
"travel"
] | Then I heard a deep voice say, "Why not [MASK] without an umbrella?" | run |
[
"puzzled",
"discouraged",
"hurt"
] | His words [MASK] me deeply. | shocked |
[
"burnt",
"accepted",
"discovered"
] | While walking with him in the rain, I knew that his dream was once [MASK] by an accident. | ruined |
[
"face",
"sight",
"control"
] | He was glad that he didn't lose [MASK] and still "ran" on the road of life. | heart |
[
"images",
"achievements",
"signs"
] | Inspired by his [MASK] , I went to a city in the south and became an insurance representative. | remarks |
[
"simply",
"normally",
"immediately"
] | After two years' "running", I got somewhere and my family situation became better [MASK] . I went back to school and eventually succeeded in being admitted to a university. | gradually |
[
"cloudy",
"sunny",
"windy"
] | When you run out of the [MASK] season of your life, there will be a bright sky ahead of you. | rainy |
[
"politics",
"physics",
"history"
] | His favorite subject was [MASK] , because his hobby was traveling. | geography |
[
"fight",
"argue",
"trip"
] | Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have a(n) [MASK] with them, so they learned a lot from him while at the same time having fun. | fun |
[
"but",
"with",
"without"
] | Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have a(n) fun with them, so they learned a lot from him [MASK] at the same time having fun. | while |
[
"exam",
"meeting",
"speech"
] | One September, at the beginning of the term, he was having his first [MASK] in a new class. | lesson |
[
"seen",
"considered",
"recognized"
] | He found some of the students had [MASK] that he enjoyed telling jokes, and they were ready to have some fun with him. | heard |
[
"silly",
"right",
"wrong"
] | "Very [MASK] , and it isn't a wrong answer," said Taylor with a smile, while the class burst into laughter. | funny |
[
"might",
"could",
"had"
] | The boy [MASK] , in fact, know. | did |
[
"for",
"of",
"with"
] | The next few students also had funny answers [MASK] Taylor's questions. | to |
[
"lucky",
"silly",
"open-minded"
] | Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was [MASK] and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the equator ?" | clever |
[
"moon",
"earth",
"line"
] | Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was clever and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the [MASK] ?" | equator |
[
"between",
"from",
"through"
] | "It's an imaginary line drawn [MASK] the earth that has an equal distance from the North Pole and from the South Pole, sir," the girl answered at once. | around |
[
"held",
"put",
"kept"
] | But he thought perhaps she had [MASK] it by heart, so he asked her another question to see whether he was right or not. | learned |
[
"realize",
"know",
"look"
] | But he thought perhaps she had learned it by heart, so he asked her another question to [MASK] whether he was right or not. | see |
[
"is",
"talks",
"tells"
] | "Do you really know what that [MASK] ?" | means |
[
"imaginary",
"long",
"fake"
] | "Yes, sir," the girl said, "as the equator is not a(n) [MASK] line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it." | real |
[
"attended",
"turned",
"stayed"
] | This time, Taylor [MASK] happily in the students' loud laughter. | joined |
[
"begun",
"removed",
"kept"
] | We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had [MASK] from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. | grown |
[
"bedroom",
"farm",
"kitchen"
] | We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a [MASK] into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. | garage |
[
"announced",
"declared",
"coped"
] | We had just [MASK] our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. | released |
[
"managed",
"installed",
"entitled"
] | How can you get fired from a company you [MASK] ? | started |
[
"provided",
"sorted",
"promoted"
] | Well, as Apple grew we [MASK] someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. | hired |
[
"involve",
"open",
"engage"
] | Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to [MASK] the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. | run |
[
"instantly",
"constantly",
"frequently"
] | But then our visions of the future began to diverge and [MASK] we had a falling out. | eventually |
[
"risked",
"supported",
"pleased"
] | When we did, our Board of Directors [MASK] with him. | sided |