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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
|
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