1 |
If you ________ now, you must never hold your head up again |
pass
fail
succeed
conquer
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2 |
What under the resolute mask that you show your friends is there really a shrinking and contemptible ____________ |
brave
hero
coward
bold
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3 |
Looking over, I hesitated again, but I had reached the turning ___________ |
pint
print
pin
point
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4 |
When I reached it I ___________ on the seat |
knelt
kneel
kneels
kneeling
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5 |
In my _________ of decision, I left the Embankment and hastened straight for the first of these seats |
joy
agony
pleasure
happiness
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6 |
In the middle of Chelsea Bridge there are projecting circular bays with ___________ in them |
food
fish
seats
sofas
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7 |
I was summoning up my ___________ to take the plunge and quailing from it at the last moment |
friends
helpers
neighbours
courage
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8 |
I strayed up and _________ increasingly fearful of being watched |
down
above
on
below
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9 |
I could almost hear his gruff, sneering laugh, "you tell that to the __________, my son!" |
townsmen
marines
villagers
army men
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10 |
I had come out alone to the river to get rid of a pack of ___________ |
prose
fiction
poetry
drama
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11 |
What an earth would be the good of telling a __________ constanble, that I was carrying only books |
Paris
New York
Berlin
London
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12 |
In all probability they would think it was a ___________ |
baby
book
paper
food
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13 |
Whoever was within sight and hearing would at once rush at me and __________ me |
cease
seize
ease
cheese
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14 |
What about the ___________ |
ash
gush
splash
crash
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15 |
The next thought came like a blaze of terrible blue lighting across my __________ |
eyes
nose
forehead
brain
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16 |
Just as I was preparing to cast my __________ upon the waters, I heard another step |
eyes
clothes
shoes
books
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17 |
Calling myself an ______________ , I stopped again |
ass
egg
umberella
inch
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18 |
The pedestrian came by me without looking at me, it was a ________ |
turnip
tramp
trump
trumpet
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19 |
I sprang back from the wall and began __________ on |
walked
walks
walking
walk
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20 |
Suddenly I heard a _________ near me |
cry
shriek
sigh
step
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