1 |
I determined to consign them to river: |
push(into)
dip(into)
assign
throw(into)
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2 |
It is sometimes difficult to find a scaffoldfor worthless: |
hanging or destructive structure
place for burning
place for destroying
place for throwing away
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3 |
In some cases, such indigestiblesget into parcels by accident: |
those bad-tasting ones
those useless ones
those harmful ones
those difficult to read or understand
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4 |
In some cases, such indigestiblesget into parcels by accident: |
those bad-testing ones
those useless ones
those harmful ones
those difficult to read or understand
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5 |
I could not consume by useless books leaf by leaf in my small study fire: |
destroy
burn
damage
finish
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6 |
Books of inferior minor verse gradually accumulatedthere: |
stayed
come together
added up
collected or gathered
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7 |
It saves them the trouble of sorting outthe rubbish and storing it: |
gathering
organizing
removing
separating
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8 |
Most people are reluctantto throw away anything that looks like a book: |
unwilling
unable
unhappy
unprepared
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9 |
Your fate is perhaps worse than you ____________ |
deserved
reserved
conserved
served
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10 |
You fate is perhaps ____________ than you deserved |
bad
worse
worst
good
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11 |
You lie there in a living ________, and your fate is perhaps worse than you deserved |
life
health
joy
death
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12 |
Books are lying there with only a stray rag, sticking out of the slime into the opaque brown _________ |
tides
toads
toasts
tights
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13 |
Horrible bad books, poor ________ books, you are lying there still |
criminal
innocent
culprit
at fault
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14 |
Books were there to lie through and forgotten whilst the unconscious world of __________ went on |
animals
birds
men
beasts
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15 |
As I walked I thought a little sadly of all those books falling into that cold ___________ |
ice
snow
air
torrent
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16 |
No one came, I turned ____________ |
home
house
shop
market
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17 |
A vast splash, then ___________ fell again |
noise
silence
clamour
thud
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18 |
With the courage of despair I took a heave, the sack ___________ sheer |
flew
gilded
dropped
drops
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19 |
Good God: You worm, better men that you have gone to the __________ |
gully
glove
garbage
gallows
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20 |
Anyhow, what if you are ___________ for it? |
hanged
hung
hang
hinge
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