1 |
The writer look into the luminous swirl of the river: |
shiny
sparkling
flashing
bright
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2 |
Perhaps he suspects i have swagin this sack: |
precious items
stolen things
rejected items
smuggled goods
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3 |
I determined to consign them to river: |
push(into)
dip(into)
assign
throw(into)
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4 |
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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5 |
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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6 |
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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7 |
I could not consume by useless books leaf by leaf in my small study fire: |
destroy
burn
damage
finish
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8 |
Books of inferior minor verse gradually accumulatedthere: |
stayed
come together
added up
collected or gathered
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9 |
It saves them the trouble of sorting outthe rubbish and storing it: |
gathering
organizing
removing
separating
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10 |
Most people are reluctantto throw away anything that looks like a book: |
unwilling
unable
unhappy
unprepared
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11 |
I longed desperately for a tricycle: |
too much
passionately
urgentaly
hasitly
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12 |
All my early childhood I longeddesperately for a tricycle: |
hated
waited
wished
hoped
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13 |
The summer holidays were still lying intact: |
entire
unaffected
complete
safe
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14 |
The mythicalsummer holidays were at hand: |
wonderful
imaginary
incompareable
ideal
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15 |
I could hardly believe that three strenuousterms had rolled away: |
painful
heavy
tough
troublesome
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16 |
And savour my happiness with conscious relish: |
taste
enjoyment
intention
idea
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17 |
I would savour my holidays with conscious relish: |
careless
automatic
natural
international
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18 |
I would savour my holidays with conscious relish: |
pass
spend
use
enjoy
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19 |
The holiday made for them a luxuriously long weekend: |
suitably
effectively
wonderfully
pleasingly
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20 |
The match was cancelled the preceding Saturday: |
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