1 |
I learned against the parapet and looked down in to the faintly luminous swiris of the.............. |
River
Sky
tree
Mountain
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2 |
It was then that all the ............ of my act revealed themselves. |
Applications
Implications
Supplications
Duplications
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3 |
I walked on until I reached the....... |
Lown
Market
Embankment
shop
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4 |
The police man ...... me apparently. |
acquit
acquitting
acquitted
Quit
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5 |
I could not help thee slight .................... which comes to all who are eyed suspiciously by the police. |
Unease
Satisfaction
ease
complacence
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6 |
Nobody would be suspected of having stolen which goods as I was ........... |
Carry
Carrying
Carries
Carried
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7 |
I was not seriously disturbed , as I knew that I could bear ................ |
Investigate
investigated
investigation
navigation
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8 |
Perhaps he suspects I have ................. in this sack. |
Cloth
Books
swage
furniture
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9 |
I fancied, he looked..................... and I trembled slightly. |
Suspicious
Doubled
Feared
suspected
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10 |
A few doors down I passed a .................... who was flashing his lantern. |
Businessman
Police man
Coachman
Postman
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11 |
I strode off towards the little square glow of the .............stall. |
Tea
coffee
Juice
Cigarette
|
12 |
Here and there rang out the steps of solitary............... on the way home across the bridge to Battersea. |
Voyagers
Travelers
Drivers
Swimmers
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13 |
There was a ___________ nip in the air. |
Hot
cold
warm
Lukewarm
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14 |
It was nearly_____ as I stepped into the street. |
Midnight
Noon
Morning
Eveniing
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15 |
I improvised a ............... stuffed the books into in put it over my shoulder, and went down the staris into the darkness. |
Bag
Handkerchief
Sack
Bubdle
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16 |
Tie them up and consign them to the.......... |
River
Rock
Lake
Jungle
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17 |
So in the end I determined to do to them what so many people do to the. |
Ducks
Kittens
Kids
Cubs
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18 |
It is almost as hopeless to try to burn a book without opening it as to try to burn a piece of. |
sponge
Paper
granite
Chalk
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19 |
I had no.......... range and I could not toast them on the gas cooker. |
Sitting room
Drawing room
Dining room
Kitchen
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20 |
But how ? there were........... of them. |
Scores
Hundreds
Dozens
Thousands
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