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when I got to shore pap wasn't in sight yet, and as I was running her into a little creek like a gully, all hung over with vines and willows, I struck another idea: I judged I'd hide her good, and then, 'stead of taking to the woods when I run off, I'd go down the[r]
4. Reason a. They discussed the matter calmly and ________. b. She put a well – ________ case for increasing the fees. c. She’s perfectly ________ in her demand. 5. Satisfy a. The patient is getting _________. b. She can look back on her career with great _______. c. T[r]
2003. The 23rd SEA Games, in the Philippines in 2005, had 40 sports with 439 gold medals. The 24th SEA Games in Thailand this year, featuring 43 sports and 485 gold medals, had the highest number of sports and gold medals in the history[r]
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Games. Singaporean swimmer Yeojoscelin who won six gold medals and Vietnamese marksman Nguyen Manh Tuong who owned five gold medals during the Games were awarded the most …………20………… athlete title. Nguyen Danh Thai, Minister – Chairman of the State Committee for Physical[r]
do. Which was to escape with Gabriel and get away from the community. His father was a nurturer and one day Jonas wanted to see a release sothe Giver showed his father releasing a newborn twin because he waslighter and having two identical people walking around would be t[r]
Sentence improvement1. I gave my daughter a ………………………..a) beautifully illustrated child’s encyclopediab) beautifully illustrated children’s encyclopediac) child’s beautifully illustrated encyclopedia2. Workers who …………………. the same operation day after day take no pleasure or pride in their wo[r]
environment destruction is plain to see. For instance, the construction of supper highways is definitely necessary for the old system of roads simply cannot cater for the number of vehicles using them. These highways are of great benefit and convenience to human b[r]
anyone ready to receive. It was odd that he himself could never tellwhen he was sending. Probably a matter of age. They had started tryingto teach him when he was already too old for anything so different.The water tap, four feet away, was dripping steadily, and it was hardfor P[r]
asked for his bride; but the king again sought a way out, and ordered a ship which could sail on land and on water. ‘As soon as you come sailing back in it,’ said he, ‘you shall have my daughter for wife.’ Dummling went straight into the forest, and there sat th[r]
[Mechanical Translation, vol.1, no.2, August 1954; pp. 20-22] THE MACHINE AND THE MAN* Victor H. Yngve Research Laboratory of Electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts WHEN extensive mechanical translation becomes a reality, many new job[r]
morning, i.e. around 1:00 BST, or in the late Japaneseafternoon, i.e. 6:00 BST. The same time period is character-ized by high spread and screen activity. However, it appearsthat Japanese economic-related news has no effect on thevolatility of the JPY currency. Although in[r]
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all my lecturers andstaffs at the Faculty of Post-graduate Studies, the University of Languages andInternational Studies, Vietnam National University of Hanoi whose support andconsideration have enabled me to pursue th[r]
Once upon a time a woodsman and his wife lived in a little house in the forest. They were poor but very happy. They loved each other very much. They were always ready to share everything they had with anyone who came to their door. One day the woodsman was working in the[r]
"I didn't mean nothing, m'am. I didn't mean no harm. I I thought you'd like it." "Why, you born fool!" She took up the spinning stick, and it looked like it was all she could do to keep from giving him a crack with it. "What made you think I'd like it?" "Well, I don't know. Only, they[r]
After many, many years there came a king’s son into that land: and an old man told him the story of the thicket of thorns; and how a beautiful palace stood behind it, and how a wonderful princess, called Briar Rose, lay in it asleep, with all her cour[r]
Comparatives Practicebigsmallhappylightfatsadlongthinpoorshortstrongrichyoungweakheavyold1. Write comparative sentences about the man and the girl in thepicture.1. The man is older than the girl.2. The girl is not as __________as the man[r]
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN CHAPTER 6 WELL, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stopping school. He catched[r]