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[ "Therefore", "However", "Yet" ]
"You can do it," said my mother, " [MASK] , you won't get much business until lunch."
Besides
[ "of", "on", "about" ]
"But I'll never remember the orders, and I'm no good [MASK] money.
with
[ "blame", "fool", "frighten" ]
Please, Mom, don't [MASK] me."
make
[ "bar", "day", "answer" ]
I thought my mother's [MASK] was a bad one, but I obeyed .
idea
[ "guessed", "begged", "admitted" ]
I thought my mother's idea was a bad one, but I [MASK] .
obeyed
[ "angry", "sad", "ashamed" ]
When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was [MASK] .
worried
[ "surprised", "impolite", "pleased" ]
The line of people grew, and everybody seemed [MASK] , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I broke a cup into pieces.
impatient
[ "damaged", "destroyed", "ruined" ]
The line of people grew, and everybody seemed impatient , I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I [MASK] a cup into pieces.
broke
[ "scold", "beat", "save" ]
Then my mother came to [MASK] me, and she also showed me how to make change .
help
[ "money", "lunch", "coffee" ]
Then my mother came to help me, and she also showed me how to make [MASK] .
change
[ "two", "four", "five" ]
If someone gave me $ 5 for something that cost $ 3.25, I handed over [MASK] quarters and a dollar and said, "75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five."
three
[ "fairly", "simply", "conveniently" ]
Things went more [MASK] after that.
smoothly
[ "discouraged", "disturbed", "distrusted" ]
I was even a little [MASK] when the sun came out and dried up business.
disappointed
[ "thought", "stated", "announced" ]
My mother said she was proud of me, and when she [MASK] that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug.
suggested
[ "preparing", "examining", "describing" ]
I was too busy [MASK] the restaurant I would open one day.
imagining
[ "present", "past", "immediate" ]
While express mail represents efficiency and speed and is popular in China, there is another type of mail emerging as a new business-- " [MASK] mail".
future
[ "supplying", "bringing", "holding" ]
Lin Xiaofan, a senior high school student in Hefei, instructs one of the companies [MASK] the service.
offering
[ "love", "letter", "money" ]
"Offering this service makes people slow down and let them understand the meaning of [MASK] in another way," said Zheng Zhimin, manager at a "future mail" company in Hefei.
time
[ "championship", "reflection", "connection" ]
Zheng thinks "future mail" letters are "reminders of affection, [MASK] , and love."
friendship
[ "Parents", "her", "Mother" ]
Feng Xiao, a youth who feels pressure despite some achievement in her career, decided to write a letter to [MASK] on her 25th birthday and have it delivered five years later on her 30th birthday through a "future mail".
herself
[ "25th", "35th", "20th" ]
Feng Xiao, a youth who feels pressure despite some achievement in her career, decided to write a letter to herself on her 25th birthday and have it delivered five years later on her [MASK] birthday through a "future mail".
30th
[ "early", "later", "future" ]
"I expressed my thoughts about my [MASK] life and my expectations for the future to encourage myself to face up to the challenges of my life with courage," Feng said.
current
[ "reach", "look", "search" ]
"I expressed my thoughts about my current life and my expectations for the future to encourage myself to [MASK] up to the challenges of my life with courage," Feng said.
face
[ "name", "age", "figure" ]
While "future mail" is gaining popularity, some are concerned about what happens if the postal [MASK] of the receiver changes or if the company goes broke before letters are delivered.
address
[ "buy", "compete", "bring" ]
Zheng said customers are required to [MASK] an acceptance form and make an assessment so they can be compensated if their letters or goods are lost or damaged.
complete
[ "words", "contents", "secrets" ]
"I won't be too disappointed even if I cannot receive my letters, because for me what is more important are the [MASK] when I write the letter," said Zhu Min, who works for a foreign company in Shanghai.
feelings
[ "workers", "managers", "employees" ]
Most of the business' [MASK] are college students and young white-collar workers.
customers
[ "draw", "expect", "get" ]
Most people [MASK] their hopes and wishes in the letter so they can experience the connection between the past and the present when they receive the letter.
put
[ "predict", "inspect", "research" ]
Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so they can [MASK] the connection between the past and the present when they receive the letter.
experience
[ "so", "although", "for" ]
Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so they can experience the connection between the past and the present [MASK] they receive the letter.
when
[ "good", "standard", "great" ]
Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as [MASK] citizens.
senior
[ "tiring", "hungry", "bad" ]
He is a [MASK] companion.
wonderful
[ "leave", "cry", "jump" ]
He does many amusing things that make me [MASK] , and when that happens, he is so delighted that he just keeps it up.
laugh
[ "as", "when", "and" ]
He does many amusing things that make me laugh , and when that happens, he is so delighted [MASK] he just keeps it up.
that
[ "then", "though", "as" ]
I was sitting on the floor playing with him, [MASK] he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my chest .
when
[ "body", "shoulder", "arm" ]
I was sitting on the floor playing with him, when he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my [MASK] .
chest
[ "right", "good", "unexpected" ]
To Cocoa, one "no" is usually [MASK] , but not that day.
enough
[ "hurriedly", "rudely", "slowly" ]
He stopped briefly, and then [MASK] ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest.
suddenly
[ "surprise", "trouble", "danger" ]
He crashed into me and I cried in [MASK] , falling down to the floor.
pain
[ "experiments", "researches", "papers" ]
I went to my doctors, and after X-rays [MASK] and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.
tests
[ "cancer", "body", "number" ]
When cancer starts, a [MASK] of calcium builds.
wall
[ "watch", "have", "get" ]
This made it possible for me to [MASK] the lump.
notice
[ "ran", "kept", "entered" ]
I had a complete mastectomy and the cancer has not [MASK] to any other part of my body.
spread
[ "common", "much", "early" ]
The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too [MASK] .
late
[ "ashamed", "afraid", "tired" ]
Was Cocoa [MASK] of just what he was doing?
aware
[ "returning", "skipping", "wandering" ]
When you're living a busy life, every minute must be accounted for, you feel like you must be checking something off the list, or [MASK] to the next destination, And no matter how you divide your attention there's never enough time in a day to catch up.
rushing
[ "lose", "escape", "avoid" ]
When you're living a busy life, every minute must be accounted for, you feel like you must be checking something off the list, or rushing to the next destination, And no matter how you [MASK] your attention there's never enough time in a day to catch up.
divide
[ "neighbor", "friend", "sister" ]
Six years ago I was lucky to have a stop-and-smell-the roses type of [MASK] .When I needed to be out, she was taking her time picking out a purse and a crown.
child
[ "continue", "agree", "decide" ]
When I needed to have a quick lunch, she'd [MASK] to speak to the elderly woman who looked like her grandma.
stop
[ "Wherever", "Although", "Since" ]
[MASK] my child caused me to deviate from my schedule, I thought to myself, "We don't have time for this."
Whenever
[ "money", "space", "permission" ]
Whenever my child caused me to deviate from my schedule, I thought to myself, "We don't have [MASK] for this."
time
[ "happily", "secretly", "anxiously" ]
As a result, the two words I most [MASK] spoke to her were; "Hurry up."
commonly
[ "game", "job", "business" ]
I started my [MASK] with it. "
day
[ "enjoyed", "began", "spent" ]
I [MASK] my day with it.
ended
[ "measure", "reduce", "reach" ]
Although the words did little to [MASK] my child's speed, I said them anyway .
increase
[ "again", "instead", "otherwise" ]
Although the words did little to increase my child's speed, I said them [MASK] .
anyway
[ "settled", "started", "broke" ]
Then one day, things [MASK] .We'd just picked my older daughter up from kindergarten and were getting out of the car.
changed
[ "far", "normally", "quietly" ]
Not going [MASK] enough, my older daughter said to her little sister, "You are so slow."
fast
[ "ourselves", "them", "her" ]
When she crossed her arms and let out a sigh, I saw [MASK] it was a terrible sight.
myself
[ "worried", "appreciated", "supported" ]
I was a mother who pushed and pressured and [MASK] a small who simply wanted to enjoy life.
hurried
[ "credit", "good", "justice" ]
My eyes were opened; I saw the [MASK] my hurried existence was doing to my children.
damage
[ "hope", "prefer", "plan" ]
I looked into my small child's eyes and said, "I [MASK] to be more patient from now on."
promise
[ "begged", "adopted", "fooled" ]
I [MASK] her who was now smiling at her mother's promise.
hugged
[ "lifetime", "minute", "team" ]
Living at a slower speed still takes a(n) [MASK] ,but my younger daughter is my living reminder of why I must keep trying.
effort
[ "for", "to", "among" ]
I'm unfamiliar [MASK] the students, most of them trying to adapt themselves to their new environment.
with
[ "concentrate", "adopt", "devote" ]
I'm unfamiliar with the students, most of them trying to [MASK] themselves to their new environment.
adapt
[ "offered", "bothered", "challenged" ]
When Jennifer [MASK] me with a question on the second day, I was thankful for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
approached
[ "prepared", "disappointed", "embarrassed" ]
When Jennifer approached me with a question on the second day, I was [MASK] for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
thankful
[ "so", "or", "and" ]
Her writing wasn't perfect, [MASK] her effort was.
but
[ "receive", "contact", "give" ]
She was excited to [MASK] , which made me enjoy teaching her.
learn
[ "argue", "care", "admit" ]
I didn't [MASK] then how much she would also teach me.
realize
[ "beyond", "to", "with" ]
She wasn't asking a question [MASK] a paper I'd returned.
about
[ "However", "Therefore", "Besides" ]
[MASK] , she said quietly: "I didn't attend classes yesterday.
Instead
[ "shy", "excited", "delighted" ]
I gave her a sideways look, [MASK] .
astonished
[ "impressed", "supported", "attracted" ]
I'm fine now," she [MASK] me.
comforted
[ "expecting", "producing", "taking" ]
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be [MASK] a few classes.
missing
[ "better", "sicker", "heavier" ]
Her condition grew [MASK] .
worse
[ "hardly", "mainly", "frequently" ]
I was [MASK] frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and warmth in my classroom.
truly
[ "success", "school", "attitude" ]
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to [MASK] .
recovery
[ "idea", "influence", "opinion" ]
"I have no [MASK] that you'll be with us."
doubt
[ "shares", "creates", "exchanges" ]
I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: "school [MASK] everything to Jenny."
means
[ "crying", "sobbing", "shaking" ]
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, [MASK] She handed in all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence.
smiling
[ "late", "soon", "slowly" ]
She was born in 1913 and left high school [MASK] to care for her sick grandmother and mother.
early
[ "kind", "rich", "old" ]
She was born in 1913 and left high school early to care for her [MASK] grandmother and mother.
sick
[ "standing", "put", "singing" ]
On Dec. 1,1955, Rosa Parks and three other black people were 43 [MASK] in the middle area of a bus 44 when a white person got on the bus and wanted a seat.
seated
[ "since", "while", "as" ]
On Dec. 1,1955, Rosa Parks and three other black people were 43 seated in the middle area of a bus 44 [MASK] a white person got on the bus and wanted a seat.
when
[ "recommended", "suggested", "proposed" ]
The bus driver [MASK] that all four black people leave their seats so the white person would not have to sit next to any of them.
demanded
[ "hesitated", "decided", "agreed" ]
The three other blacks got up, but Rosa [MASK] , She was arrested.
refused
[ "warned", "invited", "reminded" ]
Laws in the American South [MASK] black people to attend separate schools, live in separate areas of a city and sit m separate areas on a bus .
forced
[ "taxi", "truck", "ship" ]
Laws in the American South forced black people to attend separate schools, live in separate areas of a city and sit m separate areas on a [MASK] .
bus
[ "outside", "front", "middle" ]
Black people sat in the [MASK] 0fthebus.Both groups could sit in a middle area.
back
[ "Therefore", "Besides", "Otherwise" ]
[MASK] , black people sitting in that part of the bus were expected to leave their seats if a white person wanted to sit there.
However
[ "pretended", "disliked", "stopped" ]
However , black people sitting in that part of the bus were expected to leave their seats if a white person [MASK] to sit there.
wanted
[ "medical", "fair", "serious" ]
Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat just because she was tired of accepting [MASK] treatment.
unequal
[ "blind", "violent", "extreme" ]
This act of [MASK] disobedience started protests in Montgomery that continued for 381 days and led to legal changes in minority rights in the United States.
peaceful
[ "lesson", "means", "trial" ]
She was the first American woman to be so honored, Some people say that Rosa Parks' bravery serves as a(n) [MASK] of the power of small acts.
example
[ "love", "sympathy", "success" ]
She sat down in order that the others might stand up and she opened the doors on the Long journey to [MASK] .
freedom
[ "ran", "drove", "jumped" ]
Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of one of the country's greatest machines was actually born in a log cabin, [MASK] to high school on horse back and without benefit of university degree(indeed, at age 14), thought of the idea of electronic television.
rode
[ "sake", "application", "significance" ]
Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of one of the country's greatest machines was actually born in a log cabin, rode to high school on horse back and without [MASK] of university degree(indeed, at age 14), thought of the idea of electronic television.
benefit
[ "lived", "inherited", "occupied" ]
In 1906 Farnsworth was born in a community near Beaver City, Utah, [MASK] by his grandfather.
settled