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[ "expressions", "kids", "stories" ]
The moment he opened the door, he had amusing [MASK] .
changes
[ "willingly", "quietly", "carefully" ]
His eyes lit up and he ran to his two small children [MASK] and hugged them and gave his wife a kiss.
cheerfully
[ "pity", "habit", "satisfaction" ]
After leaving the joyful family, I passed the tree and my [MASK] got the better of me, so I asked, "Before we went in the house, why did you stop by the tree?"
curiosity
[ "how", "when", "what" ]
After leaving the joyful family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me, so I asked, "Before we went in the house, [MASK] did you stop by the tree?"
why
[ "keep", "appreciate", "allow" ]
he replied, "I know I can't [MASK] having worries both on the job and in my life, but those problems don't belong in the house with my wife and children.
help
[ "jobs", "facts", "duties" ]
he replied, "I know I can't help having worries both on the job and in my life, but those [MASK] don't belong in the house with my wife and children.
problems
[ "correct", "remove", "learn" ]
I know I can [MASK] one thing for sure, so every night before I walk into my home I hang them up on the tree."
control
[ "admitted", "suggested", "insisted" ]
"Funny thing is," he [MASK] , "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember putting up the night before."
smiled
[ "good", "interesting", "free" ]
"Funny thing is," he smiled , "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as [MASK] as I remember putting up the night before."
many
[ "child", "lesson", "history" ]
This is one such [MASK] .
story
[ "started", "planned", "kept" ]
While I was attending a party being [MASK] at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked familiar . I thought she had been a(n) student of mine.
held
[ "beautiful", "strange", "different" ]
While I was attending a party being held at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked [MASK] . I thought she had been a(n) student of mine.
familiar
[ "teacher", "friend", "co-worker" ]
While I was attending a party being held at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked familiar . I thought she had been a(n) [MASK] of mine.
student
[ "face", "hobby", "job" ]
I tried to remember her [MASK] , but I couldn't.
name
[ "so", "but", "if" ]
I felt so frustrated , [MASK] I have always been able to remember former students.
as
[ "forget", "miss", "know" ]
I felt so frustrated , as I have always been able to [MASK] former students.
remember
[ "shoulder", "back", "chest" ]
Her eyes met mine and she threw her [MASK] around me and said, "Mrs. G, it's me, Sarah, and I'm still writing !"
arms
[ "studying", "reading", "drawing" ]
Her eyes met mine and she threw her arms around me and said, "Mrs. G, it's me, Sarah, and I'm still [MASK] !"
writing
[ "already", "still", "just" ]
You see, Sarah was [MASK] a student in my classroom.
never
[ "passed", "missed", "lost" ]
Sarah's mother had abandoned her, and her father had [MASK] her.
left
[ "changed", "taught", "accepted" ]
She was sent to live with her grandparents the year I [MASK] her.
met
[ "time", "need", "place" ]
Sarah was angry, often in [MASK] and often in the office.
trouble
[ "class", "home", "room" ]
It was during one of those [MASK] visits that I first met her.
office
[ "how", "why", "who" ]
I introduced myself to her and asked her [MASK] she was writing.
what
[ "decisions", "words", "actions" ]
I knew it was healing for her to put her [MASK] on paper.
thoughts
[ "tear", "chance", "care" ]
Our conversation that evening was filled with [MASK] .
hope
[ "understand", "receive", "suggest" ]
Driving home, I could not help but [MASK] the impact for both good and bad that teachers have upon their students.
realize
[ "play", "agree", "compare" ]
Taking the time to [MASK] with a child has the power to change that child's life.
connect
[ "disappointment", "surprise", "satisfaction" ]
She nodded in 41 [MASK] .
agreement
[ "songs", "thoughts", "understanding" ]
Thanksgiving usually meant 42 [MASK] and full stomachs, however, this year was 43 different .
laughter
[ "popular", "familiar", "similar" ]
Thanksgiving usually meant 42 laughter and full stomachs, however, this year was 43 [MASK] .
different
[ "aiming", "joking", "nodding" ]
My family sat around the dinner table 44 [MASK] at our feast.
staring
[ "plans", "dinners", "activities" ]
This was the first of many food-focused 46 [MASK] to come.
holidays
[ "cheap", "beautiful", "terrible" ]
I could not imagine what it would be like to never taste 47 [MASK] food again.
delicious
[ "record", "rule", "dark" ]
My cousin Molly broke the 48 [MASK] with a raise of her glass, "To Nat."
silence
[ "wish", "concern", "confidence" ]
"Your 49 [MASK] and strength encourage us all," she continued.
courage
[ "effects", "relief", "patience" ]
Grandma smiled, holding back her tears with great 50 [MASK] .
efforts
[ "up", "down", "out" ]
Conversation broke 51 [MASK] around the room while Grandma laughed and talked with us all.
into
[ "necessary", "basic", "certain" ]
The evening went on as 52 [MASK] Thanksgivings do.
normal
[ "farther", "happier", "stranger" ]
By the time the night was over, I felt 53 [MASK] to my family than ever before.
closer
[ "apologize", "promise", "forgive" ]
I learned that we gather together on holidays not to eat rich feast, but to 54 [MASK] and share with one another.
support
[ "remembered", "mentioned", "followed" ]
We 55 [MASK] my Grandmother's courage, but we all learned a lesson in grace.
celebrated
[ "decided", "hated", "started" ]
In the years following, my Grandma 56 [MASK] to create meals for family events.
continued
[ "ever", "just", "even" ]
She told me once with a laugh, "I may not be able to eat, but I can 57 [MASK] taste things."
still
[ "careless", "frightening", "pitiful" ]
With a 58 [MASK] heart, Grandma prepared what she could not have for the only purpose of making us 59 happy .
selfless
[ "sad", "surprised", "lovely" ]
With a 58 selfless heart, Grandma prepared what she could not have for the only purpose of making us 59 [MASK] .
happy
[ "sign", "skill", "attitude" ]
She inspired me to learn to cook and helped me find the 60 [MASK] to make everything come together: love.
secret
[ "school", "office", "museum" ]
When he was very young, I often took him to the [MASK] .
library
[ "store", "talk", "pick" ]
He loved to read and often needed to [MASK] the books he'd read in order to borrow more books.
return
[ "advantage", "discovery", "explanation" ]
One unintended [MASK] of his nonstop reading habits was that he even read at the dinner table.
consequence
[ "play", "study", "laugh" ]
One unintended consequence of his nonstop reading habits was that he even [MASK] at the dinner table.
read
[ "promise", "warn", "advise" ]
His mother, Mary, and I did our best to [MASK] him that, on certain social occasions , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
convince
[ "issues", "services", "duties" ]
His mother, Mary, and I did our best to convince him that, on certain social [MASK] , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
occasions
[ "could", "should", "might" ]
Every summer the teachers at his school [MASK] give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books.
would
[ "sincere", "crazy", "positive" ]
He was so [MASK] , and he always wanted to win.
competitive
[ "went", "failed", "proved" ]
And he often [MASK] .
did
[ "confident", "diligent", "excellent" ]
But the main reason why he read so obsessively was that he was so [MASK] .
curious
[ "simple", "past", "any" ]
He didn't just want to learn about [MASK] things.
some
[ "protect", "examine", "follow" ]
We helped [MASK] his curiosity in every way.
develop
[ "Until", "Though", "Because" ]
[MASK] an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we'd turn to the dictionary , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud.
If
[ "teacher", "newspaper", "partner" ]
If an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we'd turn to the [MASK] , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud.
dictionary
[ "person", "book", "matter" ]
Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the [MASK] exists somewhere.
answer
[ "use", "tell", "ask" ]
All you have to do is [MASK] it.
find
[ "speaker", "maker", "user" ]
Bill remains as much of a [MASK] today as when he was a child, and he seems to remember everything he reads.
reader
[ "imagine", "believe", "create" ]
Bill remains as much of a reader today as when he was a child, and he seems to [MASK] everything he reads.
remember
[ "afraid", "careful", "sure" ]
He's often [MASK] to share what he's learned with the next person he meets.
eager
[ "carried", "had", "forced" ]
It [MASK] my mother, two younger brothers and me alone.
left
[ "receive", "realize", "manage" ]
However, it wasn't easy, for I couldn't [MASK] their tuition even if I worked from day to night without rest.
afford
[ "chance", "need", "money" ]
A thread of [MASK] appeared during those gloomy days.
hope
[ "drive", "walk", "travel" ]
Then I heard a deep voice say, "Why not [MASK] without an umbrella?"
run
[ "puzzled", "discouraged", "hurt" ]
His words [MASK] me deeply.
shocked
[ "burnt", "accepted", "discovered" ]
While walking with him in the rain, I knew that his dream was once [MASK] by an accident.
ruined
[ "face", "sight", "control" ]
He was glad that he didn't lose [MASK] and still "ran" on the road of life.
heart
[ "images", "achievements", "signs" ]
Inspired by his [MASK] , I went to a city in the south and became an insurance representative.
remarks
[ "simply", "normally", "immediately" ]
After two years' "running", I got somewhere and my family situation became better [MASK] . I went back to school and eventually succeeded in being admitted to a university.
gradually
[ "cloudy", "sunny", "windy" ]
When you run out of the [MASK] season of your life, there will be a bright sky ahead of you.
rainy
[ "politics", "physics", "history" ]
His favorite subject was [MASK] , because his hobby was traveling.
geography
[ "fight", "argue", "trip" ]
Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have a(n) [MASK] with them, so they learned a lot from him while at the same time having fun.
fun
[ "but", "with", "without" ]
Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have a(n) fun with them, so they learned a lot from him [MASK] at the same time having fun.
while
[ "exam", "meeting", "speech" ]
One September, at the beginning of the term, he was having his first [MASK] in a new class.
lesson
[ "seen", "considered", "recognized" ]
He found some of the students had [MASK] that he enjoyed telling jokes, and they were ready to have some fun with him.
heard
[ "silly", "right", "wrong" ]
"Very [MASK] , and it isn't a wrong answer," said Taylor with a smile, while the class burst into laughter.
funny
[ "might", "could", "had" ]
The boy [MASK] , in fact, know.
did
[ "for", "of", "with" ]
The next few students also had funny answers [MASK] Taylor's questions.
to
[ "lucky", "silly", "open-minded" ]
Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was [MASK] and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the equator ?"
clever
[ "moon", "earth", "line" ]
Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was clever and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the [MASK] ?"
equator
[ "between", "from", "through" ]
"It's an imaginary line drawn [MASK] the earth that has an equal distance from the North Pole and from the South Pole, sir," the girl answered at once.
around
[ "held", "put", "kept" ]
But he thought perhaps she had [MASK] it by heart, so he asked her another question to see whether he was right or not.
learned
[ "realize", "know", "look" ]
But he thought perhaps she had learned it by heart, so he asked her another question to [MASK] whether he was right or not.
see
[ "is", "talks", "tells" ]
"Do you really know what that [MASK] ?"
means
[ "imaginary", "long", "fake" ]
"Yes, sir," the girl said, "as the equator is not a(n) [MASK] line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it."
real
[ "attended", "turned", "stayed" ]
This time, Taylor [MASK] happily in the students' loud laughter.
joined
[ "begun", "removed", "kept" ]
We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had [MASK] from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.
grown
[ "bedroom", "farm", "kitchen" ]
We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a [MASK] into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.
garage
[ "announced", "declared", "coped" ]
We had just [MASK] our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30.
released
[ "managed", "installed", "entitled" ]
How can you get fired from a company you [MASK] ?
started
[ "provided", "sorted", "promoted" ]
Well, as Apple grew we [MASK] someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well.
hired
[ "involve", "open", "engage" ]
Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to [MASK] the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well.
run
[ "instantly", "constantly", "frequently" ]
But then our visions of the future began to diverge and [MASK] we had a falling out.
eventually
[ "risked", "supported", "pleased" ]
When we did, our Board of Directors [MASK] with him.
sided