Fill in the missing words:

1. Mrs. Morel gloried in her son’s success. He was very bright and his employer … much of him and paid him good wages.
2. He …… of one arm while she righted herself and sat up, pulling her knees to her chest. He didn’t move away from her.
3. <…> the laughter in the wrong places at moments which were meant to be serious … me increasingly self-conscious. What was I doing wrong?
4. She permitted herself the luxury of dreaming about him, of wondering what it would be like to be … in his arms.
5. Frank and Bob shared the 1^st bedroom; she pushed its door open noiselessly and … the lamp high.
6. As he slowly awakened, the faces of Rebecca and Bartley … peering down at him were what he saw first.
7. Eliza didn’t eat meat, because she lived with animals, communicated with them …… . She wouldn’t betray the trust she formed with them.
8. Eliza felt sick with nervousness as she …… over the dunes to the path that led to the house.
9. Hunter caught himself … his breath, hoping foolishly that the girl just might be right.
10. “Yes, I had a chat with him this morning. He was in good spirits then and … to hear about a lot of people and places.”
11. Father Ralph straightened, but … Meggie’s hand in his. “It will be better for you, Meggie, to stay here tonight”.
12. <…> he looked down at the doll, which … its hair again.
13. “Hello, I’m Father de Bricassart”, he said, … out his hand to Paddy.
14. I was just beginning …… the children and to ask them about whether or not they went to school when Mrs. Spencer called us to dinner.
15. At that time I had three offers to consider for a beginning practice and couldn’t … such an important decision.
16. “Why, David? What’s the matter? He stared down at the reins he was holding, as though trying …… whether to speak or not.
17. Paddy tore it open with trembling hands; telegrams never … good news.
18. A creature’s only lost when you don’t know … to find him.
19. Kate understood that she had fallen out of love with Nick and she decided to try … for the lost time.
20. It would be horrible … a ring in your nose when you have a cold.
21. With the eggs … carefully in her apron, Meggie ran back to the kitchen, singing.
22. They talk together constantly, and sit long at meals, … much of their meat and drink, and enjoying themselves.
23. He writes in a different … entirely, telling me that he never sent any love letter at all.
24. Harry couldn’t believe anyone could be so … .