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1. | He was a dangerous ___. He watched the woman for weeks before attacking her in her apartment. | 4. | If the plural of mouse is ___, the plural of house should be hice. (What a crazy language!) | 6. | She would ___ visit Blockbuster to see if, for a change, they had any movies that interested her. (They usually didn't.) | 8. | Yellow fruits include squash, bananas, sweet pineapples, and sour ___s. | 10. | Popular condiments include ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, and horse___. (Okay, maybe horse___ isn't all that popular.) But visit whalenshorse___.com anyway. | 15. | Popular breakfast drinks include milk, coffee, and orange ___. | 17. | ___ research, which the military often funds, results in improvements in our own lives. (The Internet, for example.) | 18. | She took the frying pan off the ___, rinsed and dried the pan, cracked two eggs into it, and put it on the burner. |
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1. | She offered him chilled cucumber ___s that she had ___d up earlier. | 2. | There was an ___ of various fruits and nuts on the dining room table. | 3. | She told him that he didn't have to ___ the potato; he could eat the skin. | 5. | The TV episode of the drama ___d with the criminal getting caught. (Of course--it's TV! What about real life?) | 7. | Looking for a can of vegetable soup, he opened the kitchen ___s. (But all he found was a can of broth.) | 9. | ___ is a popular low-calorie green crunchy vegetable. People often spread cheese dip or cream cheese on ___ and eat it raw. | 11. | He ___d the plastic mustard bottle, shook it, and ___d it again, but nothing came out. | 12. | If you don't want your noodles or other ___ to stick together while it's boiling, add a little salt to the water. | 13. | If you want hard-___ed eggs, let the eggs ___ for five minutes after the water comes to a full ___. | 14. | The jury found the defendant ___ on all 12 counts--he was handcuffed and taken to jail. | 16. | ___s are delicious nuts used in pies and other products. Georgia is the biggest ___ grower in the US. |
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