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took part in 1. Don’t __________ sorting them out –– I’ll do it later. 2. He __________ to the day he’d first met Sophie. 3. __________ get some professional advice before you make a decision. 4. It took me a year to __________ for a new car. 5. __________ our small flat, Bill’s house seemed like a palace. 6. There were people to the number of 100 who __________ the competition. 7. He __________ working until he was 91. 8. She __________ a job with the local newspaper. 9. I didn’t __________ myself. 10. Cartoon characters __________ Mickey Mouse and Snoopy are still popular.

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nostalgia

blossom The elderly lady looked out of the window onto her beautiful garden, which was full of (1)____. The (2)_____ of the apple trees were heavy with white (3)_____. The doorbell rang and she went slowly downstairs, carefully holding on to the (4)_____. The postman was (5)____ on the front (6)_____. Seeing the elderly lady, he held out a letter with a foreign stamp. “Thank you,” she said, “that’s a letter from my nephew.” Looking down the road, she saw a horse pulling a (7)____ full of hay towards the (8)____. The sight reminded her of her childhood holidays from which she still remembered with (9)_____. She closed the toll and settle down in her armchair by the (10)_____ and put on her glasses to read her nephew’s letter. He was spending a year in Spain and he was probably feeling a little homesick.

banister

porch

boughs

cart

barn

hovering

hearth

tulips

nostalgia

blossom The elderly lady looked out of the window onto her beautiful garden, which was full of (1)____. The (2)_____ of the apple trees were heavy with white (3)_____. The doorbell rang and she went slowly downstairs, carefully holding on to the (4)_____. The postman was (5)____ on the front (6)_____. Seeing the elderly lady, he held out a letter with a foreign stamp. “Thank you,” she said, “that’s a letter from my nephew.” Looking down the road, she saw a horse pulling a (7)____ full of hay towards the (8)____. The sight reminded her of her childhood holidays from which she still remembered with (9)_____. She closed the toll and settle down in her armchair by the (10)_____ and put on her glasses to read her nephew’s letter. He was spending a year in Spain and he was probably feeling a little homesick.