1) I have seen it on him , and could _____ to it.
	a) write
	b) migrate
	c) climb
	d) swear
	e) contribute


2) They seize him and use violence towards him in order to make him sign some papers to make over the girl's _____ of which he may be trustee to them.
	a) appreciation
	b) activity
	c) suspicions
	d) administration
	e) fortune


3) My morning's work has not been _____ , since it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for standing in the way of anything of the sort.
	a) invisible
	b) neglected
	c) overlooked
	d) wasted
	e) deliberate


4) It was furred outside by a thick layer of dust , and damp and worms had eaten through the wood , so that a crop of livid fungi was _____ on the inside of it.
	a) sleeping
	b) running
	c) resounding
	d) beheaded
	e) growing


5) Presently he emerged , looking even more _____ than before.
	a) instructive
	b) reassuring
	c) unprofitable
	d) flurried
	e) numerous


6) We took no _____ to hide it.
	a) fault
	b) instructions
	c) permission
	d) pains
	e) fidelity


7) I stared at it _____ , not knowing what was about to issue from it.
	a) afterwards
	b) rapidly
	c) forever
	d) horror-stricken
	e) lightly


8) The probability was , therefore , that she was _____ the truth , or , at least , a part of the truth.
	a) addressing
	b) telling
	c) selling
	d) surveying
	e) undergoing


9) The furniture was scattered about in every direction , with dismantled shelves and open drawers , as if the lady had hurriedly _____ them before her flight.
	a) warned
	b) rebuked
	c) assigned
	d) ransacked
	e) taught


10) The sun had set and _____ was settling over the moor.
	a) dusk
	b) mischief
	c) success
	d) disappointment
	e) laughter


11) Round one of his hands he had a _____ wrapped , which was mottled all over with bloodstains.
	a) gondolier
	b) handkerchief
	c) gun
	d) weapon
	e) tail


12) During two years I have had three _____ and one small job , and that is absolutely all that my profession has brought me.
	a) cheers
	b) jackets
	c) crackers
	d) fishes
	e) consultations


13) His characteristic talk , with its keen _____ of detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled.
	a) instincts
	b) presumption
	c) observance
	d) expiation
	e) implements


14) Ferguson remained outside , and the _____ ushered me in.
	a) colonel
	b) cows
	c) suspicions
	d) emperor
	e) storm


15) He turned the two best _____ of the first floor into a sitting-room and bedroom for himself.
	a) fragments
	b) interests
	c) feelings
	d) rooms
	e) pictures


16) We are but _____ her from injuring another.
	a) running
	b) crying
	c) humiliating
	d) packing
	e) preventing


17) The darkness was _____ , but much was still hidden by the shadows.
	a) healed
	b) rising
	c) ponderous
	d) attractive
	e) neglected


18) After throwing down your paper , which was the _____ which drew my attention to you , you sat for half a minute with a vacant expression.
	a) action
	b) judgment
	c) residue
	d) theory
	e) sword


19) These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as _____ as a gold-mine.
	a) valuable
	b) quick
	c) delightful
	d) commonplace
	e) loud


20) There were several people on the _____ at the time , but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by.
	a) pavement
	b) sofa
	c) horizon
	d) ocean
	e) news


21) When his body had been carried from the cellar we found ourselves still confronted with a problem which was almost as _____ as that with which we had started.
	a) tall
	b) loud
	c) invisible
	d) quick
	e) formidable


22) This press , as I have already _____ , has got out of order , and we wish your advice upon the subject.
	a) loaded
	b) commenced
	c) explained
	d) gathered
	e) elapsed


23) There was something that touched me as I read this letter , something _____ in the reiterated appeals to bring Holmes.
	a) naked
	b) substantial
	c) mysterious
	d) pitiable
	e) egotistic


24) I rose and examined carefully the different _____ of wood which were scattered round the floor.
	a) stages
	b) points
	c) symptoms
	d) degrees
	e) billets


25) Every day , and sometimes _____ a day , I have been able but wait a moment , Dr. Watson.
	a) finding
	b) representing
	c) giving
	d) requiring
	e) twice


26) It may be that the solution of the one may _____ to be the solution of the other.
	a) prove
	b) learn
	c) choose
	d) forget
	e) succumb


27) We shall just be in time to have a little _____ with him.
	a) breakfast
	b) elegance
	c) garment
	d) basket
	e) dog


28) It was a quarter-past _____ when I started from home and made my way across the Park , and so through Oxford Street to Baker Street.
	a) thirty-five
	b) nineteen
	c) nine
	d) sixteen
	e) seconds


29) I stooped under the rude lintel , and there he sat upon a _____ outside , his gray eyes dancing with amusement as they fell upon my astonished features.
	a) nail
	b) shelf
	c) stone
	d) field
	e) hill


30) I was tortured and tried to get away , and was _____ and tortured again.
	a) polite
	b) nurtured
	c) laughing
	d) punctilious
	e) captured


31) He carries some _____ about with him in that box ; about which the landlady seemed to be in considerable trepidation , for she had never seen an animal like it.
	a) doubts
	b) information
	c) poetry
	d) creature
	e) falsehoods


32) With a stout _____ , therefore , though her manner had shaken me more than I cared to confess , I still shook my head and declared my intention of remaining where I was.
	a) bearing
	b) staff
	c) stick
	d) battle-cry
	e) walking-stick


33) I act _____ from a sense of public duty.
	a) entirely
	b) apart
	c) safe
	d) differently
	e) loose


34) Besides , remember that she had _____ to use it within a few days.
	a) resolved
	b) knelt
	c) shifted
	d) spoken
	e) written


35) I have every reason to believe that we shall be in time to _____ it.
	a) dislike
	b) stop
	c) forget
	d) smell
	e) translate


36) It was quite certain that he had _____ his fate , and that it had caused him the utmost horror.
	a) resumed
	b) pawned
	c) mislaid
	d) improved
	e) foreseen


37) You have all the cleverness which makes a _____ man.
	a) courteous
	b) tired
	c) plain
	d) lean
	e) successful


38) When I saw him that afternoon so enwrapped in the _____ at St. James's Hall I felt that an evil time might be coming upon those whom he had set himself to hunt down.
	a) music
	b) doorway
	c) store-room
	d) stream
	e) shadows


39) Ten steps with each foot took me along parallel with the wall of the house , and again I marked my _____ with a peg.
	a) acquaintance
	b) chances
	c) grave
	d) marriage
	e) spot


40) Then Mr. Alec ran out and _____ beside the wounded man.
	a) wandered
	b) clattered
	c) skipped
	d) peered
	e) knelt


41) The cries , which had _____ down into a hoarse , inarticulate shouting , came from the room which we had first visited.
	a) lain
	b) blown
	c) rolled
	d) sunk
	e) swept


42) I hope to _____ that he has gone , for he has brought nothing but trouble here.
	a) inhabit
	b) argue
	c) demand
	d) explain
	e) heaven


43) It's about five in the morning , you know , that _____ are most common.
	a) suicides
	b) libraries
	c) leaves
	d) sheep
	e) commands


44) Shortly after our return to England my mother died she was _____ eight years ago in a railway accident near Crewe.
	a) praying
	b) killed
	c) dispatched
	d) riding
	e) born


45) It could only be a small one , or it would have been _____ upon at the coroner's inquiry.
	a) dashed
	b) remarked
	c) aroused
	d) preached
	e) climbed


46) Everything which had been disconnected before began at once to _____ its true place , and I had a shadowy presentiment of the whole sequence of events.
	a) soften
	b) crush
	c) assume
	d) grasp
	e) supplement


47) The photograph is in a _____ behind a sliding panel just above the right bell-pull.
	a) string
	b) field
	c) swamp
	d) recess
	e) fog


48) It was a delicate point , and it _____ the field of my inquiry.
	a) embraced
	b) guarded
	c) widened
	d) fetched
	e) whispered


49) The stage lost a fine _____ , even as science lost an acute reasoner , when he became a specialist in crime.
	a) linguist
	b) hunter
	c) actor
	d) estate
	e) horseman


50) But here an unexpected and singular _____ presented itself.
	a) applicant
	b) difficulty
	c) proposal
	d) history
	e) sauce


51) There was a long silence , during which Holmes _____ his chin upon his hands and stared into the crackling fire.
	a) tossed
	b) leaned
	c) removed
	d) nodded
	e) thrust


52) For answer Holmes _____ back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor's knee.
	a) crouched
	b) strode
	c) pushed
	d) sank
	e) stepped


53) Yet it was quite certain , from the _____ stillness , that we were in the country.
	a) historic
	b) stupid
	c) absolute
	d) whizzing
	e) biggest


54) As I descended , my old ally , the _____ , came out of the room and closed the door tightly behind him.
	a) panther
	b) guard
	c) moon
	d) gods
	e) country-dance


55) The inspector had _____ his lantern , and by its light we could see the two doors , the curtain , the lamp , and the suit of Japanese mail as he had described them.
	a) removed
	b) sold
	c) destroyed
	d) lit
	e) bent


56) I sprang from my bed , _____ a shawl round me , and rushed into the corridor.
	a) unbuttoning
	b) hitching
	c) sported
	d) wrapped
	e) using


57) I did not know about a projected _____ between herself and her husband.
	a) entrance
	b) umbrella
	c) marriage
	d) tombstone
	e) divorce


58) I confess that they quite _____ my expectations , and that I am utterly unable to account for your result.
	a) emptied
	b) visited
	c) enjoyed
	d) lightened
	e) surpass


59) It was not until we had reached home that I began to _____ the true state of affairs.
	a) realize
	b) haunt
	c) ravage
	d) undermine
	e) outrun


60) Why should I slink away without having carried out my commission , and without the _____ which was my due.
	a) authority
	b) payment
	c) countenance
	d) outbreak
	e) indifference


61) She could trust her own guardianship , but she could not tell what _____ or political influence might be brought to bear upon a business man.
	a) imprudence
	b) indirect
	c) handsome
	d) sport
	e) comfort


62) He said a few words to each candidate as he came up , and then he always managed to find some fault in them which would _____ them.
	a) join
	b) mock
	c) disqualify
	d) teach
	e) hinder


63) And into her _____ , which was the very room which I suspected.
	a) hut
	b) list
	c) lap
	d) pocket
	e) sitting-room


64) It was a _____ past six when we left Baker Street , and it still wanted ten minutes to the hour when we found ourselves in Serpentine Avenue.
	a) mere
	b) prolonged
	c) century
	d) quarter
	e) moon


65) To rake this up couldn't help our poor master , and it's well to go _____ when there's a lady in the case.
	a) astray
	b) yesterday
	c) downhill
	d) carefully
	e) downstairs


66) There , sitting together in the _____ , I told Holmes of my conversation with the lady.
	a) twilight
	b) pavement
	c) seasons
	d) newspapers
	e) reins


67) That cold , _____ , ironical voice could belong to but one man in all the world.
	a) serene
	b) hungry
	c) self-contained
	d) inflexible
	e) incisive


68) I was well aware that nothing but business of importance would have brought him to me at such an hour , so I _____ patiently until he should come round to it.
	a) shouted
	b) waited
	c) shaved
	d) swam
	e) apologized


69) As he _____ from the hook it was exaggerated and intensified until he was scarce human in his appearance.
	a) emerged
	b) sailed
	c) issued
	d) collected
	e) dangled


70) The shutters cut off the least _____ of light , and we waited in absolute darkness.
	a) flavor
	b) piece
	c) shade
	d) perception
	e) ray


71) It is probable that he will be away all day , and that there would be nothing to _____ you.
	a) bury
	b) offer
	c) disturb
	d) fetch
	e) inform


72) I interpret all languages or nearly all but as I am a Greek by birth and with a Grecian name , it is with that particular _____ that I am principally associated.
	a) lesson
	b) belief
	c) dream
	d) problem
	e) tongue


73) A few good _____ and the reputation which I had won in the hospital brought me rapidly to the front , and during the last few years I have made him a rich man.
	a) knives
	b) taunts
	c) cases
	d) dinners
	e) landlords


74) If you will only come around to the east gate you it will very much surprise you and be of the greatest _____ to you and also to Annie Morrison.
	a) anxiety
	b) danger
	c) misfortune
	d) service
	e) reference


75) Even my _____ of losing a client could not restrain me from showing my impatience.
	a) resolution
	b) enjoyment
	c) dread
	d) hopes
	e) design


76) At the time that I wrote this letter to Sir Charles I had learned that there was a _____ of my regaining my freedom if certain expenses could be met.
	a) source
	b) thrill
	c) piece
	d) trace
	e) prospect


77) My companion sat in the front of the trap , his arms folded , his hat _____ down over his eyes , and his chin sunk upon his breast , buried in the deepest thought.
	a) closed
	b) blown
	c) wheeled
	d) slouched
	e) pulled


78) His face set hard , and a baleful light _____ up in his grey eyes.
	a) smiled
	b) pursed
	c) wrapped
	d) tiptoed
	e) sprang


79) I told the police last time they did it that they should _____ these disgraceful exhibitions.
	a) develop
	b) hire
	c) stop
	d) interrogate
	e) shave


80) This girl had been _____ to him.
	a) permitted
	b) devoted
	c) alluded
	d) pleased
	e) addressed


81) Having found nothing they tried to divert suspicion by making it appear to be an ordinary _____ , to which end they carried off whatever they could lay their hands upon.
	a) door-step
	b) burglary
	c) dinner-party
	d) closet
	e) designation


82) I have it from the same source that you are both an orphan and a bachelor and are _____ alone in London.
	a) matched
	b) residing
	c) crying
	d) instantaneously
	e) walking


83) Finally , with a shamefaced apology for his _____ , he rose once more.
	a) bravery
	b) benevolence
	c) civility
	d) weakness
	e) kindness


84) His slippers , too , were gone , but his _____ were left behind.
	a) feelings
	b) circumstances
	c) impulses
	d) looks
	e) boots


85) His eyes looked malignantly at me , and his gray whiskers bristled like those of an _____ cat.
	a) angry
	b) ambitious
	c) influential
	d) amateur
	e) obliging


86) As a rule , when I have heard some _____ indication of the course of events , I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory.
	a) wailing
	b) jeweled
	c) slight
	d) fashionable
	e) luminous


87) I saw in the gaslight that Holmes _____ an amused smile at this brilliant departure of mine.
	a) imparted
	b) smote
	c) wore
	d) devised
	e) uttered


88) The freckles started out on the _____ face.
	a) Federal
	b) slightest
	c) lady's
	d) outer
	e) mountain


89) All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind and above the age of _____ years , are eligible.
	a) 60,000
	b) 800
	c) seven
	d) 1,200
	e) twenty-one


90) In his hand he held a _____ , but he thrust it into his pocket as we advanced.
	a) holiday
	b) wolf
	c) soldier
	d) pistol
	e) dressing-table


91) When I went upstairs with him he pointed to several _____ upon the light carpet.
	a) accidents
	b) voyages
	c) trenches
	d) footprints
	e) truths


92) It was the most _____ position in which I ever found myself in my life , and it was the thought of it that started me laughing just now.
	a) preposterous
	b) degrading
	c) horrible
	d) dangerous
	e) important


93) It gave even my _____ nerves a shudder to look at it.
	a) long-standing
	b) familiar
	c) deluded
	d) hardened
	e) disagreeable


94) So much is _____ clear.
	a) falling
	b) setting
	c) fairly
	d) reared
	e) singing


95) I took off the _____ and blew out the lamp , for the water was spurting over the floor.
	a) ribbon
	b) saddles
	c) roof
	d) dresses
	e) kettle


96) However , I _____ all fears to the winds , ate a hearty supper , drove to Paddington , and started off , having obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue.
	a) forgot
	b) healed
	c) hated
	d) threw
	e) imagine


97) Nor was the fact of the _____ being on the back of his head a fatal objection to this , as he might have turned to avoid the blow.
	a) snow
	b) deceased
	c) carriage
	d) box
	e) wound


98) We even _____ them as far as Reading , but could get no farther , for they had covered their traces in a way that showed that they were very old hands.
	a) imagined
	b) preceded
	c) disabled
	d) judged
	e) traced


99) For half an hour I sat with _____ ears.
	a) extended
	b) bent
	c) closed
	d) widened
	e) straining


100) I thought of the convict out upon the bleak , cold , _____ moor.
	a) shelterless
	b) fishy
	c) irremediable
	d) fragrant
	e) dazzling


101) No doubt his blackmailing case is _____ all his faculties.
	a) absorbing
	b) producing
	c) inside
	d) gleaming
	e) leaving


102) Mr. Melas is a _____ by extraction , as I understand , and he is a remarkable linguist.
	a) policeman
	b) prisoner
	c) bystander
	d) Greek
	e) penitent


103) The metal work was in the form of a double ring , but it had been bent and _____ out of its original shape.
	a) wriggled
	b) poured
	c) faded
	d) marched
	e) twisted


104) It's not been _____ for two days.
	a) invaluable
	b) fed
	c) slain
	d) formed
	e) built


105) I had been told that if the King employed an _____ it would certainly be you.
	a) uproar
	b) experience
	c) existence
	d) institution
	e) agent


106) My coffee had not yet come , and I wondered what was the cause of the _____ could be.
	a) rainbow
	b) surroundings
	c) delay
	d) hermit
	e) expedition


107) The boy was _____ to be seen.
	a) speaking
	b) condemned
	c) nowhere
	d) assigned
	e) pleasant


108) It brought me to the very _____ of the old door.
	a) personification
	b) verge
	c) touch
	d) threshold
	e) mention


109) Holmes was for the moment as _____ as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation.
	a) clever
	b) startled
	c) tired
	d) wise
	e) thin


110) So interested was he that I had to _____ some of it twice before he was satisfied.
	a) repeat
	b) buy
	c) undo
	d) steal
	e) invent


111) It seemed to me that a careful examination of the room and the lawn might possibly _____ some traces of this mysterious individual.
	a) conceal
	b) reveal
	c) adopt
	d) derive
	e) attract


112) The wind was howling outside , and the rain was beating and _____ against the windows.
	a) splashing
	b) leaping
	c) staggering
	d) splitting
	e) growing


113) On the contrary , for a small street in a quiet _____ , it was remarkably animated.
	a) neighbourhood
	b) lodger
	c) lattice
	d) mood
	e) couch


114) It was locked , but the _____ had been left on the outside.
	a) sermon
	b) excitement
	c) key
	d) republic
	e) dream


115) All was exactly as I left it , save only that the _____ which had been committed to my care had been taken from the desk on which they lay.
	a) feelings
	b) papers
	c) reptiles
	d) farms
	e) hopes


116) At one side of this was a squat , brass-bound wooden box , the _____ of which was hinged upwards , with this curious old-fashioned key projecting from the lock.
	a) departure
	b) recollection
	c) lid
	d) existence
	e) posterity


117) For myself , my term of service in India had _____ me to stand heat better than cold , and a thermometer of 90 was no hardship.
	a) thrilled
	b) imprisoned
	c) arrested
	d) invited
	e) trained


118) If the lady _____ her husband , she does not love your Majesty.
	a) readjusted
	b) studied
	c) swallowed
	d) wore
	e) loves


119) Joseph Harrison is my name , and as Percy is to marry my sister Annie I shall at least be a _____ by marriage.
	a) penitent
	b) queen
	c) peasant
	d) revolution
	e) relation


120) I clambered out upon the sill , but I hesitated to jump until I should have heard what passed between my saviour and the ruffian who _____ me.
	a) understands
	b) loves
	c) regarded
	d) allowed
	e) pursued


121) In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket , and _____ my stick while I was chasing Teddy , who had run up the curtain.
	a) wrung
	b) repeated
	c) kissed
	d) dipped
	e) dropped


122) I simply want your _____ about a hydraulic stamping machine which has got out of gear.
	a) anxiety
	b) enchantment
	c) intentions
	d) opinion
	e) resolution


123) His chin was _____ upward and his eyes were fixed in a dreadful , rigid stare at the corner of the ceiling.
	a) running
	b) plunged
	c) cocked
	d) sheathed
	e) climbed


124) On the other hand , we brought to the surface an _____ of a most unexpected kind.
	a) exuberance
	b) inkling
	c) estimate
	d) object
	e) excess


125) I did not _____ very much , however , by my inspection.
	a) cook
	b) reappear
	c) remain
	d) gain
	e) begin


126) His grandfather was a royal _____ , and he himself has been to Eton and Oxford.
	a) bounty
	b) palace
	c) concubine
	d) duke
	e) race


127) He will not even go out of his way to _____ his own solutions , and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right.
	a) overcome
	b) destroy
	c) preserve
	d) embrace
	e) verify


128) I've never _____ a word about it yet to mortal man.
	a) earned
	b) breathed
	c) spent
	d) drank
	e) missed


129) In an instant the three of us had torn them away from him , and Holmes staggered to his feet , very _____ and evidently greatly exhausted.
	a) stately
	b) brisk
	c) pale
	d) interested
	e) smooth


130) And when he _____ of Irene Adler , or when he refers to her photograph , it is always under the honourable title of the woman.
	a) wishes
	b) hears
	c) wrote
	d) wakes
	e) speaks


131) It was the clank of the levers and the swish of the _____ cylinder.
	a) frowning
	b) leaking
	c) crafty
	d) canvas
	e) meek


132) It was indeed a gigantic one , and capable of exercising _____ pressure.
	a) average
	b) enormous
	c) actual
	d) original
	e) hardware


133) You may then walk to the end of the street , and I will _____ you in ten minutes.
	a) rejoin
	b) lend
	c) teach
	d) marry
	e) kill


134) Yet this emaciation seemed to be his natural _____ , and due to no disease , for his eye was bright , his step brisk , and his bearing assured.
	a) enemy
	b) curiosity
	c) feelings
	d) habit
	e) instinct


135) He was _____ by a little elderly gentleman , who was introduced to me as the Mr. Acton whose house had been the scene of the original burglary.
	a) alleviated
	b) accompanied
	c) enforced
	d) oppressed
	e) haunted


136) I gave a _____ myself.
	a) rock
	b) hurry
	c) trifle
	d) kitchen
	e) coward


137) The house stands in its own grounds , but the west side of it is not more than thirty _____ from the high-road.
	a) pence
	b) weeks
	c) yards
	d) slaves
	e) leagues


138) It was a little past six when I _____ , so I went first to have my wound dressed , and then the doctor was kind enough to bring me along here.
	a) chose
	b) arrived
	c) reflected
	d) frolicked
	e) explained


139) A few faint _____ were gleaming in a violet sky.
	a) rumours
	b) tragedies
	c) stars
	d) noises
	e) explanations


140) I heard that Barclay had married Nancy , and that he was _____ rapidly in the regiment , but even that did not make me speak.
	a) playing
	b) rising
	c) strolling
	d) dining
	e) painting


141) I am still so weak that I have to _____ , as you see , by dictating.
	a) write
	b) drink
	c) rise
	d) eat
	e) rustle


142) The shape of some monstrous villainy , half seen , half _____ , loomed through the darkness which had girt me so long.
	a) humming
	b) falling
	c) dazed
	d) guessed
	e) beast


143) Until after the _____ of fire , I had not a suspicion.
	a) meaning
	b) labours
	c) alarm
	d) sweetness
	e) glories


144) Perhaps our _____ now may do something to make it less obscure.
	a) gate
	b) skirts
	c) visit
	d) weather
	e) limbs


145) When it was concluded he settled our new _____ upon the sofa , placed a pillow beneath his head , and laid a glass of brandy and water within his reach.
	a) rage
	b) dishes
	c) torments
	d) acquaintance
	e) moon


146) Within was a small , _____ room , in which the three of us could hardly get at one time.
	a) huge
	b) noble
	c) haunted
	d) square
	e) wicked


147) Half way down this _____ is a small landing , with another passage running into it at right angles.
	a) island
	b) theory
	c) staircase
	d) barricade
	e) keyhole


148) It was only after a painful and prolonged scene that she was _____ by the butler and the footman.
	a) startled
	b) consumed
	c) ejected
	d) awakened
	e) softened


149) It is _____ that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it.
	a) probable
	b) inconceivable
	c) conjectured
	d) plain
	e) likely


150) He is a man of no physical courage , as they are well aware from their _____ the other night.
	a) surfaces
	b) infancy
	c) personality
	d) thumping
	e) experience


151) Sherlock Holmes was not very communicative during the long _____ and lay back in the cab humming the tunes which he had heard in the afternoon.
	a) looks
	b) bow
	c) battle
	d) nights
	e) drive


152) The light at the top was suddenly whisked out , and from the _____ came a reedy , quivering voice.
	a) hillside
	b) sunshine
	c) pamphlet
	d) railroad
	e) darkness


153) There was no _____ save a little pallet bed , a small table , and a basketful of linen.
	a) escape
	b) furniture
	c) verse
	d) bell
	e) meat


154) It may prove the simplest matter in the world , but all the same at first glance this is just a little _____ , is it not.
	a) brook
	b) taller
	c) farmhouse
	d) pale
	e) curious


155) It was nearly _____ between the oak and the house.
	a) accumulated
	b) determined
	c) midway
	d) mentioned
	e) harmony


156) They undoubtedly showed that the _____ was much deeper than was at first conjectured.
	a) sky
	b) journey
	c) affair
	d) lunch
	e) moon


157) I confess that I felt easier in my mind when , after following Holmes' example and _____ off my shoes , I found myself inside the bedroom.
	a) sinking
	b) prompting
	c) holding
	d) jostling
	e) slipping


158) I beg you to remember that no one knows where you are , and that , whether you are in this carriage or in my house , you are _____ in my power.
	a) engaged
	b) interested
	c) celebrated
	d) manufactured
	e) equally


159) I will read it to you , and in return you must turn over these _____ and let me have whatever bears upon the matter.
	a) dinners
	b) papers
	c) kites
	d) sights
	e) sounds


160) His dress was quiet and sombre a black frock-coat , dark trousers , and a touch of _____ about his necktie.
	a) superiority
	b) information
	c) curiosity
	d) color
	e) sadness


161) These were all _____ which had to be taken into consideration , and yet none of them got quite to the heart of the matter.
	a) factors
	b) throbbings
	c) toys
	d) creatures
	e) dogs


162) Running up , I _____ its brains out , and it fell over with its keen white teeth still meeting in the great creases of his neck.
	a) attended
	b) cast
	c) blew
	d) pursued
	e) dragged


163) They meet , they write , there is a complete _____ between them.
	a) understanding
	b) problem
	c) repose
	d) explanation
	e) conversation


164) They were the only signs of human life which I could see , save only those prehistoric _____ which lay thickly upon the slopes of the hills.
	a) epistles
	b) forces
	c) obligations
	d) ideas
	e) huts


165) Holmes pulled a large sheet of _____ out of his pocket and carefully unfolded it upon his knee.
	a) carpet
	b) varnish
	c) defiance
	d) tissue-paper
	e) iron


166) As it was , he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a _____ and disappointed man.
	a) surprising
	b) morose
	c) nobler
	d) shrewd
	e) brave


167) Your interview with the lady has cleared the _____ very much.
	a) instrument
	b) building
	c) fence
	d) situation
	e) food


168) The country roads seem to be not very good in that part of the world , for we _____ and jolted terribly.
	a) collected
	b) landed
	c) marooned
	d) ate
	e) lurched


169) He and I seemed to be the only living things between the _____ arch of the sky and the desert beneath it.
	a) huge
	b) funniest
	c) judicial
	d) speedy
	e) actual


170) It's not a very large _____ , and of late years it has not done more than just give me a living.
	a) stick
	b) picture
	c) arm-chair
	d) affair
	e) tempo


171) He was a man of singular habits , _____ company and very seldom going out.
	a) shunning
	b) keeping
	c) providing
	d) biting
	e) discovering


172) It was almost dark before we found ourselves in Pall Mall , at the _____ of Mr. Melas.
	a) edge
	b) facade
	c) bottom
	d) shades
	e) rooms


173) I went at once to my room and drew up my _____ of the morning's conversation for Holmes.
	a) report
	b) tumult
	c) nurture
	d) resolution
	e) opportunity


174) This also was opened , and led down a flight of winding stone _____ , which terminated at another formidable gate.
	a) edifice
	b) pitchers
	c) steps
	d) flags
	e) balconies


175) The brother scribbled a note upon a leaf of his _____ , and , ringing the bell , he handed it to the waiter.
	a) blessing
	b) wine
	c) pocket-book
	d) colleagues
	e) council


176) Of course he must _____ the snake before the morning light revealed it to the victim.
	a) lead
	b) recall
	c) cross
	d) witness
	e) obey


177) He had trained it , probably by the use of the _____ which we saw , to return to him when summoned.
	a) milk
	b) sarcasm
	c) shrubs
	d) guilt
	e) emotions


178) I sat down upon a _____ in the corner and thought the whole matter carefully over.
	a) farm
	b) keg
	c) sword
	d) needle
	e) fly


179) Don't you see that the _____ is equally valid.
	a) misfortune
	b) plate
	c) weather
	d) converse
	e) picture


180) It is a wild night indoors , and what must it be in a _____ hut upon the moor.
	a) luxurious
	b) yellow
	c) tangled
	d) stone
	e) civic


181) If there was one _____ there might be others , so I looked round the hut in search of them.
	a) liberal
	b) reef
	c) trip
	d) misfortune
	e) report


182) If the former , she had probably _____ the photograph to his keeping.
	a) traversed
	b) adorned
	c) deplored
	d) transferred
	e) assumed


183) To do this was quite beyond my power , and I could only hope that by _____ I might in ten years' time save enough to enable me to put up my plate.
	a) sunset
	b) excavation
	c) torture
	d) economy
	e) pondering


184) it's a _____ world , and when a clever man turns his brains to crime it is the worst of all.
	a) vast
	b) wonderful
	c) grown-up
	d) ridiculous
	e) wicked


185) This incident gives zest to our investigation , however , and I only _____ that our little friend will not suffer from her imprudence in allowing this brute to trace her.
	a) propose
	b) forget
	c) trust
	d) recall
	e) assert


186) Convinced that some tragedy had _____ , the coachman rushed to the door and strove to force it , while scream after scream issued from within.
	a) expired
	b) disappeared
	c) vanished
	d) departed
	e) occurred


187) I rushed out , _____ loudly for my stepfather , and I met him hastening from his room in his dressing-gown.
	a) calling
	b) fluttering
	c) marvelling
	d) muttering
	e) sighing


188) The woman was standing in the aperture , the darkness of the hall behind her , the _____ light from my lamp beating upon her eager and beautiful face.
	a) cushioned
	b) hanging
	c) fiercest
	d) yellow
	e) reckless


189) The thieves _____ the library and got very little for their pains.
	a) enjoyed
	b) ruled
	c) ransacked
	d) visited
	e) identified


190) But we have to be careful , for we have _____ been deceived by wigs and once by paint.
	a) proved
	b) vainly
	c) exactly
	d) deliberately
	e) twice


191) He was a solicitor and was _____ my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready.
	a) surveying
	b) using
	c) serving
	d) composing
	e) addressing


192) Sherlock Holmes stopped in front of it with his head on one side and looked it all over , with his eyes _____ brightly between puckered lids.
	a) shining
	b) kindling
	c) knocking
	d) wandering
	e) growing


193) Sherlock Holmes was as good as his word , for about one o'clock he _____ us in the Colonel's smoking-room.
	a) rejoined
	b) defied
	c) poisoned
	d) befriended
	e) pressed


194) The wound upon the dead man was , as I was able to determine with absolute confidence , fired from a _____ at the distance of something over four yards.
	a) cushion
	b) trial
	c) museum
	d) carafe
	e) revolver


195) When I had made it clear to them , I returned to the main chamber of the machine and took a good look at it to _____ my own curiosity.
	a) search
	b) spoil
	c) satisfy
	d) preserve
	e) rescue


196) I could tell from his expression that he was on a hot _____ , and yet I could not in the least imagine in what direction his inferences were leading him.
	a) biscuit
	b) seashore
	c) scent
	d) bath
	e) breakfast


197) The walls were of wood , but the floor consisted of a large iron trough , and when I came to examine it I could see a _____ of metallic deposit all over it.
	a) couple
	b) condensation
	c) drop
	d) series
	e) crust


198) The last red _____ had faded away in the west and night had settled upon the moor.
	a) horseman
	b) grass
	c) gardener
	d) tremors
	e) streaks


199) The fault from what I hear may not have been _____ on one side.
	a) entirely
	b) erected
	c) reflected
	d) committed
	e) expended


200) Two hours passed slowly away , and then , suddenly , just at the _____ of eleven , a single bright light shone out right in front of us.
	a) intersection
	b) extremity
	c) value
	d) stroke
	e) correctness


201) Now , this puts a very _____ weapon into our hands.
	a) powerful
	b) offensive
	c) meaningless
	d) business-like
	e) temperamental


202) But there is , if you will _____ my saying so , something just a little funny about it.
	a) satisfy
	b) blast
	c) excuse
	d) criticize
	e) receive


203) In a _____ of anger , however , caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house , he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence.
	a) howl
	b) period
	c) pot
	d) fit
	e) law


204) The King _____ at him in amazement.
	a) landed
	b) rejoiced
	c) smiled
	d) knocked
	e) stared


205) You remember the small _____ of Uriah and Bathsheba.
	a) affair
	b) strip
	c) bunches
	d) piece
	e) quantity


206) The inspector hurried away on the instant to make _____ about the page , while Holmes and I returned to Baker Street for breakfast.
	a) inquiries
	b) songs
	c) mistakes
	d) pleasantries
	e) stories


207) I endeavoured to tie my handkerchief round it , but there came a sudden _____ in my ears , and next moment I fell in a dead faint among the rose-bushes.
	a) lurch
	b) buzzing
	c) flash
	d) gleam
	e) sob


208) His whole face sharpened away into nose and chin , and the skin of his cheeks was _____ quite tense over his outstanding bones.
	a) lying
	b) falling
	c) drawn
	d) drooped
	e) interrogated


209) At the moment I was simply conscious that I was in the presence of a very handsome woman , and that she was _____ me the reasons for my visit.
	a) hugging
	b) hurling
	c) asking
	d) retaining
	e) helping


210) He was off in one of those _____ outbursts which come upon a strong nature when some great crisis is over and gone.
	a) vague
	b) useful
	c) admirable
	d) ambitious
	e) hysterical


211) Once or twice we drifted into talk , and I can remember that more than once he _____ a keen interest in my methods of observation and inference.
	a) noticed
	b) owned
	c) expressed
	d) underwent
	e) wore


212) Mortimer had _____ to dinner , and he and the baronet played ecarte afterwards.
	a) submitted
	b) spoken
	c) risen
	d) stayed
	e) sunk


213) We had come out upon Oxford Street and I had ventured some remark as to this being a roundabout way to Kensington , when my words were _____ by the extraordinary conduct of my companion.
	a) startled
	b) arrested
	c) perplexed
	d) benumbed
	e) enriched


214) We live very quietly , sir , the three of us ; and we keep a _____ over our heads and pay our debts , if we do nothing more.
	a) necklace
	b) mirror
	c) roof
	d) candle
	e) cloud


215) Your task is _____ to that.
	a) refreshing
	b) confined
	c) welcome
	d) born
	e) offered


216) Holmes had _____ away , but he came back in a few minutes.
	a) wasted
	b) slanted
	c) glared
	d) slipped
	e) muttered


217) The sight of the safe , the saucer of milk , and the _____ of whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have remained.
	a) crack
	b) rights
	c) example
	d) spoils
	e) loop


218) I was a happy and successful man , Mr. Holmes , and on the eve of being married , when a sudden and dreadful misfortune _____ all my prospects in life.
	a) humoured
	b) melted
	c) wrecked
	d) caused
	e) compelled


219) The garden and the stables of course have a _____ staff.
	a) steel
	b) separate
	c) tin
	d) cast-iron
	e) ringed


220) The skylight above was open , and the _____ gone.
	a) actions
	b) plantation
	c) holiday
	d) prisoner
	e) laws


221) He insisted upon my climbing into his dog-cart , and he gave me a _____ homeward.
	a) visit
	b) mile
	c) glance
	d) movement
	e) lift


222) But I have heard , Mr. Holmes , that you can see deeply into the _____ wickedness of the human heart.
	a) firm
	b) gentler
	c) gaunt
	d) illegal
	e) manifold


223) This must be the _____ where the stranger lurked.
	a) conversation
	b) dishes
	c) difference
	d) orchestra
	e) burrow


224) But I understand , Holmes , that you are turning to practical ends those _____ with which you used to amaze us.
	a) barbarians
	b) violets
	c) powers
	d) loans
	e) losers


225) More than one person _____ at the mere sight of him , so terrible was the effect.
	a) fainted
	b) delivered
	c) stayed
	d) snarled
	e) knocked


226) If she were ill-used , then at any risks I was _____ to go back to her assistance.
	a) determined
	b) invited
	c) destined
	d) unable
	e) permitted


227) Was she his _____ , his friend , or his mistress.
	a) choice
	b) discomfiture
	c) client
	d) opportunity
	e) musings


228) I trust that I am not more _____ than my neighbours , but I was always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes.
	a) impatient
	b) powerful
	c) dense
	d) contemptible
	e) melancholy


229) The same _____ was on duty , I found , as had been there when I arrived.
	a) porter
	b) benefaction
	c) explanation
	d) cloud
	e) mischief


230) It cost me something in foolscap , and I had pretty nearly filled a _____ with my writings.
	a) jug
	b) level
	c) tumbler
	d) ticket
	e) shelf


231) A splendid _____ with fine old timber surrounds the house , and the lake , to which my client had referred , lay close to the avenue , about two hundred yards from the building.
	a) devil
	b) cigar
	c) park
	d) rocker
	e) canoe


232) It had wandered on to the _____ and had never come back.
	a) ledge
	b) dirt
	c) couch
	d) hotel
	e) moor


233) The maid had loved the _____ , but had afterwards had cause to hate him.
	a) porch
	b) automobiles
	c) butler
	d) wayside
	e) yam


234) You still smoke the Arcadia mixture of your _____ days then.
	a) bachelor
	b) perishing
	c) covetous
	d) wretched
	e) lonely


235) With these two facts in my possession I felt that either my intelligence or my courage must be deficient if I could not _____ some further light upon these dark places.
	a) involve
	b) throw
	c) cancel
	d) earn
	e) contain


236) Whatever she may have deserved one could not _____ her to go hopelessly to the bad.
	a) escape
	b) pity
	c) restrain
	d) allow
	e) follow


237) They were _____ by a confederate inside the house.
	a) admitted
	b) terrified
	c) accelerated
	d) defeated
	e) astonished


238) He shook hands eagerly with Sherlock Holmes , and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when he understood that the specialist was _____ to hear his story.
	a) forced
	b) accustomed
	c) unable
	d) beginning
	e) anxious


239) A depleted bank account had caused me to _____ my holiday , and as to my companion , neither the country nor the sea presented the slightest attraction to him.
	a) pursue
	b) postpone
	c) direct
	d) arrange
	e) prolong


240) Then suddenly he plunged forward , _____ my hand , and congratulated me warmly on my success.
	a) scraped
	b) poked
	c) wrung
	d) ate
	e) remembering


241) If you cannot keep me after what has passed , then for God's sake let me give you notice and leave in a _____ , as if of my own free will.
	a) cart
	b) semicircle
	c) month
	d) trance
	e) drawer


242) Having once made up my mind , you know the _____ which I took in order to put the matter to the proof.
	a) astonishment
	b) spell
	c) correspondence
	d) steps
	e) hopelessness


243) Luck had been against us again and again in this _____ , but now at last it came to my aid.
	a) century
	b) coach
	c) hall
	d) inquiry
	e) mood


244) Twice they tried to get at him and _____ ; a third time , you see , it came off.
	a) withered
	b) reigned
	c) creaked
	d) failed
	e) fought


245) It is your commonplace , _____ crimes which are really puzzling , just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.
	a) theological
	b) featureless
	c) flattering
	d) underlying
	e) inevitable


246) I have a _____ of the questions and answers here if you care to run your eye over them.
	a) plantation
	b) map
	c) copy
	d) box
	e) meeting


247) There were a thousand _____ to save , but it was of only one that I was thinking when I dropped over the wall that night.
	a) offerings
	b) lives
	c) duels
	d) obstacles
	e) worlds


248) I had come to believe that he was an _____ with no relatives living , but one day , to my very great surprise , he began to talk to me about his brother.
	a) aristocrat
	b) orphan
	c) Irishman
	d) officer
	e) artist


249) Between your brandy and your _____ , I feel a new man.
	a) distress
	b) bandage
	c) oaths
	d) permission
	e) innocence


250) It would be a _____ coroner , indeed , who could distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where the poison fangs had done their work.
	a) mysterious
	b) long-legged
	c) contemptible
	d) sharp-eyed
	e) dimpled


251) Everything was _____ in my favour , and I swore that it should not be through lack of energy or perseverance that I should miss the chance which fortune had thrown in my way.
	a) disappointed
	b) working
	c) born
	d) buried
	e) lodged


252) Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair , with his _____ upon the paper , but his eyes upon my companion.
	a) tobacco
	b) judgment
	c) poem
	d) dogs
	e) forefinger


253) We both sat in silence for some little time after _____ to this extraordinary narrative.
	a) conviction
	b) clinging
	c) listening
	d) learning
	e) preaching


254) You say yourself that the horse was fresh and _____ when you got in.
	a) naked
	b) beaten
	c) sickening
	d) glossy
	e) disconsolate


255) With tingling nerves but a fixed purpose , I sat in the dark recess of the hut and _____ with sombre patience for the coming of its tenant.
	a) fought
	b) waited
	c) breakfasted
	d) smiled
	e) danced


256) Colonel Lysander Stark _____ out , and , as I followed after him , pulled me swiftly into a porch which gaped in front of us.
	a) galloped
	b) mapped
	c) pointed
	d) sprang
	e) poured


257) We compress the earth into bricks , so as to remove them without _____ what they are.
	a) hearing
	b) considering
	c) discussing
	d) revealing
	e) telling


258) Peering in , we could see that the only light in the room came from a dull blue flame which _____ from a small brass tripod in the centre.
	a) descended
	b) trickled
	c) dangled
	d) disappeared
	e) flickered


259) The younger had left us , but he suddenly returned through another door , leading with him a gentleman _____ in some sort of loose dressing-gown who moved slowly towards us.
	a) born
	b) clad
	c) instructed
	d) seated
	e) believing


260) Naturally , it was to my interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value , but unfortunately I had no _____ by which I could do this.
	a) capital
	b) offence
	c) embarrassment
	d) assertion
	e) bargain


261) Her rich _____ made the white face of her companion the more worn and haggard by the contrast.
	a) armor
	b) leaves
	c) cloth
	d) tints
	e) sauce


262) We are at present , Doctor as no doubt you have divined in the cellar of the City branch of one of the _____ London banks.
	a) Athenian
	b) holy
	c) principal
	d) unsettled
	e) painful


263) Each daughter can claim an _____ of 250 pounds , in case of marriage.
	a) intermission
	b) enemy
	c) income
	d) apron
	e) opinion


264) Over the wide _____ there was no sound and no movement.
	a) winter
	b) expanse
	c) chimney
	d) planks
	e) Pacific


265) More than one person fainted at the mere sight of him , so _____ was the effect.
	a) absorbed
	b) interested
	c) terrible
	d) narrow
	e) eager


266) Come , now , we shall see who _____ with you.
	a) planned
	b) tittered
	c) agrees
	d) wrought
	e) bound


267) Outside the sun was _____ low and the west was blazing with scarlet and gold.
	a) singing
	b) sinking
	c) running
	d) mysteriously
	e) prowling


268) Holmes had sat up upon the couch , and I saw him _____ like a man who is in need of air.
	a) lie
	b) grinning
	c) sing
	d) travel
	e) motion


269) Holmes and I rushed out and round the angle of the house , with Toller _____ behind us.
	a) hurrying
	b) browsing
	c) clapping
	d) heaped
	e) clinging


270) Another day two at the most and I have my case _____ , but until then guard your charge as closely as ever a fond mother watched her ailing child.
	a) moaning
	b) tonight
	c) mechanically
	d) complete
	e) arose


271) From north , south , east , and west every man who had a shade of red in his hair had _____ into the city to answer the advertisement.
	a) slipped
	b) crept
	c) tramped
	d) rolled
	e) sprung


272) He went out again , therefore , through the window , and having _____ the help of a policeman and of a medical man , he returned.
	a) conciliated
	b) spent
	c) analyzed
	d) obtained
	e) examined


273) All my _____ instincts rose up against that laugh.
	a) medical
	b) yearning
	c) future
	d) sister's
	e) chosen


274) The matter was so _____ that it is my belief that they brought with them some sort of block or pulley which might serve as a gallows.
	a) bewildered
	b) dumfounded
	c) astonished
	d) prearranged
	e) intense


275) She was about to renew her entreaties when a door slammed _____ , and the sound of several footsteps was heard upon the stairs.
	a) guardedly
	b) deferentially
	c) overhead
	d) to-morrow
	e) mechanically


276) He lay back without _____ , though he bit his lip from time to time.
	a) enthusiasm
	b) pity
	c) wincing
	d) ceremony
	e) control


277) The barren scene , the sense of loneliness , and the _____ and urgency of my task all struck a chill into my heart.
	a) driveway
	b) hammer
	c) glory
	d) fame
	e) mystery


278) How he did it I could not _____ , but he pushed and pulled and butted until he got me through the crowd , and right up to the steps which led to the office.
	a) move
	b) exclaim
	c) swallow
	d) worry
	e) imagine


279) It was absolutely certain , therefore , in spite of her _____ , that she must know something of the matter.
	a) denial
	b) misfortune
	c) honour
	d) caste
	e) unhappiness


280) My companion noiselessly _____ the shutters , moved the lamp onto the table , and cast his eyes round the room.
	a) closed
	b) awaited
	c) grasped
	d) mounted
	e) toed


281) There could be no question that the most distinctive and suggestive point in the case was the _____ disappearance of the door-key.
	a) salutary
	b) undoubted
	c) genuine
	d) secretive
	e) singular


282) Surely the explanation of all this could not be as _____ as she would have me believe.
	a) eloquent
	b) tough
	c) loud
	d) innocent
	e) yellow


283) At the end were the _____ of the high dignitaries who had signed it.
	a) hearts
	b) portraits
	c) relics
	d) anxieties
	e) signatures


284) I have _____ , therefore , to call upon you and to consult you in reference to the very painful event which has occurred in connection with my wedding.
	a) determined
	b) overheard
	c) absconded
	d) noticed
	e) related


285) And this was the singular case of the Grecian Interpreter , the _____ of which is still involved in some mystery.
	a) explanation
	b) possibility
	c) practice
	d) application
	e) liberality


286) From one of these I picked a battle-axe , and then , leaving my _____ behind me , I crept on tiptoe down the passage and peeped in at the open door.
	a) teeth
	b) fingers
	c) wrists
	d) candle
	e) brain


287) The walls were carefully sounded , and were shown to be quite solid all round , and the _____ was also thoroughly examined , with the same result.
	a) ascent
	b) engagement
	c) flooring
	d) wood
	e) incubator


288) Besides , we must be _____ , for this marriage may mean a complete change in her life and habits.
	a) prompt
	b) hungry
	c) convicted
	d) described
	e) wonderful


289) I placed my revolver , cocked , upon the top of the _____ case behind which I crouched.
	a) weary
	b) unreasoning
	c) wooden
	d) law
	e) slightest


290) But we have more _____ reasons than that for supposing it.
	a) moral
	b) assured
	c) Pagan
	d) wearisome
	e) liberal


291) If you leave , you _____ your whole position forever.
	a) murder
	b) forfeit
	c) haven't
	d) drown
	e) spent


292) All we wish you to do is to _____ the machine and to let us know what is wrong with it.
	a) examine
	b) cross
	c) confound
	d) destroy
	e) repeat


293) Sherlock Holmes had been _____ back in his chair with his eyes closed and his head sunk in a cushion , but he half opened his lids now and glanced across at his visitor.
	a) beaten
	b) staring
	c) hounded
	d) strolling
	e) leaning


294) Together they would come at night to the cellar , and their united _____ would suffice to raise the stone.
	a) inquiry
	b) vices
	c) liaison
	d) evidence
	e) force


295) In an instant I was _____ with a blow and bound hand and foot.
	a) delighted
	b) stunned
	c) dotted
	d) satisfied
	e) intoxicated


296) The point is of the utmost _____ as guiding us towards the reason of the sudden quarrel.
	a) importance
	b) exertion
	c) recklessness
	d) accommodation
	e) capacity


297) The rapidity with which such a _____ would take effect would also , from his point of view , be an advantage.
	a) revolution
	b) saint
	c) poison
	d) fool
	e) contest


298) But there were _____ signs that I had not come upon a false scent.
	a) written
	b) ample
	c) underground
	d) famous
	e) eighty


299) And then again , sir , we were both of us very _____ of Sir Charles , as we well might be considering all that he has done for us.
	a) ill
	b) apprehensive
	c) impatient
	d) wide
	e) fond


300) The Lord St. Simon marriage , and its _____ termination , have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.
	a) safer
	b) curious
	c) magnetic
	d) pompous
	e) eternal


301) But the inspector was mistaken , for those criminals were not _____ to fall into the hands of justice.
	a) confined
	b) ventured
	c) worthy
	d) destined
	e) sufficient


302) I rose , and , making my _____ , escaped from the house.
	a) occupation
	b) society
	c) excuses
	d) meals
	e) circumstances


303) Then suddenly another sound became _____ a very gentle , soothing sound , like that of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle.
	a) audible
	b) dislodged
	c) fixed
	d) smothered
	e) unmanageable


304) It rained hard this afternoon , as you know , and my _____ were the only people who called.
	a) nerves
	b) desires
	c) patients
	d) edicts
	e) clothes


305) I was just _____ whether I should run for it , or whether I should perch behind her landau when a cab came through the street.
	a) hearing
	b) commencing
	c) balancing
	d) wishing
	e) learning


306) When a _____ does go wrong he is the first of criminals.
	a) wagon
	b) doctor
	c) soprano
	d) tissue
	e) lamb


307) If I could get his _____ it might save me a long and weary hunt.
	a) patience
	b) interval
	c) dignity
	d) meal
	e) knowledge


308) A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love , however badly he may have _____ her.
	a) relieved
	b) treated
	c) fixed
	d) compelled
	e) forced


309) The woman's story hung coherently together , and all my _____ were unable to shake it.
	a) troubles
	b) senses
	c) limbs
	d) clothes
	e) questions


310) Even without the lens you will _____ , by the scratches on this ward , where the pressure was applied.
	a) repent
	b) exclaim
	c) prosper
	d) escape
	e) perceive


311) What was this nocturnal _____ , and why should I go armed.
	a) aspect
	b) corridor
	c) barracks
	d) expedition
	e) law


312) Evidently because he saw something in it which had _____ all those generations of country squires , and from which he expected some personal advantage.
	a) escaped
	b) dissipated
	c) overpowered
	d) crushed
	e) forgotten


313) My companion let down the window , and I caught a glimpse of a low , _____ doorway with a lamp burning above it.
	a) unpaved
	b) marshy
	c) placid
	d) winding
	e) arched


314) Now and then I _____ some remark to break the monotony of the journey , but the colonel answered only in monosyllables , and the conversation soon flagged.
	a) attacked
	b) allowed
	c) owed
	d) gathered
	e) hazarded


315) We know that there is _____ who has the facts if we can only find her.
	a) nobody
	b) nought
	c) someone
	d) everyone
	e) anyone


316) The twilight had _____ in and the moon was shining brightly in the sky before my narrative was finished.
	a) swelled
	b) strayed
	c) closed
	d) reined
	e) perished


317) Nowhere was there any trace of that lonely man whom I had seen on the same spot two _____ before.
	a) mountains
	b) leagues
	c) generations
	d) nights
	e) centuries


318) He had his hand under the other's arm as they entered , and helped him to a chair with a _____ which one would hardly have expected from his appearance.
	a) costume
	b) tenderness
	c) suggestion
	d) kick
	e) sensation


319) It has become known that we have never had occasion to unpack the money , and that it is still _____ in our cellar.
	a) believed
	b) warm
	c) lying
	d) loud
	e) prevalent


320) I should not be very much _____ if this were he whose step I hear now upon the stair.
	a) obliged
	b) safer
	c) offended
	d) surprised
	e) freer


321) I suppose there would be no chance of a _____ back.
	a) brook
	b) train
	c) pace
	d) tunnel
	e) horse's


322) As I gave a last _____ glance around , I saw a thin line of yellow light between two of the boards , which broadened and broadened as a small panel was pushed backward.
	a) greedy
	b) hurried
	c) merry
	d) contemptuous
	e) adoring


323) As I passed out through the wicket gate , however , I found my acquaintance of the morning waiting in the _____ upon the other side.
	a) spring
	b) battle
	c) chamber
	d) incubator
	e) shadow


324) The telescope , a _____ instrument mounted upon a tripod , stood upon the flat leads of the house.
	a) revolutionary
	b) spacious
	c) temporary
	d) dangerous
	e) formidable


325) Perhaps , Mr. Wilson , you would have the great kindness to _____ your narrative.
	a) outlast
	b) spoil
	c) interrupt
	d) reward
	e) recommence


326) A heavily timbered park stretched up in a _____ slope , thickening into a grove at the highest point.
	a) contrary
	b) laborious
	c) painful
	d) lower
	e) gentle


327) Why should she fight against every _____ until it was forced from her.
	a) job
	b) admission
	c) taste
	d) coast
	e) experiment


328) The shock has made her _____ , but I understand that she was never very bright.
	a) half-witted
	b) drive
	c) uncomfortable
	d) scream
	e) watch


329) The servants _____ having seen it before , but among the numerous curiosities in the house it is possible that it may have been overlooked.
	a) remembered
	b) grinned
	c) deny
	d) liked
	e) recollected


330) The air had turned _____ and we withdrew into the hut for warmth.
	a) hot
	b) chill
	c) colourless
	d) soft
	e) pale


331) You can understand that , living the life which I have _____ , we were little likely to see anyone of our own age and position.
	a) avoided
	b) described
	c) arrived
	d) concluded
	e) conceded


332) A small taper on the edge of the table shed a feeble light which _____ to show me that he was fully dressed.
	a) sufficed
	b) sprang
	c) goes
	d) ascended
	e) stooped


333) You may not be aware that the _____ of a man's age from his writing is one which has brought to considerable accuracy by experts.
	a) absence
	b) deduction
	c) exercise
	d) collection
	e) sagacity


334) Hayter was a fine old _____ who had seen much of the world , and he soon found , as I had expected , that Holmes and he had much in common.
	a) hypocrite
	b) fool
	c) lass
	d) dog
	e) soldier


335) What passion of hatred can it be which leads a man to _____ in such a place at such a time.
	a) lurk
	b) dine
	c) luxuriate
	d) grow
	e) wiggle


336) The man is by trade a conjurer and performer , going round the canteens after nightfall , and giving a little _____ at each.
	a) gardening
	b) entertainment
	c) basket
	d) shudder
	e) squeak


337) Then it _____ through my mind that the pain of my death would depend very much upon the position in which I met it.
	a) flowed
	b) strolled
	c) waded
	d) flashed
	e) floated


338) We were in time to _____ the major before he reached the corner.
	a) analyse
	b) cultivate
	c) overtake
	d) reunite
	e) deluge


339) I ran to her and threw my arms round her , but at that moment her _____ seemed to give way and she fell to the ground.
	a) nerve
	b) arguments
	c) cheeks
	d) health
	e) knees


340) These are _____ men , and though we shall take them at a disadvantage , they may do us some harm unless we are careful.
	a) daring
	b) simply
	c) blind
	d) ten-pound
	e) temperate


341) Far away came the sharp _____ of a boot striking upon a stone.
	a) cries
	b) murmur
	c) pangs
	d) edge
	e) clink


342) If I were to see my father in one of these dreadful seizures I am _____ that I should never survive it.
	a) disappointed
	b) conscious
	c) informed
	d) convinced
	e) astonished


343) The lake there is eight feet deep , and you can imagine our feelings when we saw that the _____ of the poor demented girl came to an end at the edge of it.
	a) outburst
	b) destruction
	c) descendants
	d) rectitude
	e) trail


344) She was never , as I think I have said , ostentatiously _____ , but she was heard by the coachman chatting with the Colonel in a friendly fashion.
	a) melancholy
	b) handsome
	c) affectionate
	d) organised
	e) wounded


345) I dressed hurriedly , for I knew by experience that railway _____ were seldom trivial , and hastened downstairs.
	a) cases
	b) passengers
	c) carriages
	d) trains
	e) trials


346) You see , at the commencement of an investigation it is something to know that your _____ is in close contact with some one who , for good or evil , has an exceptional nature.
	a) sanction
	b) client
	c) theory
	d) uncle
	e) faith


347) I began to understand what my friend meant when he said that his brother possessed even keener _____ that he did himself.
	a) pronunciation
	b) faculties
	c) retribution
	d) shingles
	e) impudence


348) He was not remarkable for intelligence , and his answers were frequently _____ , which I attributed to his limited acquaintance with our language.
	a) intoxicated
	b) motionless
	c) obscure
	d) shaved
	e) depressed


349) We stepped , as it were , right out of the carriage and into the hall , so that I failed to catch the most _____ glance of the front of the house.
	a) imperious
	b) fleeting
	c) lively
	d) courteous
	e) respectful


350) I could , however , see that his face was _____ pale and filled with horror and loathing.
	a) positively
	b) purple
	c) deadly
	d) beautifully
	e) glossy


351) The terror of his face lay in his eyes , however , steel gray , and glistening coldly with a malignant , inexorable _____ in their depths.
	a) cruelty
	b) success
	c) justice
	d) novitiate
	e) broker


352) She had _____ into the lake a bag containing some curious contents.
	a) fallen
	b) grown
	c) stolen
	d) flung
	e) stepped


353) A vague pathway among the boulders led to the dilapidated _____ which served as a door.
	a) opening
	b) hymn
	c) pouch
	d) moss
	e) corks


354) Why should she hand it over to _____ else.
	a) follow
	b) ride
	c) anyone
	d) mere
	e) thoroughly


355) For many years I have been the chief Greek _____ in London , and my name is very well known in the hotels.
	a) colony
	b) counter
	c) valise
	d) interpreter
	e) snow-flake


356) She stared at us with defiant eyes , and then , suddenly _____ me , an expression of absolute astonishment came over her face.
	a) serving
	b) asking
	c) escorting
	d) recognizing
	e) watching


357) The fat man _____ his eyes round , and then up at the open skylight.
	a) jingled
	b) winked
	c) cast
	d) hastened
	e) folded


358) He broke the seal and _____ over the contents.
	a) threw
	b) glanced
	c) waved
	d) leaped
	e) burst


359) He laughed very heartily , with a high , _____ note , leaning back in his chair and shaking his sides.
	a) tender
	b) simpering
	c) ringing
	d) faint
	e) eerie


360) That is quite _____ up now though , indeed , it was obvious from the first.
	a) circled
	b) cleared
	c) railed
	d) touched
	e) clenched


361) The smarting of it _____ in an instant all the particulars of my night's adventure , and I sprang to my feet with the feeling that I might hardly yet be safe from my pursuers.
	a) fled
	b) delighted
	c) recalled
	d) arrived
	e) ends


362) She had been terribly _____ immediately after his disappearance.
	a) arrested
	b) required
	c) honoured
	d) excited
	e) renewed


363) I was certain that Alec had torn it out of the dead man's hand , and almost certain that he must have thrust it into the _____ of his dressing-gown.
	a) middle
	b) pocket
	c) custody
	d) bosom
	e) shade


364) I sprang up and _____ the lamp , but nothing was to be seen in the room.
	a) joined
	b) lit
	c) faced
	d) watched
	e) examined


365) Then I , rather imprudently , wished you _____ , and started for the Temple to see my husband.
	a) good-night
	b) wise
	c) arrived
	d) to-morrow
	e) harvest


366) I had been _____ against you months ago.
	a) ravished
	b) kindled
	c) disseminated
	d) warned
	e) planned


367) It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which we have exacted from you should have _____ your curiosity.
	a) aroused
	b) stumped
	c) hurt
	d) killed
	e) bought


368) I was pained at the _____ , for I knew how keenly Holmes would feel any slip of the kind.
	a) pump
	b) fireplace
	c) ceiling
	d) porch
	e) mistake


369) I am going through the _____ first , and we can have some lunch on the way.
	a) group
	b) cellar
	c) City
	d) hole
	e) crowd


370) The man leaned over and pulled up the front of a kind of _____ in the corner.
	a) fatality
	b) torch
	c) adventure
	d) hutch
	e) repose


371) If this man were inside it I should find out from his own lips , at the point of my _____ if necessary , who he was and why he had dogged us so long.
	a) luck
	b) revolver
	c) punishment
	d) salvation
	e) misfortune


372) The bedrooms in this _____ are on the ground floor , the sitting-rooms being in the central block of the buildings.
	a) coach
	b) neighbourhood
	c) balcony
	d) kingdom
	e) wing


373) If I lay on my face the _____ would come upon my spine , and I shuddered to think of that dreadful snap.
	a) problem
	b) attempt
	c) weight
	d) future
	e) enemy


374) Altogether , look as I would , there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing red head , and the expression of _____ chagrin and discontent upon his features.
	a) perpetual
	b) mocking
	c) impatient
	d) extreme
	e) reckless


375) But I hear the _____ of wheels.
	a) misfortunes
	b) rumble
	c) breathing
	d) grip
	e) contributions


376) Was there a police-station _____ near.
	a) lying
	b) gathered
	c) anywhere
	d) rolling
	e) comin'


377) As I left the _____ I happened to meet Rachel Howells , the maid.
	a) dining-room
	b) bucket
	c) foreground
	d) pouch
	e) card


378) He was very willing to have a holiday , so we _____ the business up and started off for the address that was given us in the advertisement.
	a) loaded
	b) changed
	c) spent
	d) straddled
	e) shut


379) Then once more the footsteps approached and a _____ fell across the opening of the hut.
	a) bullet
	b) glance
	c) gust
	d) blow
	e) shadow


380) Besides , I knew that my _____ was a good man , and that he would see to anything that turned up.
	a) fate
	b) estate
	c) mistress
	d) grandmother
	e) assistant


381) I understand that it was on a _____ matter that you wished to speak to me.
	a) recognized
	b) professional
	c) plain
	d) holiday
	e) founded


382) His brain is as _____ as his fingers , and though we meet signs of him at every turn , we never know where to find the man himself.
	a) unreal
	b) bald
	c) pale
	d) loud
	e) cunning


383) I cannot recall when I have seen anything so fine' He took a step backward , cocked his head on one side , and _____ at my hair until I felt quite bashful.
	a) gazed
	b) glanced
	c) jumped
	d) hurried
	e) shivered


384) Your eyes turned across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which _____ upon the top of your books.
	a) stands
	b) prevailed
	c) chanced
	d) opens
	e) burst


385) You have at least the satisfaction of knowing that for thirty years of his life his _____ bitterly reproached him for this wicked deed.
	a) editorial
	b) wickedness
	c) conscience
	d) host
	e) sanctuary


386) I rushed forward , fell down , clapped my hand to my face , and became a _____ spectacle.
	a) romantic
	b) concrete
	c) mathematical
	d) distant
	e) piteous


387) Colonel Stark laid down the lamp on the top of a harmonium beside the door 'I shall not keep you waiting an instant , ' said he , and _____ into the darkness.
	a) crackled
	b) peering
	c) vanished
	d) cast
	e) gathered


388) I mean to teach them in these parts that law is law , and that there is a man here who does not fear to _____ it.
	a) pawn
	b) store
	c) contradict
	d) invoke
	e) subdue


389) One piece , about three feet in length , had a very marked indentation at one end , while several were flattened at the sides as if they had been _____ by some considerable weight.
	a) oppressed
	b) disconcerted
	c) compressed
	d) dictated
	e) stimulated


390) At last she looked up with something _____ and defiant in her manner.
	a) reckless
	b) solid
	c) pallid
	d) jovial
	e) warm


391) The Colonel had been sitting in the dining-room , but hearing that his wife had returned he _____ her in the morning-room.
	a) pressed
	b) deserted
	c) invoked
	d) loosened
	e) joined


392) My friend was an enthusiastic _____ , being himself not only a very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit.
	a) cow
	b) advocate
	c) highwayman
	d) cobbler
	e) musician


393) That was bad enough , for all that the _____ said.
	a) garret
	b) dog
	c) birds
	d) saints
	e) coroner


394) I am an _____ , as perhaps my neighbor there has told you.
	a) undertone
	b) improvisation
	c) acre
	d) interpreter
	e) indemnity


395) Now , there is no one more easy to _____ than a schoolmaster.
	a) guess
	b) improve
	c) contemplate
	d) exaggerate
	e) trace


396) Far away stretched a line of _____ , with a light here and there in the upper windows.
	a) bamboos
	b) cookies
	c) chivalry
	d) houses
	e) emperors


397) They were all three standing in a _____ in front of the altar.
	a) monastery
	b) drawing-room
	c) nest
	d) fortress
	e) knot


398) The crate upon which I sit contains 2,000 napoleons packed between _____ of lead foil.
	a) buildings
	b) secrets
	c) roses
	d) layers
	e) facts


399) His aversion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his _____ character , but not more so than his complete suppression of every reference to his own people.
	a) graceful
	b) princely
	c) frightful
	d) unemotional
	e) charming


400) The thought had hardly flashed through my mind before he was at the door , _____ his way past her ; but she threw her arms round him and tried to hold him back.
	a) nodding
	b) leaned
	c) dismissed
	d) closing
	e) pushing


401) I lounged up the side aisle like any other _____ who has dropped into a church.
	a) idler
	b) emperor
	c) aunt
	d) barber
	e) minister


402) My heart is _____ already since I have confided my trouble to you.
	a) falling
	b) distressed
	c) soaring
	d) lightened
	e) punished


403) We have _____ him with all that he can want.
	a) provided
	b) qualified
	c) deceived
	d) reminded
	e) replaced


404) I observe that there is a good deal of German _____ on the programme , which is rather more to my taste than Italian or French.
	a) arguments
	b) apples
	c) spies
	d) gilt
	e) music


405) The ceiling of this small chamber is really the end of the descending piston , and it comes down with the force of many _____ upon this metal floor.
	a) strokes
	b) thousands
	c) scores
	d) tons
	e) furlongs


406) It was _____ to twelve when the alarm broke out.
	a) quarter
	b) indispensable
	c) contrary
	d) equal
	e) useless


407) I had seen enough of the contrary nature of the old sinner to understand that any strong _____ of interest would be the surest way to stop his confidences.
	a) sign
	b) odor
	c) habits
	d) image
	e) routine


408) You are to ask the questions , Mr. Melas , and he will _____ the answers.
	a) spoil
	b) arouse
	c) write
	d) wash
	e) destroy


409) I shall be happy to give you an _____ upon the subject in the course of a day or two.
	a) economist
	b) injury
	c) opinion
	d) attack
	e) apology


410) And yet if it were on the _____ , I wonder that you did not hear it also.
	a) horizon
	b) undertaker
	c) lawn
	d) contrary
	e) morrow


411) Both cases _____ , Dr. Watson , and both in my favour.
	a) asleep
	b) sentimental
	c) outdoors
	d) decided
	e) rapt


412) This we have now been doing for some time , and in order to help us in our _____ we erected a hydraulic press.
	a) meetings
	b) lives
	c) operations
	d) situation
	e) hearts


413) She then called for Miss Morrison , a young lady who lives in the next _____ , and the two went off together to their meeting.
	a) villa
	b) verse
	c) century
	d) month
	e) generation


414) One morning , at a little before seven o'clock , I was _____ by the maid tapping at the door to announce that two men had come from Paddington and were waiting in the consulting-room.
	a) tortured
	b) awakened
	c) protected
	d) pursued
	e) recalled


415) No case , however , in which Holmes was engaged has ever _____ the value of his analytical methods so clearly or has impressed those who were associated with him so deeply.
	a) facilitated
	b) examined
	c) illustrated
	d) overlooked
	e) apportioned


416) I hesitated whether to attempt to secure the photograph at once ; but the coachman had come in , and as he was _____ me narrowly it seemed safer to wait.
	a) carrying
	b) recognising
	c) watching
	d) drawing
	e) coaxing


417) My wife had already gone upstairs , and the sound of the _____ of the hall door some time before told me that the servants had also retired.
	a) teaching
	b) irony
	c) discovery
	d) locking
	e) illusion


418) A low moaning sound was coming from _____ over our heads.
	a) influences
	b) significantly
	c) somewhere
	d) ranches
	e) persecution


419) And that was how a great scandal threatened to _____ the kingdom of Bohemia , and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman's wit.
	a) mitigate
	b) enjoy
	c) stampede
	d) chastise
	e) affect


420) Holmes and the Inspector led us round it until we came to the side gate , which is _____ by a stretch of garden from the hedge which lines the road.
	a) supported
	b) caused
	c) watered
	d) separated
	e) represented


421) It was an old _____ door and gave at once before our united strength.
	a) rickety
	b) tartan
	c) gray
	d) iron
	e) convent


422) We will be _____ into the sitting-room to wait for the lady , but it is probable that when she comes she may find neither us nor the photograph.
	a) shown
	b) sold
	c) charmed
	d) thrown
	e) removed


423) I took out my _____ and laid it on the corner of the table.
	a) interests
	b) wishes
	c) revolver
	d) nose
	e) finger


424) The law is upon his side , and every day I am _____ by the possibility that he may force me to live with him.
	a) enchanted
	b) studied
	c) faced
	d) honored
	e) amused


425) Without a word he grasped my arm and hurried me into a _____ , the door of which was standing open.
	a) gallop
	b) trance
	c) trot
	d) fountain
	e) carriage


426) It contained a loaf of bread , a tinned tongue , and two _____ of preserved peaches.
	a) bottles
	b) pairs
	c) tins
	d) drops
	e) books


427) In my inmost heart I believed that I could _____ where others failed , and now I had the opportunity to test myself.
	a) smell
	b) succeed
	c) lie
	d) spell
	e) forget


428) My sister and I , you will recollect , were twins , and you know how _____ are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.
	a) subtle
	b) determined
	c) insignificant
	d) violent
	e) superstitious


429) I think that there was _____ some more tangible cause.
	a) scarcely
	b) probably
	c) evidently
	d) particularly
	e) barely


430) They inherit _____ blood by direct descent , and Tudor on the distaff side.
	a) everybody's
	b) antique
	c) second-rate
	d) Plantagenet
	e) mortal


431) Pray interrupt me if there is any _____ which is not perfectly clear to you.
	a) imprudence
	b) proficiency
	c) inference
	d) aperture
	e) evil


432) With an apology for my intrusion , I was about to _____ when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.
	a) swim
	b) withdraw
	c) attack
	d) strike
	e) sing


433) I came in by train this morning , and on _____ at Paddington as to where I might find a doctor , a worthy fellow very kindly escorted me here.
	a) arriving
	b) exhibition
	c) deck
	d) duty
	e) inquiring


434) She writhed as one who is in terrible _____ , and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed.
	a) earnestness
	b) remorse
	c) danger
	d) pain
	e) consequences


435) I am sure that if you _____ my name they would be happy to show it to you.
	a) killed
	b) preferred
	c) admire
	d) disobey
	e) mentioned


436) His broad black hat , his baggy trousers , his white tie , his _____ smile , and general look of peering and benevolent curiosity were such as Mr. John Hare alone could have equalled.
	a) nerveless
	b) claw-like
	c) horrified
	d) cunning
	e) sympathetic


437) I say normal cases , because ill-health and physical weakness reproduce the _____ of old age , even when the invalid is a youth.
	a) first-fruits
	b) reign
	c) offspring
	d) signs
	e) splendour


438) The door at the bottom was _____ , but unlocked.
	a) destroyed
	b) empty
	c) closed
	d) iron
	e) insidious


439) She left her room , therefore , and came into mine , where she sat for some time , _____ about her approaching wedding.
	a) chatting
	b) gazing
	c) staring
	d) understanding
	e) playing


440) In an instant his strange _____ began to move , and there reared itself from among his hair the squat diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent.
	a) tongues
	b) agony
	c) warmth
	d) headgear
	e) noises


441) That is his _____ fault , but on the whole he's a good worker.
	a) main
	b) successful
	c) generous
	d) mother's
	e) favourite


442) I had never seen my friend's face so _____ or his brow so dark as it was when we turned from the scene of this investigation.
	a) cheery
	b) grim
	c) ridiculous
	d) unseen
	e) clean


443) Holmes took a _____ of papers from his pocket.
	a) member
	b) bundle
	c) cup
	d) pinch
	e) notion


444) It was a quarter to ten before we reached London Bridge , and half past before the four of us _____ on the Beckenham platform.
	a) fed
	b) rolled
	c) dined
	d) seized
	e) alighted


445) I have one of my Baker Street boys mounting guard over him who would stick to him like a _____ , go where he might.
	a) curry
	b) burr
	c) surgeon
	d) cypher
	e) deer


446) From within he _____ a crumpled piece of paper , and old-fashioned brass key , a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it , and three rusty old disks of metal.
	a) wore
	b) merited
	c) produced
	d) cast
	e) proposed


447) There was nothing markedly abnormal in any of these conditions , which _____ with my former experiences.
	a) mingled
	b) contrasted
	c) sputtered
	d) harmonized
	e) prevailed


448) And , first of all , we must _____ our positions.
	a) destroy
	b) disgrace
	c) choose
	d) familiarize
	e) aggravate


449) The machine goes readily enough , but there is some stiffness in the _____ of it , and it has lost a little of its force.
	a) fervour
	b) majesty
	c) habit
	d) working
	e) shape


450) He loved to lie in the very centre of five millions of people , with his _____ stretching out and running through them , responsive to every little rumor or suspicion of unsolved crime.
	a) horn
	b) manuscript
	c) neck
	d) fleet
	e) filaments


451) But his next _____ took a weight from my mind.
	a) remark
	b) cook
	c) blow
	d) collar
	e) convulsion


452) The least appearance of _____ struck fire out of the old autocrat.
	a) innocence
	b) speech
	c) hers
	d) co-operation
	e) opposition


453) He was not generally popular among the undergraduates , though it always seemed to me that what was set down as pride was really an _____ to cover extreme natural diffidence.
	a) offering
	b) opportunity
	c) allusion
	d) attempt
	e) insult


454) But then , when I found how I had _____ myself , I began to think.
	a) reared
	b) ordered
	c) studied
	d) betrayed
	e) ripened


455) Having done this , he drew up the windows on each side , and I found to my astonishment that they were covered with paper so as to _____ my seeing through them.
	a) excuse
	b) alleviate
	c) preserve
	d) justify
	e) prevent


456) An important _____ has been made during the last week to the list of the prizes which have been borne away by these charming invaders.
	a) complication
	b) incident
	c) incongruity
	d) addition
	e) revolution


457) I found the black tor upon which I had seen the solitary _____ , and from its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melancholy downs.
	a) carriers
	b) island
	c) confinement
	d) watcher
	e) meditation


458) He had been dead some days , but there was no _____ or bruise upon his person to show how he had met his dreadful end.
	a) food
	b) wound
	c) discipline
	d) joy
	e) reward


459) At first he was very _____ to come , but on second thoughts it seemed to both of us that if I went alone the results might be better.
	a) foolish
	b) rude
	c) eager
	d) inadequate
	e) injurious


460) I made excellent _____ , and they are only delayed one day upon their way.
	a) coffee
	b) appetites
	c) arrangements
	d) spirits
	e) wine


461) We passed up the stair , _____ the door , followed on down a passage , and found ourselves in front of the barricade which Miss Hunter had described.
	a) unlocked
	b) occupied
	c) devoured
	d) translated
	e) ascended


462) You were dwelling upon the sadness and horror and _____ waste of life.
	a) useless
	b) admiring
	c) poisoned
	d) peaceful
	e) humble


463) He had heard nothing , and the _____ remained a complete mystery.
	a) illusion
	b) devil
	c) challenge
	d) affair
	e) snow


464) Beside it lay some cooking utensils and a bucket _____ of water.
	a) mindful
	b) capable
	c) half-full
	d) jealous
	e) apprehensive


465) I determined to wait until I got back to town before _____ my story to the police.
	a) attacking
	b) leaving
	c) holding
	d) telling
	e) hoisting


466) We got off , _____ our fare , and the trap rattled back on its way to Leatherhead.
	a) carrying
	b) naming
	c) paid
	d) doubling
	e) rubbing


467) The coachman saw him _____ the hall and enter it.
	a) grasp
	b) adjust
	c) neglect
	d) cross
	e) strike


468) The Duke , his father , was at one time _____ for Foreign Affairs.
	a) fitted
	b) confused
	c) entertained
	d) Secretary
	e) bought


469) I handed him my pouch , and he seated himself opposite to me and _____ for some time in silence.
	a) shouted
	b) screamed
	c) danced
	d) raged
	e) smoked


470) It was not _____ that Holmes changed his costume.
	a) ordained
	b) threatened
	c) sorry
	d) merely
	e) angry


471) I do not think that I have ever seen so _____ a man.
	a) numerous
	b) accurate
	c) thin
	d) provocative
	e) marked


472) Her story got about , and several of the people here did something to enable her to _____ an honest living.
	a) express
	b) offer
	c) perform
	d) earn
	e) decline


473) The animal has been _____ , and we have the length of its stride.
	a) sultry
	b) achieved
	c) baptized
	d) moving
	e) granted


474) Naturally enough she ran down to tell the cook , and the two women with the coachman came up into the hall and listened to the _____ which was still raging.
	a) astonishment
	b) element
	c) ignorance
	d) sword
	e) dispute


475) And what deep and earnest purpose can he have which _____ for such a trial.
	a) trembled
	b) played
	c) ceased
	d) calls
	e) resided


476) Then he turned down the _____ , and we were left in darkness.
	a) Beggar
	b) lists
	c) buns
	d) estimates
	e) lamp


477) He had _____ been carried down by two persons , one of whom had remarkably small feet and the other unusually large ones.
	a) unintentionally
	b) evidently
	c) ordinarily
	d) overwhelmingly
	e) scarcely


478) For a moment is seemed to me that there must be some radical _____ in my calculations.
	a) debate
	b) mistake
	c) organization
	d) establishment
	e) wound


479) He had _____ the place.
	a) released
	b) soaked
	c) performed
	d) spotted
	e) imbibed


480) On his evidence Cartwright was _____ and the other three got fifteen years apiece.
	a) discovered
	b) confused
	c) hanged
	d) overhead
	e) ruffled


481) It would indeed be a _____ for me if I could run him to earth where my master had failed.
	a) pity
	b) companion
	c) message
	d) triumph
	e) match


482) Within twenty-four hours I was in his sick-room , and was _____ to find that there was nothing formidable in his symptoms.
	a) allowed
	b) attached
	c) promoted
	d) constrained
	e) relieved


483) It must have been a very long time , for the moon had sunk , and a bright morning was _____ when I came to myself.
	a) furious
	b) breaking
	c) jolting
	d) scant
	e) pale


484) This man strikes even _____ , but I think , Watson , that we shall be able to strike deeper still.
	a) deeper
	b) cleaner
	c) honest
	d) indifference
	e) smaller


485) You may believe , then , that I was in my _____ when , at the appointed hour , the page showed in the patient.
	a) childhood
	b) baggage
	c) consulting-room
	d) school
	e) memory


486) But that is a _____ detail.
	a) reproachful
	b) romantic
	c) newborn
	d) longish
	e) mere


487) I stood _____ with astonishment , watching him from the darkness.
	a) dumb
	b) uptown
	c) dripping
	d) crowded
	e) accommodated


488) I shall give directions that you may _____ behind when the others go , so that you may copy it at your leisure without fear of being overlooked.
	a) throb
	b) step
	c) ride
	d) billow
	e) remain


489) Would she not have made an _____ queen.
	a) oval
	b) admirable
	c) amateur
	d) enormous
	e) imaginary


490) Before entering , Holmes made an _____ of the door which had been forced.
	a) interchange
	b) estimate
	c) examination
	d) exhibition
	e) access


491) There are lonely houses _____ over the moor , and he is a fellow who would stick at nothing.
	a) lounging
	b) glancing
	c) crowding
	d) riding
	e) scattered


492) You see that we hold all the cards , and we have only to fear some sudden act of _____ on their part.
	a) needlework
	b) violence
	c) anxiety
	d) charity
	e) walking


493) She knows that the King is _____ of having her waylaid and searched.
	a) pitiless
	b) capable
	c) minded
	d) dying
	e) devoid


494) But now your thoughts went back to Beecher , and you looked hard across as if you were _____ the character in his features.
	a) boarding
	b) studying
	c) hugging
	d) dismissing
	e) ascending


495) Together we _____ into the room.
	a) whirled
	b) rolled
	c) rushed
	d) withdrew
	e) swelled


496) My friend hardly glanced up as I entered , and I , seeing that his _____ must be of importance , seated myself in an arm-chair and waited.
	a) investigation
	b) journeys
	c) vanity
	d) servants
	e) fame


497) I have made a small _____ of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature of the subject.
	a) herd
	b) study
	c) circle
	d) crowd
	e) bag


498) I have established a right of way through the _____ of old Middleton's park , slap across it , sir , within a hundred yards of his own front door.
	a) obscurity
	b) centre
	c) success
	d) exercise
	e) contour


499) I could only check it by _____ if she had , indeed , instituted divorce proceedings against her husband at or about the time of the tragedy.
	a) declaring
	b) refusing
	c) promising
	d) finding
	e) yielding


500) Were it not for the _____ wound upon my hand , all that had passed during those dreadful hours might have been an evil dream.
	a) growing
	b) marvellous
	c) stricken
	d) ugly
	e) attractive


501) Besides , I can read in a man's eye when it is his own _____ that he is frightened for.
	a) foreboding
	b) skin
	c) opinion
	d) hypothesis
	e) misfortunes


502) But to my _____ , when I came to look round me , neither house nor garden were to be seen.
	a) ignorance
	b) astonishment
	c) beauty
	d) request
	e) speculations


503) How quiet and sweet and _____ the garden looked in the moonlight , and it could not be more than thirty feet down.
	a) distressing
	b) wholesome
	c) opposite
	d) blinding
	e) confused


504) When he reached the _____ I saw the ragged uncouth figure outlined for an instant against the cold blue sky.
	a) curtain
	b) star
	c) picture
	d) crest
	e) pipe


505) She never said a word until we were at the door here , when she took me by the hand and _____ me to tell no one what had happened.
	a) robbed
	b) telephoned
	c) helped
	d) begged
	e) kissed


506) Holmes shrugged his shoulders with a glance of comic resignation towards the Colonel , and the talk _____ away into less dangerous channels.
	a) sprang
	b) rode
	c) leaped
	d) drifted
	e) rumbled


507) He proved to be a blackguard and _____ her.
	a) closed
	b) pushed
	c) pressed
	d) deserted
	e) saluted


508) The butler brought me my _____ into the library , and I took the chance to ask him a few questions.
	a) nose
	b) coffee
	c) affairs
	d) pickle
	e) entrance


509) He might slip away from us in the _____ of Regent Street , but it would puzzle him to do so upon the lonely moor.
	a) privacy
	b) shape
	c) crowd
	d) history
	e) claims


510) I have no reason to be _____ of it.
	a) expected
	b) discovered
	c) capable
	d) spoken
	e) ashamed


511) As he turned towards us the _____ of the light showed me that he was wearing glasses.
	a) butt-end
	b) edge
	c) depth
	d) height
	e) glint


512) Some chalk _____ over the waistcoat pocket were the only signs of billiards which I could see in one of them.
	a) wheels
	b) cliffs
	c) wagons
	d) scandals
	e) marks


513) At eleven o'clock she rose to leave me , but she _____ at the door and looked back.
	a) reappeared
	b) paused
	c) rushed
	d) glanced
	e) grovelled


514) Right in front of the house , upon the left-hand side of the drive , there stood a patriarch among _____ , one of the most magnificent trees that I have ever seen.
	a) engineers
	b) madmen
	c) matrons
	d) oaks
	e) goddesses


515) Then they will not _____ a minute , for the sooner they do their work the longer time they will have for their escape.
	a) earn
	b) lose
	c) hurt
	d) strike
	e) pick


516) The new _____ will have come , however , before the story can be safely told.
	a) century
	b) volume
	c) miracles
	d) illustration
	e) current


517) There was no slit through which a knife could be passed to _____ the bar.
	a) destroy
	b) soften
	c) join
	d) raise
	e) omit


518) It had set , according to their account , into the most _____ expression of fear and horror which a human countenance is capable of assuming.
	a) genteel
	b) sublime
	c) dreadful
	d) tender
	e) delicate


519) He hammered loudly at the _____ and pulled at the bell , but without any success.
	a) tumult
	b) barn
	c) vegetables
	d) knocker
	e) whelps


520) Holmes walked slowly round and _____ each and all of them with the keenest interest.
	a) liked
	b) examined
	c) promised
	d) embraced
	e) relieved


521) He was quietly dressed in a suit of heather tweed with a soft _____ cap which he had laid down upon my books.
	a) shimmering
	b) missing
	c) cloth
	d) juicy
	e) humming


522) For three hours we strolled about together , _____ the ever-changing kaleidoscope of life as it ebbs and flows through Fleet Street and the Strand.
	a) leaving
	b) retaining
	c) filling
	d) arranging
	e) watching


523) The smoke and _____ were enough to shake nerves of steel.
	a) packages
	b) small-pox
	c) umbrellas
	d) shouting
	e) literature


524) I've always been _____ above my station in life , and disgrace would kill me.
	a) hanging
	b) proud
	c) transported
	d) drawn
	e) deposited


525) It was , of course , of the very first importance that they should not be _____ of the existence of this paper , otherwise they would naturally destroy it without delay.
	a) reminded
	b) despoiled
	c) uncertain
	d) suspected
	e) forgetful


526) The photograph becomes a _____ weapon now.
	a) colder
	b) nicer
	c) slow
	d) double-edged
	e) historical


527) If he is _____ , we shall take you away to your aunt's at Harrow.
	a) violent
	b) nourishing
	c) funny
	d) extraneous
	e) petty


528) It had been _____ or torn right out from the roots.
	a) insulted
	b) seduced
	c) stifled
	d) banished
	e) hacked


529) Several discs of metal , old coins apparently , such as I hold here , were _____ over the bottom of the box , but it contained nothing else.
	a) passing
	b) tilting
	c) scattered
	d) leaning
	e) sailing


530) There was an old _____ ticking loudly somewhere in the passage , but otherwise everything was deadly still.
	a) skeleton
	b) university
	c) clock
	d) historic
	e) mortal


531) He is as brave as a _____ and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.
	a) motor-car
	b) apron
	c) bulldog
	d) candle
	e) knife


532) He used to make _____ over the cleverness of women , but I have not heard him do it of late.
	a) rules
	b) advances
	c) merry
	d) matters
	e) progress


533) We should not have troubled you , only that our friend who speaks Greek and who began these _____ has been forced to return to the East.
	a) individuals
	b) negotiations
	c) outcasts
	d) sentiments
	e) spurs


534) It is not a common _____ among employers in this age.
	a) law
	b) thief
	c) note
	d) experience
	e) denomination


535) He sat at my side in silence all the time , and I was aware , more than once when I _____ in his direction , that he was looking at me with great intensity.
	a) paused
	b) glanced
	c) engaged
	d) awoke
	e) detected


536) Major Murphy , to whom I owe most of my _____ , assures me that he has never heard of any misunderstanding between the pair.
	a) neck
	b) folly
	c) pockets
	d) beauty
	e) facts


537) My practice had steadily _____ , and as I happened to live at no very great distance from Paddington Station , I got a few patients from among the officials.
	a) reasoned
	b) increased
	c) consented
	d) spoken
	e) concluded


538) They saw that I must know all about it , you see , and the sudden change from absolute _____ to complete despair made them perfectly desperate.
	a) reluctance
	b) security
	c) failure
	d) submission
	e) indifference


539) All you have to do is just to _____ out your chair in the consulting-room.
	a) sweep
	b) wear
	c) shut
	d) pick
	e) blow


540) It is _____ that you may even have read some account of the matter.
	a) conceivable
	b) singular
	c) inevitable
	d) inconceivable
	e) impossible


541) Some three hours or so _____ we were all in the train together , bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village.
	a) morally
	b) wildly
	c) afterwards
	d) surely
	e) evidently


542) It is a perfectly overpowering _____ , and I have more than once taken advantage of it.
	a) impulse
	b) airship
	c) admonition
	d) misdemeanour
	e) unkindness


543) I have no wish to _____ you to anything without your having it all laid before you.
	a) scold
	b) offer
	c) grant
	d) carry
	e) commit


544) We are _____ in an enemy's country.
	a) fortunate
	b) whirling
	c) fertile
	d) spies
	e) treated


545) My evidence showed that the door had been fastened upon the inner side , and the windows were _____ by old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars , which were secured every night.
	a) pressed
	b) accompanied
	c) united
	d) overcome
	e) blocked


546) It was furnished partly as a sitting and partly as a bedroom , with flowers arranged _____ in every nook and corner.
	a) miserably
	b) inadvertently
	c) daintily
	d) comfortably
	e) privately


547) A collection of my trifling achievements would certainly be _____ which contained no account of this very singular business.
	a) incomplete
	b) disembowelled
	c) considered
	d) discovered
	e) audible


548) With a few broken words of gratitude the man turned , but he _____ and then came back.
	a) begged
	b) smoked
	c) arose
	d) hesitated
	e) escaped


549) As I ran down the passage , my sister's door was unlocked , and _____ slowly upon its hinges.
	a) paced
	b) stared
	c) revolved
	d) beamed
	e) bent


550) My stepfather has _____ no opposition to the match , and we are to be married in the course of the spring.
	a) offered
	b) spared
	c) earned
	d) withheld
	e) retained


551) You will remember that on hearing the sound of the _____ she descended and returned with the other servants.
	a) staircase
	b) autumn
	c) quarrel
	d) pilot-house
	e) reward


552) It is a little place near the _____ of Oxfordshire , and within seven miles of Reading.
	a) borders
	b) memory
	c) balance
	d) dexterity
	e) smell


553) Still , of course , if you would like to _____ out of the business , there is plenty of time to do so.
	a) hang
	b) sing
	c) linger
	d) wear
	e) draw


554) For that matter , _____ , and possibly other large towns , were within that radius , so the place might not be so secluded , after all.
	a) Reading
	b) weapons
	c) individuals
	d) gentlemen
	e) maidens


555) At first I thought that she had not _____ me , but as I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out in a voice which I shall never forget , 'Oh , my God.
	a) regarded
	b) deprived
	c) recognised
	d) liked
	e) touched


556) He had _____ to strike and was gazing up at the ventilator when suddenly there broke from the silence of the night the most horrible cry to which I have ever listened.
	a) explained
	b) listened
	c) ceased
	d) complained
	e) spoken


557) Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman , obese , _____ , and slow.
	a) blind
	b) energetic
	c) pompous
	d) eloquent
	e) sandy-haired


558) God help those who wander into the great _____ now , for even the firm uplands are becoming a morass.
	a) stair
	b) pulpit
	c) mire
	d) cheer
	e) ocean


559) But , you know , I have been trained as an _____ myself.
	a) Elephant
	b) exercise
	c) actress
	d) excuse
	e) aeroplane


560) You will observe that the hour _____ upon it is the very time at which the poor fellow met his fate.
	a) swarmed
	b) trampled
	c) closed
	d) mentioned
	e) resounded


561) Out of this landing opened the _____ and several bedrooms , including those of Mr. Cunningham and his son.
	a) drawing-room
	b) saddle
	c) night-gown
	d) valise
	e) envelope


562) He went over to the door , and turning the _____ he examined it in his methodical way.
	a) boulder
	b) bucket
	c) lock
	d) fish
	e) lamp


563) There were no carpets and no signs of any furniture above the ground floor , while the plaster was _____ off the walls , and the damp was breaking through in green , unhealthy blotches.
	a) showing
	b) washed
	c) caked
	d) peeling
	e) patched


564) I rubbed one of them on my sleeve , however , and it glowed afterwards like a _____ in the dark hollow of my hand.
	a) fatality
	b) battalion
	c) feather
	d) mistake
	e) spark


565) He was once a _____ in the north of England.
	a) panel
	b) schoolmaster
	c) crack
	d) queen
	e) peg


566) I have only one other incident to record upon this _____ and melancholy day.
	a) tempestuous
	b) excellent
	c) quaint
	d) obedient
	e) smirking


567) Was he our _____ enemy , or was he by chance our guardian angel.
	a) splendid
	b) pedantic
	c) consecrated
	d) malignant
	e) cheerful


568) He was plainly but neatly _____ , and his age , I should judge , would be nearer forty than thirty.
	a) whitewashed
	b) dressed
	c) mended
	d) neglected
	e) soft


569) Who were these German people , and what were they doing living in this strange , _____ place.
	a) infallible
	b) out-of-the-way
	c) unladylike
	d) untimely
	e) impossible


570) He was of a sickly color , and his thin , sandy hair seemed to bristle up with the _____ of his emotion.
	a) exception
	b) precision
	c) intensity
	d) epithets
	e) delight


571) Rain had fallen on the night before and we examined the _____ and the paths all round the house , but in vain.
	a) duke
	b) hopes
	c) counsels
	d) lawn
	e) perfidy


572) I have a few thousands to invest , d'ye see , and I think I'll _____ them in you.
	a) count
	b) overhaul
	c) sink
	d) debar
	e) capture


573) I was feeling _____ and stupid , partly from my dinner and also from the effects of a long day's work.
	a) drowsy
	b) lonely
	c) cynical
	d) shrewd
	e) powerful


574) I rushed _____ from the room on to the landing.
	a) madly
	b) correctly
	c) laudably
	d) forever
	e) gently


575) For all they cared it might have been me , instead of my _____ , which these rascals burned at the stake.
	a) thimble
	b) lodging
	c) chest
	d) effigy
	e) childhood


576) The French or the Russian embassy would pay an immense sum to _____ the contents of these papers.
	a) increase
	b) learn
	c) worship
	d) storm
	e) prosecute


577) The station-master had not _____ his speech before we were all hastening in the direction of the fire.
	a) extended
	b) escaped
	c) finished
	d) worked
	e) spoiled


578) Holmes cut the _____ and removed the transverse bar.
	a) bread
	b) oaks
	c) knives
	d) trails
	e) cord


579) I had no idea of the _____ to which this would carry him , until the merest accident opened my eyes to it.
	a) needle
	b) cliffs
	c) lengths
	d) eunuchs
	e) newspaper


580) Far away we could hear the deep _____ of the parish clock , which boomed out every quarter of an hour.
	a) tones
	b) horror
	c) stillness
	d) breathing
	e) shadow


581) The Colonel possessed a varied collection of _____ brought from the different countries in which he had fought , and it is conjectured by the police that his club was among his trophies.
	a) urchins
	b) lights
	c) letters
	d) wine
	e) weapons


582) You must _____ yourself up from him to-night.
	a) judge
	b) cover
	c) lock
	d) contradict
	e) persuade


583) Is that a place where a _____ would be likely to take his station.
	a) creature
	b) Canadian
	c) shepherd
	d) breeze
	e) government


584) I often take advantage of the _____ which it gives.
	a) rock
	b) freedom
	c) mountain
	d) jurymen
	e) trail


585) He would try by a few attentions to make his peace with the girl Howells , and then would _____ her as his accomplice.
	a) bury
	b) accompany
	c) deprive
	d) humiliate
	e) engage


586) For days on end , when the mood was on him , he has been _____ in the deepest gloom.
	a) published
	b) sunk
	c) packed
	d) burnt
	e) slain


587) The ejaculation had been drawn from my companion by the fact that our door had been suddenly _____ open , and that a huge man had framed himself in the aperture.
	a) dragged
	b) stepped
	c) whisked
	d) staggered
	e) dashed


588) You see that his murderer might have torn the rest of the _____ from him or he might have taken this fragment from the murderer.
	a) sheet
	b) lake
	c) merchants
	d) torrent
	e) tower


589) Sherlock Holmes picked them up one by one , and laid them along the _____ of the table.
	a) lapse
	b) edge
	c) workmanship
	d) shores
	e) convocation


590) He came up to my room one morning , and _____ into business in an instant.
	a) rambled
	b) floundered
	c) glimmered
	d) crept
	e) plunged


591) No sound came from within , and at the silence Holmes' face _____ over.
	a) soared
	b) twitched
	c) bent
	d) flamed
	e) clouded


592) The little which I had yet to learn of the case was told me by _____ Holmes as we travelled back next day.
	a) Sherlock
	b) meeting
	c) sending
	d) telling
	e) permitting


593) He held up a piece of white cardboard about the _____ of a sheet of note-paper.
	a) province
	b) generosity
	c) medium
	d) size
	e) tendency


594) Sherlock Holmes stopped at a door some little distance from the Carlton , and , _____ me not to speak , he led the way into the hall.
	a) addressing
	b) touching
	c) cautioning
	d) pulling
	e) approaching


595) Then , again , I have heard it is no use your applying if your hair is light red , or dark red , or anything but real bright , _____ , fiery red.
	a) spiteful
	b) enterprising
	c) infirm
	d) blazing
	e) submissive


596) Holmes had brought up a long thin _____ , and this he placed upon the bed beside him.
	a) nose
	b) hedge
	c) dilemma
	d) cane
	e) pickle


597) She listened for an instant , _____ up her hands with a despairing gesture , and vanished as suddenly and as noiselessly as she had come.
	a) piled
	b) threw
	c) climbed
	d) packed
	e) pricked


598) You don't _____ with the conditions if you budge from the office during that time.
	a) stick
	b) comply
	c) argue
	d) begin
	e) affirm


599) The ceiling was only a foot or two above my head , and with my hand _____ I could feel its hard , rough surface.
	a) Shortly
	b) tonight
	c) Wonderfully
	d) upraised
	e) humbly


600) Then he did the same with the _____ with which the chamber was panelled.
	a) rowers
	b) ceiling
	c) wood-work
	d) motion
	e) speed


601) I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of _____ by studying their children.
	a) heads
	b) centers
	c) territories
	d) parents
	e) Scripture


602) He's in _____ , too , but he's not a convict as far as I can make out.
	a) hiding
	b) smoke
	c) heaven
	d) Scotland
	e) wedlock


603) Again and again I have taken a problem to him , and have received an _____ which has afterwards proved to be the correct one.
	a) arrangement
	b) explanation
	c) entanglement
	d) affliction
	e) invitation


604) It was a _____ thing to be in the power of this spiteful old busybody.
	a) serious
	b) delightful
	c) sweet
	d) pleasant
	e) wise


605) Whatever his crimes , he has _____ something to atone for them.
	a) touched
	b) eaten
	c) taught
	d) forgotten
	e) suffered


606) But not one word shall they have from me , and I _____ you to secrecy also , Dr. Watson.
	a) bind
	b) taught
	c) miss
	d) join
	e) promise


607) He has been very _____ to us , and hardly a day has passed that he has not called at the Hall to see how we were getting on.
	a) inaccessible
	b) impatient
	c) difficult
	d) attentive
	e) anxious


608) Suddenly , however , an _____ incident opened up quite a new prospect to me.
	a) ingenious
	b) unexpected
	c) inferior
	d) enervating
	e) unhealthy


609) Then he _____ over the hill.
	a) wept
	b) hovered
	c) vanished
	d) bent
	e) leant


610) Holmes walked slowly , taking keen note of the _____ of the house.
	a) clump
	b) rays
	c) honour
	d) sons
	e) architecture


611) This , of course , fitted in well enough with the _____ theory , if the Colonel could have seen his wife making a murderous attack upon him.
	a) customary
	b) police
	c) inevitable
	d) dreary
	e) mystic


612) I want to see whether the objections are fatal , or if they may be _____ away.
	a) safe
	b) forced
	c) charmed
	d) defeated
	e) explained


613) They have given up the _____ there , and he can lie quiet until the ship is ready for him.
	a) pavements
	b) chase
	c) creek
	d) aisle
	e) chimney


614) He had usually a great many _____ , for he was a public man and well known for his kind heart , so that everyone who was in trouble was glad to turn to him.
	a) apologies
	b) letters
	c) voices
	d) cities
	e) snares


615) There he was , sure enough , a small urchin with a little _____ upon his shoulder , toiling slowly up the hill.
	a) cloud
	b) bundle
	c) cottage
	d) shadow
	e) crowd


616) The point is a simple one , but the Inspector had _____ it because he had started with the supposition that these county magnates had had nothing to do with the matter.
	a) baked
	b) overlooked
	c) touched
	d) detected
	e) rendered


617) I should like to have his _____ of the case , though the authorities assure me that nothing more can be done.
	a) prospect
	b) paroxysm
	c) portrait
	d) share
	e) opinion


618) I rang the bell , therefore , to _____ him.
	a) overwhelm
	b) supplant
	c) summon
	d) surround
	e) beguile


619) He found that the _____ which covered it was just too heavy for a man to move unaided.
	a) mischief
	b) stupor
	c) stone
	d) kiss
	e) sadness


620) I put myself in the man's place and , having first gauged his intelligence , I try to _____ how I should myself have proceeded under the same circumstances.
	a) forget
	b) realize
	c) prove
	d) witness
	e) imagine


621) He was a well-grown , handsome man , with a splendid forehead , and though he has been with us for twenty years he cannot be more than _____ now.
	a) satisfied
	b) likely
	c) forty
	d) thankful
	e) thirteen


622) At Waterloo we were fortunate in _____ a train for Leatherhead , where we hired a trap at the station inn and drove for four or five miles through the lovely Surrey lanes.
	a) choosing
	b) catching
	c) discussing
	d) accepting
	e) grasping


623) A Greek friend had come to see him upon business , he said , and as he could speak nothing but his own tongue , the services of an _____ were indispensable.
	a) advocate
	b) orchestra
	c) explorer
	d) archdeacon
	e) interpreter


624) But he will never trouble _____ in this country again.
	a) essays
	b) refuges
	c) service
	d) anyone
	e) drawings


625) It was a _____ little room , with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace , after the fashion of old country-houses.
	a) regular
	b) good-humoured
	c) quick
	d) witty
	e) homely


626) Too large for easy _____ about a woman's dress.
	a) concealment
	b) traveling
	c) familiarity
	d) conversation
	e) confidences


627) I entered my consulting-room and found a gentleman _____ by the table.
	a) seated
	b) compelled
	c) awakened
	d) troubled
	e) obliged


628) An instant later I heard him running down , and he _____ into my consulting-room like a man who is mad with panic.
	a) sank
	b) climbed
	c) stepped
	d) burst
	e) slipped


629) It did wonders both in the Crimea and the Mutiny , and has since that time _____ itself upon every possible occasion.
	a) associated
	b) anticipated
	c) stated
	d) prepared
	e) distinguished


630) It was worth an effort to find out , and for that _____ we all went up to the house.
	a) object
	b) ridge
	c) circumstance
	d) repast
	e) event


631) I would never _____ a banker , Mr. Holmes.
	a) wear
	b) trust
	c) purchase
	d) create
	e) climb


632) Holmes flung open the door and _____ in , but he was out again in an instant , with his hand to his throat.
	a) peeped
	b) bided
	c) dissolved
	d) rushed
	e) peered


633) But I want to find out about them , and who they are , and what their _____ was in playing this prank if it was a prank upon me.
	a) valor
	b) liberty
	c) fate
	d) object
	e) territory


634) I have no doubt at all that a family _____ can be traced in these two specimens of writing.
	a) ghost
	b) surgeon
	c) farm
	d) possession
	e) mannerism


635) My poor friend's face had suddenly _____ the most dreadful expression.
	a) grasped
	b) remembered
	c) relinquished
	d) assumed
	e) gripped


636) The instant that I had crossed the threshold the door slammed _____ behind us , and I heard faintly the rattle of the wheels as the carriage drove away.
	a) somewhere
	b) shakily
	c) heavily
	d) incessantly
	e) quietly


637) The lady looked quickly up with an _____ gleam in her hazel eyes.
	a) ample
	b) occasional
	c) angry
	d) owlish
	e) loose


638) They say that away down in the village , and even in the distant parsonage , that cry raised the _____ from their beds.
	a) fugitive
	b) sleepers
	c) forester
	d) cup
	e) note


639) Half a _____ if you do it in twenty minutes.
	a) guinea
	b) farthing
	c) mile
	d) pinch
	e) trade


640) The J. P shrugged his shoulders , and led the way into his own _____ , which was a plainly furnished and commonplace room.
	a) abilities
	b) government
	c) symptoms
	d) downfall
	e) chamber


641) The bell-rope hangs from the _____ just to the right of my desk.
	a) hill
	b) scene
	c) clouds
	d) valley
	e) wire


642) I know something , Sir Henry , and perhaps I should have said it before , but it was long after the _____ that I found it out.
	a) inquest
	b) path
	c) retort
	d) books
	e) stuff


643) He did _____ the letter.
	a) enter
	b) burn
	c) debate
	d) assure
	e) enable


644) One side of the window was open , which I understand was quite usual in the _____ , and he passed without difficulty into the room.
	a) staircase
	b) yard
	c) summer-time
	d) woods
	e) moonlight


645) Again and again I _____ her , but I could never get past that point.
	a) finished
	b) cross-questioned
	c) liked
	d) deemed
	e) understood


646) The house was just such as I had _____ it from Sherlock Holmes' succinct description , but the locality appeared to be less private than I expected.
	a) touched
	b) pictured
	c) denied
	d) unlocked
	e) replaced


647) We were at breakfast when the Colonel's _____ rushed in with all his propriety shaken out of him.
	a) mattresses
	b) train
	c) butler
	d) kitten
	e) beard


648) There are small lateral columns of water outside which receive the force , and which transmit and multiply it in the manner which is _____ to you.
	a) familiar
	b) directed
	c) conveyed
	d) reduced
	e) entrusted


649) I could see at a glance that she was _____ with fear , and the sight sent a chill to my own heart.
	a) spotted
	b) delighted
	c) busy
	d) sick
	e) equipped


650) I slept at Baker Street that night , and we were _____ upon our toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room.
	a) hanged
	b) forced
	c) strolling
	d) riding
	e) engaged


651) My mistress told me that you were _____ to call.
	a) terrifying
	b) running
	c) likely
	d) attached
	e) written


652) Finally he walked over to the bed and _____ some time in staring at it and in running his eye up and down the wall.
	a) ordered
	b) hired
	c) spent
	d) gathered
	e) offered


653) There is something in it which _____ me extremely.
	a) possesses
	b) fascinates
	c) fed
	d) befel
	e) employs


654) My submission _____ him and led him to further confidences.
	a) abused
	b) devoured
	c) defended
	d) pleased
	e) fed


655) Then he turned the handle and entered , I at his heels , with the _____ pistol in my hand.
	a) proudest
	b) coral
	c) cocked
	d) muddled
	e) lazy


656) The chimney is wide , but is _____ up by four large staples.
	a) softened
	b) torn
	c) constantly
	d) higher
	e) barred


657) During my long and _____ acquaintance with Mr. Sherlock Holmes I had never heard him refer to his relations , and hardly ever to his own early life.
	a) intimate
	b) destructive
	c) agreeable
	d) unalterable
	e) inexorable


658) Altogether there are eight maids , the _____ , the butler , two footmen , and a boy.
	a) dog-cart
	b) mast
	c) lake
	d) cook
	e) velocity


659) He started me off upon the letter A , and then he left me ; but he would _____ in from time to time to see that all was right with me.
	a) drop
	b) bide
	c) retreat
	d) hide
	e) occur


660) He actually sat _____ in an arm-chair , and I could hardly get him to speak coherently.
	a) crying
	b) adrift
	c) comfortably
	d) smiling
	e) sewing


661) It told how two _____ who had been traveling with a woman had met with a tragic end.
	a) nations
	b) Englishmen
	c) cuckoos
	d) voices
	e) ghosts


662) I went up to the house with the _____ , and saw all that was to be seen.
	a) empire
	b) asylum
	c) moonlight
	d) Inspector
	e) Moonstone


663) Then I carefully _____ off five to the east and two to the south.
	a) shut
	b) wiped
	c) paced
	d) stripped
	e) brushed


664) Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in _____ a bedroom and sitting-room at the Crown Inn.
	a) inventing
	b) erecting
	c) engaging
	d) opening
	e) digging


665) Then he _____ himself in his chair and looked them over with a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes.
	a) reseated
	b) committed
	c) mopped
	d) shut
	e) lashed


666) As we passed it Holmes , to my unutterable astonishment , leaned over in front of me and deliberately _____ the whole thing over.
	a) renounced
	b) crossed
	c) spurned
	d) accepted
	e) knocked


667) My clothes were all _____ with dew , and my coat-sleeve was drenched with blood from my wounded thumb.
	a) charged
	b) sodden
	c) supplied
	d) packed
	e) tattered


668) Suddenly there was the _____ gleam of a light up in the direction of the ventilator , which vanished immediately , but was succeeded by a strong smell of burning oil and heated metal.
	a) female
	b) momentary
	c) easiest
	d) scaly
	e) literal


669) An inspection of his chair showed me that he had been in the _____ of standing on it , which of course would be necessary in order that he should reach the ventilator.
	a) habit
	b) vicinity
	c) midst
	d) style
	e) depth


670) There was something subtly wrong with the face , some coarseness of expression , some _____ , perhaps , of eye , some looseness of lip which marred its perfect beauty.
	a) encouragement
	b) hardness
	c) whistle
	d) warmth
	e) speaking


671) I see him every day through my _____ upon the roof.
	a) compass
	b) doubts
	c) telescope
	d) knobs
	e) fingers


672) These infernal people seem to think that there are no _____ of property , and that they can swarm where they like with their papers and their bottles.
	a) rights
	b) tidings
	c) chances
	d) stacks
	e) pictures


673) It will end in my being _____ into the house.
	a) rotted
	b) sewed
	c) entrusted
	d) blown
	e) conveyed


674) That is my room at the end of the _____ , and my son's is the one beyond it.
	a) cliff
	b) rapids
	c) water-side
	d) ocean
	e) stairs


675) His eyes rolled upwards , his features writhed in agony , and with a suppressed groan he _____ on his face upon the ground.
	a) dropped
	b) staggered
	c) frolicked
	d) rode
	e) leaned


676) I was _____ of our little sitting-room and gladly acquiesced.
	a) independent
	b) weary
	c) conscious
	d) aware
	e) ignorant


677) It hadn't pulled up before she _____ out of the hall door and into it.
	a) faltered
	b) stammered
	c) shot
	d) threw
	e) wrote


678) Twice he struck at the chamber door without any _____ from within.
	a) result
	b) praise
	c) reply
	d) danger
	e) hindrance


679) His hands and feet were securely strapped together , and he bore over one eye the _____ of a violent blow.
	a) fate
	b) marks
	c) secrets
	d) spouse
	e) bosom


680) Throwing aside my _____ , I closed my hand upon the butt of my revolver and , walking swiftly up to the door , I looked in.
	a) opinion
	b) sister-in-law
	c) manager
	d) luncheon-table
	e) cigarette


681) Then he tried the _____ keys in the lock , but without success.
	a) cheap
	b) mixed
	c) king's
	d) various
	e) largest


682) The paper over each window was _____ to light , and a blue curtain was drawn across the glass work in front.
	a) impenetrable
	b) wonderful
	c) disproportionate
	d) prepared
	e) averse


683) And yet it would be the _____ treachery to Holmes to draw back now from the part which he had intrusted to me.
	a) academic
	b) innocent
	c) chivalrous
	d) bride's
	e) blackest


684) As I set it down again , after having examined it , my heart leaped to see that beneath it there lay a sheet of paper with _____ upon it.
	a) fog
	b) writing
	c) snow
	d) cigarettes
	e) shame


685) They were a _____ , and a rough one , too.
	a) remittance
	b) conscience
	c) dilemma
	d) clergyman
	e) gang


686) The July which immediately succeeded my marriage was made memorable by three cases of interest , in which I had the _____ of being associated with Sherlock Holmes and of studying his methods.
	a) indignation
	b) privilege
	c) aspect
	d) magnitude
	e) integrity


687) One of them fired a shot , the other dropped , and the _____ rushed across the garden and over the hedge.
	a) murderer
	b) outfit
	c) groans
	d) stream
	e) smoke


688) I implored the _____ to let me out , but the remorseless clanking of the levers drowned my cries.
	a) colonel
	b) design
	c) action
	d) attachment
	e) route


689) Your right hand is quite a size _____ than your left.
	a) higher
	b) sooner
	c) harder
	d) larger
	e) sadder


690) But , first , as I am rather shaken by the knocking about which I had in the dressing-room , I think that I shall help myself to a _____ of your brandy , Colonel.
	a) dash
	b) piece
	c) lump
	d) picture
	e) bar


691) I caught a glimpse of rushing figures , and a moment later the voice of Holmes from within _____ them that it was a false alarm.
	a) leaving
	b) regarding
	c) assuring
	d) studying
	e) supporting


692) Mr. Cunningham , looking out of his _____ , saw the fellow as he gained the road , but lost sight of him at once.
	a) captivity
	b) reign
	c) danger
	d) bedroom
	e) productions


693) You can hardly realize , then , how _____ I found it at first , and how long I had to wait before I succeeded in making any headway.
	a) difficult
	b) slow-witted
	c) promptly
	d) thankful
	e) hungry


694) It is really the most _____ and inexplicable business.
	a) innocent
	b) prudent
	c) luminous
	d) handsome
	e) extraordinary


695) I threw myself , _____ , against the door , and dragged with my nails at the lock.
	a) besides
	b) warningly
	c) fortunately
	d) to-night
	e) screaming


696) I rushed across the _____ , flung open the window , and looked out.
	a) moors
	b) chasm
	c) bedroom
	d) lawn
	e) yard


697) The lady , against whom naturally the strongest suspicion rested , was _____ to her room , still in a state of insensibility.
	a) disposed
	b) disinclined
	c) addressed
	d) intolerable
	e) removed


698) Nothing would induce me to help the _____ in any way.
	a) serpent
	b) infant
	c) loch
	d) police
	e) reader


699) He looked round him with a _____ and stealthy air , as one who dreads pursuit.
	a) calm
	b) furtive
	c) sweet
	d) greedy
	e) simple


700) Indeed , it was almost _____ , the effect which this giggling ruffian had produced upon the unfortunate linguist , for he could not speak of him save with trembling hands and a blanched cheek.
	a) mesmeric
	b) pedestrian
	c) deferential
	d) humdrum
	e) unfounded


701) Look at this _____ hiding out yonder , and watching and waiting.
	a) apparition
	b) temporary
	c) frantic
	d) train
	e) stranger


702) I read nothing except the criminal _____ and the agony column.
	a) nuts
	b) plans
	c) news
	d) courage
	e) peace


703) I could not see her clearly enough to know more than that she was tall and graceful , with black hair , and _____ in some sort of loose white gown.
	a) grouped
	b) clad
	c) bathed
	d) swarming
	e) feeding


704) Five little livid spots , the _____ of four fingers and a thumb , were printed upon the white wrist.
	a) row
	b) defects
	c) marks
	d) language
	e) practice


705) Of course , if they had been merely after _____ they would at least have made some attempt to search for it.
	a) nightfall
	b) plunder
	c) breakfast
	d) sunset
	e) daylight


706) Julia went there at _____ two years ago , and met there a half-pay major of marines , to whom she became engaged.
	a) seven
	b) Christmas
	c) half-past
	d) midnight
	e) noontime


707) On the third morning , however he did not appear , as was his custom , after _____ to receive my instructions for the day.
	a) muttering
	b) listening
	c) fidgeting
	d) breakfast
	e) aspiring


708) The flush had _____ in an instant , and a deathly face was before me.
	a) swarmed
	b) faded
	c) crept
	d) awakened
	e) strutted


709) Here we _____ our cab , and made our way up the drive together.
	a) dismissed
	b) grasped
	c) cudgeled
	d) penetrated
	e) nursed


710) I was the only passenger who got out there , and there was no one upon the platform save a single sleepy _____ with a lantern.
	a) elm-tree
	b) porter
	c) audience
	d) waiter
	e) peon


711) Suddenly , however , he started , _____ me on the shoulder , and pointed over the meadows.
	a) tapped
	b) motioning
	c) prompted
	d) watching
	e) leading


712) It will give him the _____ for which he has been seeking.
	a) concern
	b) grounds
	c) cook
	d) school
	e) clue


713) I had not quite understood until that instant how _____ my mission was.
	a) hairless
	b) faithful
	c) alive
	d) delicate
	e) wide-awake


714) At two o'clock he bade me good-day , complimented me upon the amount that I had _____ , and locked the door of the office after me.
	a) sinned
	b) supposed
	c) failed
	d) written
	e) slept


715) As we walked home together , Holmes stopped at a _____ office and sent off several wires.
	a) rickety
	b) telegraph
	c) milliner's
	d) dreary
	e) village


716) It may _____ his gossip.
	a) trust
	b) purify
	c) flourish
	d) kiss
	e) stop


717) You must not _____ , come what may.
	a) omit
	b) interfere
	c) obtain
	d) signify
	e) gather


718) I heard a gentle sound of _____ , and then all was silent once more , though the smell grew stronger.
	a) movement
	b) disgrace
	c) hammers
	d) sisters
	e) blows


719) It struck cold to our hearts , and I stood _____ at Holmes , and he at me , until the last echoes of it had died away into the silence from which it rose.
	a) grinning
	b) gazing
	c) smiling
	d) defiantly
	e) languidly


720) My companion was a powerful , broad-shouldered young fellow , and , apart from the _____ , I should not have had the slightest chance in a struggle with him.
	a) porch
	b) wharf
	c) cradle
	d) inquest
	e) weapon


721) Miss Irene , or Madame , rather , _____ from her drive at seven.
	a) returns
	b) shot
	c) stirred
	d) leaned
	e) glared


722) He was deadly pale and terribly _____ , with the protruding , brilliant eyes of a man whose spirit was greater than his strength.
	a) emaciated
	b) headless
	c) profane
	d) prudish
	e) impromptu


723) The place we want must be _____ near that line.
	a) somewhere
	b) rolling
	c) moving
	d) fastened
	e) glowering


724) These articles , with two small _____ chairs , made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre.
	a) massive
	b) lighted
	c) wine
	d) wicker-work
	e) walking


725) Upon the floor , close to the body , was lying a singular _____ of hard carved wood with a bone handle.
	a) variety
	b) list
	c) club
	d) gush
	e) mixture


726) The more formal we made the _____ the less information we might obtain.
	a) mirror
	b) mistake
	c) move
	d) nations
	e) visit


727) He was _____ and worn , but clear and alert , his keen face bronzed by the sun and roughened by the wind.
	a) educated
	b) calm
	c) thin
	d) mumbling
	e) clever


728) Now it was clear to me that our lady of to-day had nothing in the house more precious to her than what we are in _____ of.
	a) quest
	b) excuse
	c) spite
	d) bulk
	e) advance


729) I knew that it was my _____ voice.
	a) weak
	b) sister's
	c) unreasonable
	d) gambling
	e) mightier


730) He took a small piece of torn paper from a _____ and spread it out upon his knee.
	a) flag
	b) note-book
	c) pencil
	d) groan
	e) picnic


731) The incidents of the next few days are _____ graven upon my recollection , and I can tell them without reference to the notes made at the time.
	a) doubtless
	b) probably
	c) indelibly
	d) creatures
	e) nowadays


732) I had been casting round for some _____ by which I could get away from his gossip , but now I began to wish to hear more of it.
	a) training
	b) excuse
	c) stairs
	d) timidity
	e) passage


733) I measured out the distance , which brought me almost to the wall of the house , and I _____ a peg into the spot.
	a) spent
	b) beheld
	c) thrust
	d) excited
	e) formed


734) A small side door led into the whitewashed corridor from which the three _____ opened.
	a) manors
	b) conspirators
	c) keepers
	d) bedrooms
	e) guards


735) My heart _____ within me as I saw it.
	a) struggled
	b) lingered
	c) leaped
	d) cruised
	e) lies


736) I had the hint from Holmes that this smooth-faced pawnbroker's assistant was a _____ man a man who might play a deep game.
	a) lovely
	b) confirmed
	c) formidable
	d) younger
	e) commonplace


737) There he is , all _____ and sound.
	a) pale
	b) blood-stained
	c) crooked
	d) dirty
	e) safe


738) These walls are _____ , and it is conceivable that his shriek , if he had time to utter one , was unheard.
	a) thin
	b) rough
	c) thick
	d) sanded
	e) narrow


739) Neither address nor _____ is attached to it.
	a) honesty
	b) date
	c) taste
	d) population
	e) smell


740) He could only say that if I _____ I should hear by post.
	a) believed
	b) hoped
	c) reasoned
	d) slept
	e) waited


741) And , first , one or two _____ , Mr. Wilson.
	a) questions
	b) stations
	c) robberies
	d) campaigns
	e) matches


742) My nets are _____ upon him , even as his are upon Sir Henry , and with your help he is already almost at my mercy.
	a) closing
	b) written
	c) books
	d) expressions
	e) impotent


743) As to the photograph , your _____ may rest in peace.
	a) deception
	b) opinion
	c) application
	d) charity
	e) client


744) The policeman and I agreed that our best plan would be to _____ the woman before she could get rid of the papers , presuming that she had them.
	a) disobey
	b) relinquish
	c) sting
	d) abhor
	e) seize


745) He held in his hand a _____ of blue paper , scrawled over with notes and figures.
	a) sheet
	b) chorus
	c) supply
	d) parcel
	e) sign


746) And yet I _____ all appearance of interest.
	a) sold
	b) remembered
	c) devoured
	d) learned
	e) suppressed


747) Therefore something had occurred between _____ and nine o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him.
	a) nine
	b) heaven
	c) fifty
	d) seven-thirty
	e) Bombay


748) The roadway was blocked with the _____ stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward , while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians.
	a) immense
	b) lying
	c) herring
	d) hot
	e) purple


749) If I have to call in the aid of the police you will find how _____ you are compromised.
	a) willingly
	b) generously
	c) seriously
	d) wickedly
	e) patiently


750) The Colonel's body was then placed upon the sofa , and a careful examination made of the _____ of the tragedy.
	a) smell
	b) majesty
	c) exhortations
	d) commencement
	e) scene


751) The book , however , had been left in the billiard-room , so I _____ on my dressing-gown and started off to get it.
	a) stumbled
	b) pulled
	c) decided
	d) trod
	e) pushed


752) He has died within ten _____ of being bitten.
	a) seconds
	b) drops
	c) grains
	d) degrees
	e) conditions


753) The chamber was certainly large , and the way in which my feet sank into the carpet as I _____ across it told me of its richness.
	a) glanced
	b) crawled
	c) leaned
	d) rode
	e) stepped


754) I should be _____ to stop the night.
	a) compelled
	b) wedded
	c) addressed
	d) insensible
	e) compared


755) He is not a bad fellow , though an absolute _____ in his profession.
	a) experience
	b) difficulty
	c) imbecile
	d) faith
	e) contradiction


756) I am a _____ man to fall foul of.
	a) dangerous
	b) brave
	c) scientific
	d) weak
	e) dying


757) Besides this _____ outlay , he must be prepared to keep himself for some years , and to hire a presentable carriage and horse.
	a) unspeakable
	b) practical
	c) incoherent
	d) preliminary
	e) collective


758) Holmes rushed at the bell-pull , tore back a small _____ shutter , and , plunging in his hand , pulled out a photograph and a letter.
	a) sliding
	b) fresh-water
	c) hay
	d) boiled
	e) traveling


759) A few minutes later we were joined by a short , stout man whose olive face and coal-black hair _____ his Southern origin , though his speech was that of an educated Englishman.
	a) dismissed
	b) proclaimed
	c) touched
	d) enriched
	e) rearranged


760) Well , there is nothing very _____ in all this.
	a) punctual
	b) unfrequent
	c) limited
	d) instructive
	e) faint


761) The trees and wayside hedges were just throwing out their first green shoots , and the air was full of the pleasant smell of the _____ earth.
	a) nocturnal
	b) superior
	c) magical
	d) moist
	e) family's


762) I give you my _____ word upon that.
	a) sleeping
	b) previous
	c) solemn
	d) inflated
	e) accidental


763) There were two guides given us to _____ with , an oak and an elm.
	a) dine
	b) start
	c) argue
	d) lodge
	e) quarrel


764) Holmes dashed into the crowd to _____ the lady ; but just as he reached her he gave a cry and dropped to the ground , with the blood running freely down his face.
	a) replace
	b) protect
	c) abandon
	d) misunderstand
	e) conquer


765) I could see that she was pretty , and from the gloss with which the light shone upon her dark _____ I knew that it was a rich material.
	a) dishes
	b) forehead
	c) dress
	d) skin
	e) eyebrows


766) I could only move it slightly , and it was with the _____ of one of the constables that I succeeded at last in carrying it to one side.
	a) intention
	b) fury
	c) remains
	d) exception
	e) aid


767) They had each been stabbed , it seems , and the Hungarian police were of opinion that they had _____ and had inflicted mortal injuries upon each other.
	a) joked
	b) quarreled
	c) recovered
	d) disarmed
	e) eaten


768) He'll be cut up over this , for the man has been in his _____ for years and was a good servant.
	a) tracks
	b) pyjamas
	c) trial
	d) food
	e) service


769) The chances are that she would be as averse to its being seen by Mr. Godfrey Norton , as our _____ is to its coming to the eyes of his princess.
	a) aroma
	b) engagement
	c) government
	d) conscience
	e) client


770) It came out upon the _____ opposite to a second more ornamental stair which came up from the front hall.
	a) sidewalk
	b) bench
	c) mountain
	d) cloth
	e) landing


771) Holmes's voice _____ as he answered.
	a) hummed
	b) sank
	c) shot
	d) stared
	e) limped


772) Your mission today has _____ itself , and yet I could almost wish that you had not left his side.
	a) squeezed
	b) reproached
	c) impressed
	d) exerted
	e) justified


773) And your _____ had been given me.
	a) godmother
	b) ugliness
	c) address
	d) worship
	e) repentance


774) Then you hand over to me three quarters of what you _____ , and you keep the other quarter for yourself.
	a) earn
	b) refuse
	c) infer
	d) heed
	e) dry


775) Add to that the length of neck and head , and you get a _____ not much less than two feet long probably more if there is any tail.
	a) bite
	b) mouthful
	c) policeman
	d) creature
	e) hymn


776) The words were hardly out of his mouth before a man appeared at the door of the room , a very fat and burly man , with a heavy _____ in his hand.
	a) trap
	b) sob
	c) newspaper
	d) stick
	e) pearl


777) His hair and whiskers were shot with gray , and his face was all crinkled and _____ like a withered apple.
	a) picturesque
	b) glistening
	c) chattering
	d) hopeful
	e) puckered


778) Someone in the next room had _____ a dark-lantern.
	a) covered
	b) lit
	c) caused
	d) gained
	e) eaten


779) He appeared to be _____ , for he carried his head low and walked with his knees bent.
	a) deformed
	b) gay
	c) honest
	d) asleep
	e) cheery


780) It looked as if the pair might take an _____ departure , and so necessitate very prompt and energetic measures on my part.
	a) experienced
	b) economical
	c) unfamiliar
	d) envied
	e) immediate


781) The King may do what he will without _____ from one whom he has cruelly wronged.
	a) passing
	b) hurrying
	c) flinching
	d) hindrance
	e) moving


782) Mr. Alec stopped to see if he could help the dying man , and so the _____ got clean away.
	a) villain
	b) jug
	c) baby
	d) connection
	e) devil


783) When I thought of the heavy _____ and looked at the gaping roof I understood how strong and immutable must be the purpose which had kept him in that inhospitable abode.
	a) sandwiches
	b) step
	c) rains
	d) breathing
	e) boxes


784) To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are , and to _____ one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
	a) resign
	b) underestimate
	c) maintain
	d) reconcile
	e) distract


785) There is no _____ between them , but they all open out into the same corridor.
	a) communication
	b) issue
	c) difference
	d) understanding
	e) intrigue


786) For the moment I could proceed no farther in that direction , but must turn back to that other _____ which was to be sought for among the stone huts upon the moor.
	a) dignity
	b) phrase
	c) veil
	d) orthography
	e) clue


787) Otherwise your energy and attention must be _____ instead of being concentrated.
	a) helped
	b) considered
	c) dissipated
	d) rewarded
	e) remembered


788) She married an artist named Lyons , who came _____ on the moor.
	a) crawling
	b) bouncing
	c) leaping
	d) sketching
	e) floating


789) She knocked without receiving any answer , and even turned the _____ , but only to find that the door was locked upon the inside.
	a) saddle
	b) wheel
	c) chariot
	d) handle
	e) lamp


790) As we ran towards it the vague outline _____ into a definite shape.
	a) separated
	b) hardened
	c) folded
	d) wandered
	e) backed


791) You must find your own ink , pens , and blotting-paper , but we _____ this table and chair.
	a) lose
	b) owe
	c) provide
	d) realised
	e) behold


792) I should like , however , to understand a little more _____ what it is that you wish me to do.
	a) clearly
	b) successfully
	c) willingly
	d) comfortably
	e) seriously


793) Not a _____ , not a rustle , rose now from the dark figure over which we stooped.
	a) whisper
	b) whim
	c) muddle
	d) soldier
	e) scoundrel


794) And yet this new factor must surely arrest his attention and _____ his interest.
	a) visit
	b) reveal
	c) cook
	d) renew
	e) forget


795) I was still rather _____ over the deception which had been practised upon me , but the warmth of Holmes's praise drove my anger from my mind.
	a) tight
	b) drunk
	c) eloquent
	d) raw
	e) ordinary


796) Mr. Alec , however , was a _____ man to play games of that sort with.
	a) dangerous
	b) clever
	c) first-class
	d) good-hearted
	e) sensible


797) The point under discussion was , how far any singular gift in an individual was due to his _____ and how far to his own early training.
	a) pride
	b) languor
	c) ancestry
	d) prejudice
	e) weapons


798) I don't think I ever _____ faster , but the others were there before us.
	a) remembered
	b) suspected
	c) choked
	d) conceived
	e) drove


799) We found Holmes pacing up and down in the field , his chin sunk upon his _____ , and his hands thrust into his trousers pockets.
	a) breast
	b) throne
	c) knees
	d) haunches
	e) pedestal


800) While there she had met a young man named Harold Latimer , who had acquired an _____ over her and had eventually persuaded her to fly with him.
	a) aurora
	b) existence
	c) ascendancy
	d) animosity
	e) opprobrium


801) You , of course , saw that _____ in the street was an accomplice.
	a) mechanism
	b) scene
	c) disaster
	d) everyone
	e) apparition


802) He was off like a shot and got _____ away.
	a) mixed
	b) clean
	c) stretched
	d) tangled
	e) licked


803) In two hours we must be on the _____ of action.
	a) scene
	b) banks
	c) crest
	d) shores
	e) price


804) I have tried to _____ it from the measurements.
	a) carry
	b) reconstruct
	c) accomplish
	d) recommend
	e) fling


805) His heart was _____ , it appears , and he needed constant medical supervision.
	a) unfair
	b) spectacular
	c) weak
	d) charming
	e) unpalatable


806) I rushed towards it and pulled at the handle , but it was quite _____ , and did not give in the least to my kicks and shoves 'Hullo' I yelled 'Hullo.
	a) gentle
	b) correct
	c) rational
	d) empty
	e) secure


807) There are many men in London , you know , who , some from _____ , some from misanthropy , have no wish for the company of their fellows.
	a) shipboard
	b) shyness
	c) Greenwich
	d) reality
	e) carelessness


808) In one of these _____ the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards , while the roof was partly caved in , a picture of ruin.
	a) wings
	b) tests
	c) verses
	d) fables
	e) occasions


809) It was the same good friend whose warning I had so _____ rejected.
	a) lingeringly
	b) nobly
	c) strangely
	d) accurately
	e) foolishly


810) It was a quiet , little , plainly _____ room , with a round table in the centre , on which several German books were scattered.
	a) scorched
	b) furnished
	c) distinguished
	d) timid
	e) fuming


811) He had a very dark , _____ face , and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams.
	a) yellow
	b) fearsome
	c) colorless
	d) rosy
	e) childish


812) He unwound the _____ and held out his hand.
	a) plant
	b) handkerchief
	c) frock
	d) saddle
	e) gun


813) In the last century , however , four successive _____ were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition , and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the Regency.
	a) heirs
	b) prisoners
	c) singers
	d) workers
	e) rebels


814) Two hansoms were standing at the door , and as I entered the _____ I heard the sound of voices from above.
	a) ball
	b) accident
	c) spring
	d) processes
	e) passage


815) On the table stood a _____ with the shutter half open , throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe , the door of which was ajar.
	a) pony
	b) rope
	c) dark-lantern
	d) log
	e) dish


816) I had risen from my seat and was knocking out the ashes of my _____ when I suddenly heard the clang of the bell.
	a) pipe
	b) helplessness
	c) solitude
	d) fork
	e) tongue


817) I had no _____ to tell the baronet what I had learned about Mrs. Lyons upon the evening before , for Dr. Mortimer remained with him at cards until it was very late.
	a) pretensions
	b) impulse
	c) opportunity
	d) inclination
	e) objection


818) Her father refused to have anything to do with her because she had married without his _____ and perhaps for one or two other reasons as well.
	a) hopes
	b) consent
	c) tools
	d) friendship
	e) pocket-book


819) Holmes drew one of the _____ into a corner and sat silent , while his eyes travelled round and round and up and down , taking in every detail of the apartment.
	a) savages
	b) spies
	c) features
	d) chairs
	e) boats


820) It threw a livid , unnatural circle upon the floor , while in the _____ beyond we saw the vague loom of two figures which crouched against the wall.
	a) shadows
	b) rushes
	c) field
	d) potage
	e) thicket


821) The first _____ left by Mrs. Lyons was one of extreme beauty.
	a) impression
	b) footman
	c) winter
	d) kiss
	e) month


822) Mr. Cunningham had just got into bed , and Mr. Alec was _____ a pipe in his dressing-gown.
	a) wearing
	b) addressing
	c) merely
	d) smoking
	e) humming


823) Four or five minutes afterwards the _____ window will open.
	a) ironic
	b) sitting-room
	c) monotonous
	d) typical
	e) angry


824) A frayed top-hat and a _____ brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him.
	a) faded
	b) swollen
	c) tender
	d) remarkably
	e) wavering


825) In normal cases one can place a man in his true _____ with tolerable confidence.
	a) contention
	b) biography
	c) operations
	d) decade
	e) displacement


826) But the girl held true to me , and it seemed that I would have had her when the _____ broke out , and all hell was loose in the country.
	a) storm
	b) ape-man
	c) Mutiny
	d) clouds
	e) moon


827) On the last occasion he had _____ that if my friend would only come with me he would be glad to extend his hospitality to him also.
	a) proved
	b) discovered
	c) believed
	d) remarked
	e) dreamed


828) Not another sound broke the heavy silence of the _____ night.
	a) flat
	b) windless
	c) clearest
	d) breathing
	e) nearest


829) Now , of course that _____ at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms.
	a) occurred
	b) stirred
	c) chanced
	d) suggested
	e) effected


830) I thought the matter over , and I came to the conclusion that I must _____ the case from another aspect.
	a) burn
	b) strike
	c) draw
	d) remove
	e) approach


831) Sherlock Holmes's _____ was soon fulfilled , and in a dramatic fashion.
	a) bodice
	b) luncheon
	c) ancestry
	d) prophecy
	e) larder


832) The trap drove on , and a few minutes later we saw a sudden light spring up among the trees as the _____ was lit in one of the sitting-rooms.
	a) sky
	b) handmaiden
	c) incident
	d) watchman
	e) lamp


833) A young man , very pale and worn , was lying upon a sofa near the open window , through which came the rich _____ of the garden and the balmy summer air.
	a) spoils
	b) soil
	c) ornaments
	d) scent
	e) plains


834) There's not a man would cross it after sundown if he was _____ for it.
	a) famous
	b) searching
	c) hanged
	d) paid
	e) longing


835) The manor-house is , as I have already said , very old , and only one _____ is now inhabited.
	a) machine
	b) tomb
	c) wing
	d) beloved
	e) object


836) Yet , with all this , you made me _____ what you wanted to know.
	a) reveal
	b) persuade
	c) to-day
	d) sustain
	e) thank


837) This second one leads by means of a second small stair to a side door , used by _____ , and also as a short cut by clerks when coming from Charles Street.
	a) universities
	b) bedsteads
	c) valor
	d) servants
	e) degrees


838) I really had not the _____ to follow it up save in a very incomplete fashion , but it gave me a basis for some pleasing speculation.
	a) energy
	b) preference
	c) aeroplane
	d) comfort
	e) bark


839) A low _____ had fallen upon our ears.
	a) moan
	b) shrub
	c) courtship
	d) blow
	e) struggle


840) If my hair would only change _____ , here's a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.
	a) colour
	b) sides
	c) yours
	d) clothing
	e) names


841) As to reward , my profession is its own reward ; but you are at liberty to _____ whatever expenses I may be put to , at the time which suits you best.
	a) defray
	b) buy
	c) eat
	d) mention
	e) support


842) She had thrown them in there at the first opportunity to _____ the last trace of her crime.
	a) remove
	b) approach
	c) bungle
	d) beguile
	e) improve


843) Now , on the other side of this _____ wing runs the corridor from which these three rooms open.
	a) surprising
	b) primitive
	c) daily
	d) narrow
	e) giant


844) From this he took a paper , and returning to his seat he flattened it out beside the taper on the edge of the table , and began to _____ it with minute attention.
	a) prove
	b) regret
	c) stitch
	d) deny
	e) study


845) We hired a hansom , and in half an hour we were at the _____ which had been given to us.
	a) mirror
	b) rainbow
	c) address
	d) mantle
	e) candle


846) I tried to puzzle it out , but gave it up in despair and set the matter _____ until night should bring an explanation.
	a) aside
	b) darker
	c) aboard
	d) freely
	e) indispensable


847) Matters were in this state , when a new development quite drew our attention away from the _____ mystery.
	a) mere
	b) imaginary
	c) absolute
	d) original
	e) enquiring


848) The unknown might be lurking there , or he might be _____ on the moor.
	a) counted
	b) inflicted
	c) prowling
	d) written
	e) arranged


849) Thrust it into his pocket , most likely , never noticing that a corner of it had been left in the _____ of the corpse.
	a) opinion
	b) grip
	c) habit
	d) minds
	e) shape


850) For years I've been dreaming of the bright green _____ and the hedges of England.
	a) orchids
	b) fields
	c) cabbages
	d) smiles
	e) twigs


851) As it is , I feel that young man's grip on my throat now , and the father has twisted my _____ round in the effort to get the paper out of my hand.
	a) wrist
	b) comforter
	c) musket
	d) cap
	e) forefoot


852) It is most _____ unusual.
	a) frequently
	b) instantly
	c) eminently
	d) severely
	e) refreshingly


853) But sometimes a letter may be _____ even when burned.
	a) confident
	b) disentangled
	c) legible
	d) divided
	e) enjoyed


854) It was evident that a _____ or strong knife had been thrust in , and the lock forced back with it.
	a) chisel
	b) barrel
	c) nurse
	d) frigate
	e) lord


855) If you examine this scrap with attention you will come to the conclusion that the man with the stronger hand wrote all his words first , leaving _____ for the other to fill up.
	a) arsenic
	b) sacks
	c) food
	d) blanks
	e) books


856) I had _____ and was scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered exclamation in German and saw the cadaverous face of the colonel looking down at me.
	a) breakfasted
	b) stooped
	c) waited
	d) sprouted
	e) studied


857) The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was _____ to apoplexy.
	a) yielded
	b) disposed
	c) forced
	d) delighted
	e) due


858) The firemen had been much _____ at the strange arrangements which they had found within , and still more so by discovering a newly severed human thumb upon a window-sill of the second floor.
	a) perturbed
	b) flattered
	c) amused
	d) relieved
	e) thwarted


859) His clothes , his watch , and even his money were in his room , but the black _____ which he usually wore was missing.
	a) mists
	b) object
	c) cloud
	d) circumstance
	e) suit


860) In order to _____ with him they have to get an interpreter , and they pitch upon this Mr. Melas , having used some other one before.
	a) negotiate
	b) perish
	c) harmonize
	d) remonstrate
	e) weep


861) I should be very much obliged if you would _____ your revolver into your pocket.
	a) pull
	b) appreciate
	c) increase
	d) slip
	e) enlarge


862) A meeting of the Guild had been held that evening at eight , and Mrs. Barclay had _____ over her dinner in order to be present at it.
	a) prevailed
	b) ridden
	c) stooped
	d) driven
	e) hurried


863) I expect that within an hour _____ will come to a head.
	a) kings
	b) creatures
	c) volume
	d) matters
	e) Lucy


864) I noticed her pass , but I had no special reason for _____ her.
	a) understanding
	b) humouring
	c) watching
	d) disliking
	e) advising


865) Near the foot of the bed stood a dish of _____ and a carafe of water.
	a) medals
	b) leaves
	c) oranges
	d) wakefulness
	e) heliotrope


866) I shall call with the King _____ , and with you , if you care to come with us.
	a) gift
	b) yesterday
	c) rarity
	d) summer
	e) to-morrow


867) Palmer and Pritchard were among the _____ of their profession.
	a) nations
	b) penalties
	c) results
	d) events
	e) heads


868) A vague feeling of _____ misfortune impressed me.
	a) absolute
	b) incurable
	c) perfect
	d) impending
	e) profound


869) The lawn is thirty yards across , and is only _____ from the highway by a low wall with an iron rail above it.
	a) redeemed
	b) suffering
	c) visible
	d) divided
	e) advanced


870) All day today the _____ poured down , rustling on the ivy and dripping from the eaves.
	a) coins
	b) rain
	c) cauldron
	d) garments
	e) acorns


871) His secret was a shameful one , and he could not bring himself to _____ it.
	a) forget
	b) enable
	c) divulge
	d) dispel
	e) exercise


872) Miss Hunter screamed and _____ against the wall at the sight of him , but Sherlock Holmes sprang forward and confronted him.
	a) supported
	b) breathed
	c) hissed
	d) marched
	e) shrunk


873) I had no _____ in finding her rooms , which were central and well appointed.
	a) difficulty
	b) faith
	c) luck
	d) scruple
	e) hesitation


874) Their reason for choosing so unusual an hour for a _____ was obviously to insure that there should be no other patient in the waiting-room.
	a) battle
	b) meal
	c) consultation
	d) wedding
	e) truce


875) When a woman thinks that her house is on fire , her _____ is at once to rush to the thing which she values most.
	a) complexion
	b) investigation
	c) society
	d) ridicule
	e) instinct


876) There was a chair just under the lamp , and the elderly man _____ that I should sit in it.
	a) contended
	b) performed
	c) motioned
	d) provided
	e) discovered


877) I've had one or two little turns also with Mr. John Clay , and I _____ with you that he is at the head of his profession.
	a) agree
	b) interview
	c) danced
	d) act
	e) tremble


878) We could see the _____ in the wood where it had been pushed in.
	a) drops
	b) orchards
	c) Negroes
	d) marks
	e) lights


879) There is no possibility of a secret door , and the _____ are quite thirty feet from the ground.
	a) books
	b) novices
	c) windows
	d) meadows
	e) clerks


880) For God's sake , sir , I _____ of you not to let the police know that he is still on the moor.
	a) mention
	b) consider
	c) grant
	d) beg
	e) admit


881) A vague feeling of _____ began to steal over me.
	a) humanity
	b) security
	c) novelty
	d) uneasiness
	e) fellowship


882) You can imagine my _____ , Watson , when within two inches of my peg I saw a conical depression in the ground.
	a) seamanship
	b) ankles
	c) exultation
	d) occupation
	e) virtue


883) The lamps had been _____ , but the blinds had not been drawn , so that I could see Holmes as he lay upon the couch.
	a) misinformed
	b) cleaned
	c) lit
	d) disturbed
	e) banished


884) I am a light sleeper , and it has _____ me.
	a) puzzled
	b) deserted
	c) awakened
	d) commanded
	e) treated


885) In an instant it was _____ that we had at last come upon the true place , and that we had not been the only people to visit the spot recently.
	a) persuaded
	b) desirable
	c) obvious
	d) impossible
	e) conjectured


886) The money which my mother had left was enough for all our _____ , and there seemed to be no obstacle to our happiness.
	a) hunger
	b) vices
	c) ideas
	d) wants
	e) success


887) Already I was unable to stand erect , when my eye caught something which brought a _____ of hope back to my heart.
	a) bunch
	b) pair
	c) gush
	d) variety
	e) branch


888) It swelled up louder and louder , a _____ yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek.
	a) wholesome
	b) weak
	c) hoarse
	d) worn-out
	e) mere


889) The glass smashed into a thousand pieces and the fruit _____ about into every corner of the room.
	a) rolled
	b) slipped
	c) flourished
	d) swallowed
	e) bristled


890) I have told you now the whole truth , and if I withheld it from the police it is because I did not _____ then the danger in which my dear friend stood.
	a) realize
	b) confess
	c) cease
	d) rejoice
	e) repent


891) Have your _____ ready in case we should need it.
	a) creature
	b) honour
	c) pistol
	d) stomach
	e) tea


892) He dived his arm down to the bottom of the _____ , and brought up a small wooden box with a sliding lid , such as children's toys are kept in.
	a) woodlands
	b) ocean
	c) mountains
	d) bluff
	e) chest


893) During my _____ I had been intimately associated with a lad named Percy Phelps , who was of much the same age as myself , though he was two classes ahead of me.
	a) trip
	b) absence
	c) school-days
	d) wake
	e) dreams


894) I read death on his face as plain as I can read that _____ over the fire.
	a) text
	b) rope
	c) infantry
	d) tube
	e) bacon


895) Suddenly , as I looked , he rose from his chair , and _____ over to a bureau at the side , he unlocked it and drew out one of the drawers.
	a) walking
	b) bringing
	c) falling
	d) crouching
	e) growing


896) Fresh scandals have eclipsed it , and their more piquant details have _____ the gossips away from this four-year-old drama.
	a) encumbered
	b) contained
	c) located
	d) traversed
	e) drawn


897) It might or might not _____ the occupant , perhaps she might escape every night for a week , but sooner or later she must fall a victim.
	a) bite
	b) pity
	c) disdain
	d) alter
	e) produce


898) Possibly I had taken no _____ since I had been upon the moor which had not been observed and reported.
	a) degree
	b) neglect
	c) step
	d) bicycles
	e) egg


899) He has _____ and he has knowledge.
	a) shuddered
	b) hysterics
	c) sneered
	d) yelled
	e) nerve


900) The instant that we heard it , Holmes _____ from the bed , struck a match , and lashed furiously with his cane at the bell-pull.
	a) swelled
	b) disappeared
	c) mellowed
	d) sprang
	e) floated


901) I have already _____ what is to occur.
	a) sneered
	b) arranged
	c) bought
	d) consulted
	e) shouted


902) And Holmes' _____ came to be realised , for from that day to this no word has ever been heard either of the beautiful woman , the sinister German , or the morose Englishman.
	a) departure
	b) dream
	c) fears
	d) wretchedness
	e) worst


903) I can distinctly remember that as we did so there came three _____ from a neighboring clock.
	a) fiddlers
	b) batters
	c) chimes
	d) cheers
	e) centuries


904) I should not wish a smarter _____ , Mr. Holmes ; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn twice what I am able to give him.
	a) assistant
	b) duke
	c) window-sill
	d) prophet
	e) foe


905) With much labour we separated them and carried him , living but horribly _____ , into the house.
	a) intelligent
	b) mangled
	c) well-spoken
	d) good-natured
	e) unchristian


906) He does not say so , but I can read it from his soothing _____ and averted eyes.
	a) rings
	b) privacy
	c) traditions
	d) answers
	e) stiffness


907) He may have been _____ , or he may have been so paralyzed with terror as to have been unable to cry out.
	a) abroad
	b) misinformed
	c) asleep
	d) overheard
	e) innocent


908) No one could pass these _____ if they were bolted.
	a) objects
	b) flowers
	c) shutters
	d) subjects
	e) letters


909) When you _____ your cry of fire , it will be taken up by quite a number of people.
	a) surrender
	b) resemble
	c) reconsider
	d) raise
	e) recall


910) The butler was standing very _____ but very collected before us.
	a) pale
	b) tall
	c) heartily
	d) accurately
	e) gently


911) When leaving the house she was heard by the coachman to make some commonplace remark to her husband , and to _____ him that she would be back before very long.
	a) reproach
	b) dismiss
	c) teach
	d) assure
	e) detach


912) Nor would it be entirely _____ with most of the words overhead.
	a) covered
	b) blanched
	c) combined
	d) illuminated
	e) incompatible


913) The carpet prevents any _____ of a trap-door , and the ceiling is of the ordinary whitewashed kind.
	a) explanation
	b) deficiency
	c) remembrance
	d) recollection
	e) possibility


914) The proceedings against the page broke down for want of _____ , and the Brook Street Mystery , as it was called , has never until now been fully dealt with in any public print.
	a) discretion
	b) suspicions
	c) refuse
	d) inquest
	e) evidence


915) The portly client puffed out his _____ with an appearance of some little pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the inside pocket of his greatcoat.
	a) chest
	b) ankle
	c) cage
	d) leg
	e) note-book


916) I shall stand behind this crate , and do you conceal _____ behind those.
	a) nobody
	b) training
	c) freshly
	d) yourselves
	e) ourselves


917) The letter had , as I said , been _____ and it was not all legible.
	a) born
	b) burned
	c) idle
	d) closed
	e) disturbed


918) But I see that the enemy's _____ have gone so far that we cannot risk the presence of a light.
	a) preparations
	b) sorrows
	c) bullets
	d) lands
	e) relations


919) I paid the man and _____ into the church.
	a) withered
	b) reduced
	c) hurried
	d) delivered
	e) rode


920) I stooped in some confusion and began to pick up the fruit , understanding for some reason my companion desired me to take the _____ upon myself.
	a) oath
	b) shirt
	c) shadows
	d) blame
	e) message


921) He came himself to live with me in the character of a _____ patient.
	a) speculative
	b) prompt
	c) wealthy
	d) resident
	e) timid


922) Sherlock Holmes had listened to this long narrative with an _____ which showed me that his interest was keenly aroused.
	a) dissimulation
	b) alacrity
	c) ambiguity
	d) emphasis
	e) intentness


923) Such an _____ could not be kept secret.
	a) artist
	b) owl
	c) innocence
	d) earthquake
	e) excursion


924) I fainted when it was done , and I think that I must have been _____ for a long time.
	a) senseless
	b) preparing
	c) watching
	d) spoilt
	e) mistaken


925) Then he threw himself down into the chair opposite , and drew up his _____ until his fingers clasped round his long , thin shins.
	a) senses
	b) chest
	c) spirits
	d) pillow
	e) knees


926) The ashes of a fire were _____ in a rude grate.
	a) heaped
	b) expended
	c) defeated
	d) rolling
	e) exercised


927) It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London , and the _____ , though frayed , were of rich quality.
	a) labourers
	b) paving-stones
	c) rivers
	d) fittings
	e) singers


928) I had let myself go , and was _____ by the hands to the sill , when his blow fell.
	a) joined
	b) hanging
	c) revealed
	d) troubled
	e) hailed


929) Then Sherlock Holmes _____ down from the shelf one of the ponderous commonplace books in which he placed his cuttings.
	a) tore
	b) pulled
	c) bowed
	d) peered
	e) tumbled


930) One other detail of interest was _____ by Jane Stewart , the housemaid.
	a) emulated
	b) repelled
	c) assisted
	d) aggravated
	e) remembered


931) Evidently , therefore , Alec Cunningham had lied when he said that the two men were _____ when the shot was fired.
	a) incredible
	b) struggling
	c) obdurate
	d) damaged
	e) inquiring


932) Once again I had reached that dead wall which seemed to be _____ across every path by which I tried to get at the object of my mission.
	a) drifting
	b) walking
	c) travelling
	d) sprinkled
	e) built


933) I should like , for example , to see how far the _____ of the bedrooms command the front.
	a) influence
	b) sounds
	c) denomination
	d) windows
	e) knowledge


934) I thought that she had _____ , but she recovered herself by a supreme effort.
	a) lunched
	b) anticipated
	c) vanished
	d) stated
	e) fainted


935) Holmes waved away the _____ , though his smile showed that it had pleased him.
	a) asylum
	b) turf
	c) hurricane
	d) compliment
	e) stare


936) They all agreed that only two _____ were to be heard , those of Barclay and of his wife.
	a) foxes
	b) voices
	c) chairs
	d) decanters
	e) logs


937) A coachman and two _____ form the staff of servants.
	a) ravens
	b) planes
	c) maids
	d) policemen
	e) animals


938) My attention was speedily _____ , as I have already remarked to you , to this ventilator , and to the bell-rope which hung down to the bed.
	a) drawn
	b) retired
	c) mollified
	d) exhausted
	e) exterminated


939) That frightful cry turned the blood to _____ in my veins.
	a) remain
	b) reside
	c) appear
	d) ice
	e) succeed


940) I had myself extinguished the lamp and _____ the door before coming to bed.
	a) grasped
	b) closed
	c) rang
	d) joined
	e) caressed


941) We had reached the same crowded _____ in which we had found ourselves in the morning.
	a) sepulchre
	b) thoroughfare
	c) creek
	d) theatres
	e) clergy


942) Finally he took the _____ in his hand and gave it a brisk tug.
	a) bell-rope
	b) document
	c) hole
	d) key
	e) reins


943) Suddenly , however , as I ran , a _____ dizziness and sickness came over me.
	a) sturdy
	b) curious
	c) vehement
	d) tranquil
	e) deadly


944) He had ceased to moan as we laid him down , and a glance showed me that for him at least our _____ had come too late.
	a) fraud
	b) aid
	c) guests
	d) appetites
	e) enemies


945) By it he laid the _____ of matches and the stump of a candle.
	a) condition
	b) box
	c) mouths
	d) smell
	e) possibilities


946) Ferguson appeared to be a _____ and silent man , but I could see from the little that he said that he was at least a fellow-countryman.
	a) prince
	b) morose
	c) useful
	d) captive
	e) novel


947) I realized it as I _____ back and noted how hill after hill showed traces of the ancient people.
	a) smiled
	b) sailed
	c) shrunk
	d) flowed
	e) drove


948) In the evening I put on my waterproof and I walked far upon the _____ moor , full of dark imaginings , the rain beating upon my face and the wind whistling about my ears.
	a) sodden
	b) important
	c) tall
	d) polished
	e) nearest


949) I keep it only to _____ myself , and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future.
	a) compromise
	b) possess
	c) humiliate
	d) hide
	e) safeguard


950) Don't you dare to _____ with my affairs.
	a) dine
	b) meddle
	c) remain
	d) dance
	e) fight


951) He was unable , however , to make his way in , and the _____ were too distracted with fear to be of any assistance to him.
	a) maids
	b) stars
	c) kites
	d) angels
	e) bellows


952) The other was a very small , dark fellow , with his hat pushed back and several _____ under his arm.
	a) joints
	b) packages
	c) glaciers
	d) eunuchs
	e) splinters


953) What is the _____ of it all.
	a) meaning
	b) proportion
	c) fury
	d) symbol
	e) luxury


954) We had a small _____ this morning after breakfast.
	a) scene
	b) pillow
	c) cross
	d) yard
	e) cat


955) I staggered to my feet and ran with her along the _____ and down a winding stair.
	a) walks
	b) corridor
	c) highways
	d) ceiling
	e) valleys


956) It is to _____ you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you , a young and unknown man , a fee which would buy an opinion from the very heads of your profession.
	a) befall
	b) recompense
	c) restore
	d) allow
	e) convince


957) Then I put out my hand and was about to shake the man , who was still _____ soundly , when a bell over his head rang loudly , and he woke with a start.
	a) snowing
	b) sleeping
	c) burning
	d) walking
	e) growling


958) It appears to be a fragment _____ from a larger sheet.
	a) suffered
	b) rested
	c) glanced
	d) torn
	e) glared


959) Between ourselves , I think Mr. Holmes had not quite got over his _____ yet.
	a) grave
	b) whiskers
	c) glasses
	d) illness
	e) pony


960) I was _____ of a dull pain , my grip loosened , and I fell into the garden below.
	a) conscious
	b) tired
	c) proud
	d) ashamed
	e) convicted


961) Nothing had been touched or taken , but there were the footprints to _____ that the intrusion was an undoubted fact.
	a) hint
	b) predict
	c) acknowledge
	d) suggest
	e) prove


962) Finally he returned to the pawnbroker's , and , having thumped vigorously upon the pavement with his _____ two or three times , he went up to the door and knocked.
	a) niece
	b) balloon
	c) suit
	d) stick
	e) beard


963) He earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly by acting as _____ to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels.
	a) executrix
	b) relative
	c) guide
	d) ballast
	e) maid


964) We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our _____ and borrowed for that purpose 30,000 napoleons from the Bank of France.
	a) statesmen
	b) resources
	c) coffee
	d) honour
	e) pools


965) I came away _____ and disheartened.
	a) baffled
	b) grinning
	c) rumbling
	d) kicking
	e) rosy


966) The boards round and the _____ of the walls were of brown , worm-eaten oak , so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building of the house.
	a) splintering
	b) smell
	c) panelling
	d) merits
	e) shadow


967) Let me pass , I say' He _____ her to one side , and , rushing to the window , cut at me with his heavy weapon.
	a) begged
	b) appraised
	c) bade
	d) dashed
	e) gathered


968) It was a _____ silent house.
	a) helpless
	b) reckless
	c) mere
	d) wonderfully
	e) woman's


969) I swear that another day shall not have passed before I have done all that man can do to _____ the heart of the mystery.
	a) remove
	b) await
	c) reach
	d) regulate
	e) imitate


970) A few seconds sufficed to satisfy him , for he _____ to his feet again and put his glass in his pocket.
	a) dared
	b) resigned
	c) stooped
	d) sprang
	e) sought


971) I tell you that he is a _____ and dangerous man.
	a) venerable
	b) delicate
	c) sweet
	d) glorious
	e) clever


972) He was a dashing , jovial old soldier in his usual mood , but there were occasions on which he seemed to show himself capable of considerable _____ and vindictiveness.
	a) culture
	b) violence
	c) courage
	d) discretion
	e) tact


973) A terrible scream a _____ yell of horror and anguish burst out of the silence of the moor.
	a) drowsy
	b) prolonged
	c) wonderful
	d) girlish
	e) breathless


974) He was acutely uneasy if he were _____ from her for a day.
	a) falling
	b) distinguished
	c) pouring
	d) absent
	e) propagated


975) I found him much _____ over the disappearance of his little spaniel.
	a) disappointment
	b) troubled
	c) reading
	d) delight
	e) dining


976) We all sat in silence for some little time after _____ to this extraordinary narrative.
	a) failing
	b) dreading
	c) struggling
	d) labouring
	e) listening


977) There is a _____ sofa.
	a) comfortable
	b) licensed
	c) flinty
	d) Methodist
	e) mighty


978) So tall was he that his hat _____ brushed the cross bar of the doorway , and his breadth seemed to span it across from side to side.
	a) proudly
	b) urgently
	c) satisfactorily
	d) profoundly
	e) actually


979) The back door was open , and as he came to the foot of the _____ he saw two men wrestling together outside.
	a) stairs
	b) mills
	c) victory
	d) forest
	e) parties


980) A maid _____ across and threw open the window.
	a) fainted
	b) talked
	c) slept
	d) dwelt
	e) rushed


981) It was one of the main arteries which _____ the traffic of the City to the north and west.
	a) surrounded
	b) supported
	c) conveyed
	d) contained
	e) sheltered


982) I was instantly _____ , and , with the two footmen , started off at once in search of the missing girl.
	a) extinguished
	b) aroused
	c) asleep
	d) fatigued
	e) decapitated


983) So far I could _____ their actions as if I had actually seen them.
	a) waste
	b) follow
	c) lose
	d) ensure
	e) bury


984) One by one the management of the noble houses of Great Britain is _____ into the hands of our fair cousins from across the Atlantic.
	a) passing
	b) preached
	c) examined
	d) shouted
	e) charmed


985) A ventilator is made , a _____ is hung , and a lady who sleeps in the bed dies.
	a) battle
	b) cord
	c) suspicion
	d) card
	e) choice


986) He was tractable enough , though his son was a perfect _____ , ready to blow out his own or anybody else's brains if he could have got to his revolver.
	a) demon
	b) knight
	c) lad
	d) priest
	e) maiden


987) On reaching Scotland Yard , however , it was more than an hour before we could get Inspector Gregson and comply with the legal _____ which would enable us to enter the house.
	a) obstacles
	b) disputes
	c) acuteness
	d) formalities
	e) restraints


988) It was _____ to me that he could have gone away leaving all his property behind him , and yet where could he be.
	a) inferior
	b) incredible
	c) essential
	d) agreeable
	e) fatal


989) The bride , who had fortunately entered the house before this unpleasant interruption , had sat down to breakfast with the rest , when she _____ of a sudden indisposition and retired to her room.
	a) approved
	b) stripped
	c) complained
	d) conceived
	e) eased


990) All my unspoken instincts , my _____ suspicions , suddenly took shape and centred upon the naturalist.
	a) vague
	b) comic
	c) warmest
	d) heated
	e) blind


991) I have told you that she had only recently recovered from an _____ , and was looking so wretchedly pale and wan that I remonstrated with her for being at work.
	a) error
	b) illness
	c) earthquake
	d) infant
	e) agreement


992) It was several miles off , but I could _____ see a small dark dot against the dull green and gray.
	a) possibly
	b) regularly
	c) darkly
	d) distinctly
	e) scarcely


993) We laid him upon the drawing-room _____ , and having dispatched the sobered Toller to bear the news to his wife , I did what I could to relieve his pain.
	a) rope
	b) sofa
	c) library
	d) windows
	e) breakfast


994) But incredulity and indifference were evidently my _____ cards.
	a) scientific
	b) unwary
	c) drinking
	d) strongest
	e) largest


995) Admiration was , I _____ , the first impression.
	a) repeat
	b) gasped
	c) obeyed
	d) argued
	e) shouted


996) Left his _____ at ten o'clock at night , and has not been heard of since.
	a) defeat
	b) affairs
	c) lodgings
	d) impudence
	e) finger


997) At the time the circumstances made a deep _____ upon me , and the lapse of two years has hardly served to weaken the effect.
	a) shadow
	b) impression
	c) sneer
	d) gash
	e) crevice


998) He is a bit of a Don Juan , and you can imagine that for a man like him it is not a very _____ part to play in a quiet country district.
	a) ingenious
	b) difficult
	c) limber
	d) tender
	e) formal


999) What is to me a means of _____ is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante.
	a) reverence
	b) transport
	c) eating
	d) amusement
	e) livelihood


1000) Twelve struck , and one and two and three , and still we sat waiting _____ for whatever might befall.
	a) elsewhere
	b) knowingly
	c) intermittently
	d) unconsciously
	e) silently


1001) Sitting in the _____ I more than once heard the sound of voices raised , and I had a pretty good idea what the point was which was under discussion.
	a) summer
	b) billiard-room
	c) future
	d) fortune
	e) cradle


1002) I tapped upon the floor , but it sounded the same all over , and there was no sign of any _____ or crevice.
	a) crack
	b) witch
	c) cake
	d) imprudence
	e) disagreement


1003) Within there was a small corridor , which ended in a very _____ iron gate.
	a) French
	b) massive
	c) printed
	d) unlucky
	e) hot


1004) I made no allusion to what had passed , and _____ with some curiosity to see how he would cover his disgrace.
	a) kicked
	b) tied
	c) waited
	d) encircled
	e) watered


1005) For a moment or two I sat _____ , hardly able to believe my ears.
	a) today
	b) professionally
	c) reading
	d) breathless
	e) dreaming


1006) But a singular _____ brought us to a standstill.
	a) fortune
	b) fascination
	c) interruption
	d) diligence
	e) anecdote


1007) Then she _____ open a door which led into a bedroom , through the window of which the moon was shining brightly.
	a) swayed
	b) spread
	c) sped
	d) threw
	e) rolled


1008) Then , when I _____ a light upon them , close in swiftly.
	a) smoke
	b) wrote
	c) proposed
	d) recall
	e) flash


1009) It is evident , therefore , that if both girls had married , this beauty would have had a _____ pittance , while even one of them would cripple him to a very serious extent.
	a) mere
	b) moderate
	c) finer
	d) higher
	e) marvellous


1010) I am sorry to have _____ you.
	a) convinced
	b) expected
	c) killed
	d) practised
	e) interrupted


1011) Her face fell , however , when she saw that I was a _____ , and she sat down again and asked me the object of my visit.
	a) madman
	b) stranger
	c) visitor
	d) baby
	e) picnic


1012) We had hardly reached the hall when we heard the _____ of a hound , and then a scream of agony , with a horrible worrying sound which it was dreadful to listen to.
	a) clatter
	b) baying
	c) tinkle
	d) click
	e) image


1013) Sorry to see that you've had the British _____ in the house.
	a) workman
	b) Museum
	c) island
	d) Empire
	e) abode


1014) Even after I became suspicious , I found it hard to think _____ of such a dear , kind old clergyman.
	a) evil
	b) highly
	c) kindly
	d) previously
	e) custody


1015) His life was _____ , but in one respect he was regularity itself.
	a) ended
	b) irregular
	c) empty
	d) bewitched
	e) unavoidable


1016) He was all right , as far as money went , but in his _____ he had given her what looked like a bad florin.
	a) throat
	b) lifetime
	c) pocket
	d) temperament
	e) deposit


1017) Then my senses and my voice came back to me , while a _____ weight of responsibility seemed in an instant to be lifted from my soul.
	a) modest
	b) cardboard
	c) harmonious
	d) crushing
	e) viscous


1018) Across his lap lay the short stock with the long lash which we had _____ during the day.
	a) wandered
	b) breakfasted
	c) transpired
	d) noticed
	e) killed


1019) The bottle was _____ in my laboratory , so leaving my patient seated in his chair , I ran down to get it.
	a) painted
	b) quartered
	c) published
	d) downstairs
	e) interested


1020) Suddenly a door opened at the other end of the _____ , and a long , golden bar of light shot out in our direction.
	a) lawn
	b) castle
	c) stream
	d) harp
	e) passage


1021) It was a _____ day , with a bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the heavens.
	a) gray
	b) perfect
	c) cloudy
	d) misty
	e) lucky


1022) I fastened the rod on end , marked out the direction of the shadow , and _____ it.
	a) measured
	b) invested
	c) sheathed
	d) taught
	e) subdued


1023) An elderly man with a red face and shaking limbs came _____ out at a side door.
	a) daintily
	b) singing
	c) staggering
	d) pouring
	e) ebbing


1024) The lash , however , was _____ upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.
	a) seated
	b) thrown
	c) seized
	d) perched
	e) curled


1025) About nine o'clock the light among the trees was _____ , and all was dark in the direction of the Manor House.
	a) issued
	b) intense
	c) warm
	d) complete
	e) extinguished


1026) Had he observed a _____ the night before waiting for me.
	a) vision
	b) carriage
	c) picture
	d) nerve
	e) hound


1027) I assure you , Sir Henry , that in a very few days the necessary arrangements will have been made and he will be on his way to _____ America.
	a) South
	b) shorten
	c) sell
	d) consult
	e) relieve


1028) We had reached Pall Mall as we _____ , and were walking down it from the St. James's end.
	a) applauded
	b) reeled
	c) slept
	d) trembled
	e) talked


1029) He had started _____ swiftly over the moor , and I had followed at his heels.
	a) streaming
	b) wallowing
	c) bowing
	d) blowing
	e) running


1030) Then I walked across to the window , hoping that I might catch some glimpse of the country-side , but an oak _____ , heavily barred , was folded across it.
	a) tea-table
	b) shutter
	c) staircase
	d) chest
	e) sapling


1031) But the evening has brought a _____ with it.
	a) ticket
	b) dynamo
	c) fault
	d) newspaper
	e) breeze


1032) I am only , of course , giving you the leading _____ now of my examination of the paper.
	a) voices
	b) spirits
	c) complaints
	d) results
	e) officers


1033) My guide stopped and looked about her like one who is at her _____ end.
	a) obstinate
	b) wit's
	c) inborn
	d) wilder
	e) well-merited


1034) I should not go too far if I were to say that there was a general _____ at that time that a distinguished career lay before me.
	a) experience
	b) discontent
	c) impression
	d) engagement
	e) uneasiness


1035) Suddenly , amid all the _____ of the gale , there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman.
	a) risk
	b) glow
	c) thunders
	d) hubbub
	e) lassitude


1036) To me at least there was a strange _____ between the sweet promise of the spring and this sinister quest upon which we were engaged.
	a) union
	b) contrast
	c) choice
	d) confusion
	e) comfort


1037) An hour and half had _____ before the Inspector returned alone.
	a) glittered
	b) spoken
	c) arrived
	d) floated
	e) elapsed


1038) I will never so much as _____ the same air with you again.
	a) hit
	b) breathe
	c) conceive
	d) perceive
	e) imagine


1039) When he raised his face again , I was _____ to see that his cheek was tinged with color , and his eyes as bright as before his illness.
	a) surprised
	b) inclined
	c) unaccustomed
	d) accustomed
	e) anxious


1040) The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash _____ on one corner of the bed.
	a) seized
	b) dragged
	c) hung
	d) chewing
	e) poured


