Josiah looked steadily into the old man's kind eyes and felt his willpower ____. "Fine," Josiah said. "But promise me we'll return it when we're done." Everyone is so nosy and always ____ into my business. Yesterday I found Eliza looking through my journal, and now everyone is in the living room watching the game. I just want some alone time. "I know it's not exactly fair," Mom said, "but if you want your own room, you'll have to make some ____ ." I listened to the players' shoes squeaking loudly on the court. Sometimes I could even hear the players talking to one another. On television they didn't look so ____, but they towered above me in real life. "Now just-just wait a minute," he ____. "You're just-you're just a kid!" The shocked judge was at a loss for words at Roddy's incredible racing skills. The merchant ignored the peasant's words. "I hope you enjoy your reward," he said. "Thank you again and good-bye." He quickly ____. When we showed the garden to Mom, she was ____ . "SURPRISE!" we all yelled. Mom turned around and gave me the biggest hug. "Happy Mother's Day," I whispered and that's when I saw she had tears of joy in her eyes. A newly hatched platypus is about the size of a lima bean. The mother and her babies live in the burrow until the young are strong enough to leave. When platypuses grow up, they go off on their own. This animal ____ living alone rather than living in a group. Professional athletes have grown ____ to using the same equipment in games as they do in practice. They know that even a slight change in the proportions of a baseball bat can hurt a player's performance in a game. In 1903, most roads were just dirt paths that had been used mainly for horse-drawn carriages. In ____ areas where roads did not exist at all, Ford drove his new invention through muddy cow pastures and even over mountains. The bumpy ride sometimes jarred equipment loose and caused it to fall off the car.

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