1) deep in thought
2) Strangely enough,
3) strictly forbidden
4) exception to the rule
5) the situation had become unbearable
6) the truth of the matter was
The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.
1) prvs adj. the one before
2) shckd adj. very surprised in a negative way
3) prvntng v. stopping something from happening
4) apprchd v. got closer
5) aplgs v. say sorry
6) rclld v. remembered
7) prsmbly adv. something you suppose is true
8) grdlly adv. little by little
9) strd v. looked for a long time
10) frd was frightened of
1) deep in thought
I had been deep in thought about some recent worrying events in my own life
2) Strangely enough,
Strangely enough, although I was only some metres away, I heard no sound from this bizarre vision.
3) strictly forbidden
it is strictly forbidden to go out onto the playing fields between classes!
4) exception to the rule
I was an exception to rule because I came back to our country town to work, while the others travelled to distant places.
5) the situation had become unbearable
because he had become a fourteen-year-olf boy again
6) the truth of the matter was
However, the truth of the matter was that I was had lived sixty-five years in this world and was not afraid of people like our old headmaster
1) previous
2) shocked
3) preventing
4) approached
5) apologise
6) recalled
7) presumably
8) gradually
9) stared
10) feared
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