Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

NEGLIGENCE, NEGLECT. 102.  “Without blame
      Or our ——­ we lost her as we came.”—­Comus.
103.  Through ——­ to do what ought to be done we soon acquire habits of
     ——.
104.  Rescue my poor remains from vile ——. 105.  The gate has fallen from its hinges, the wooden steps are rotted, and
     the house shows similar signs of ——.
106. ——­ is a grave fault.

NOVICE, NOVITIATE. 107.  For most men a ——­ of silence is profitable before they enter on the
     business of life.
108.  I am young, a ——­ in the trade. 109.  It was in this abbey that I served my ——. 110.  When I was a ——­ in this place, there was here a pious monk.

ORGANISM, ORGANIZATION. 111.  Germs of microscopic ——­s exist abundantly on the surface of all
     fruits.
112.  Lieutenant Peary has completed the ——­ of his arctic expedition. 113.  The Jacobin club was a political ——. 114.  What a complex ——­ the human body is!

PART, PORTION. 115.  A ——­ of my work is done. 116.  The younger ——­ of the community. 117.  The priests had a ——­ of land assigned them by Pharaoh. 118.  The whole is equal to the sum of all its ——­s. 119.  Each received his ——­ of the estate. 120.  The lower ——­s of his body were cold. 121.  “This,” said he, “is a ——­ of the true cross.”

PLENTY, ABUNDANCE. 122.  If you do not waste your money, you will have ——­ for your expenses. 123.  They did cast in of their ——­; but she of her want. 124.  The expedition has ——­ of provisions, but none to spare. 125.  Last year there was ——­ of corn; it was estimated that we had enough
     to feed the whole nation for two years.

PRODUCE, PRODUCT, PRODUCTION. 126.  The manufacturers brought their ——­s to market. 127.  The farmers bring their ——­ to town or haul it to the nearest
     railway station.
128.  The apple is especially an American ——. 129.  Lowell’s “Commemoration Ode” is a noble ——. 130.  Great Britain exports chiefly manufactured ——. 131.  The component elements of ——­ are labor and capital.

PROMINENCE, PREDOMINANCE. 132.  The Indian race is marked by a ——­ of the cheek-bones. 133.  The English settlers were prominent (predominant) in the New World. 134.  “Childe Harold” brought Byron into ——­ as a poet. 135.  As a man Byron had many prominent (predominant) faults; it is not
     easy to say which one was prominent (predominant).

RECIPE, RECEIPT.
136.  Please send me your ——­ for making chocolate ice-cream.
137.  Paracelsus furnished a ——­ for making a fairy, but had the delicacy
     to refrain from using it.
138.  He gave me a ——­ for a liniment, which he said was excellent for
     sprains.

RELATIVE, RELATION. 139.  He has no ——­ in this part of the country. 140.  I am the nearest ——­ he has in the world.

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