Spring ____ed his wildest hopes. His trees began to sprout and grow, as if time was in a hurry and wished to make one year do for twenty.
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Merry and Pippin were unchanged otherwise, unless they were indeed more fairspoken and more ____ and full of merriment than ever before.
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All the children born or ____ in that year, and there were many, were fair to see and strong, and most of them had a rich golden hair that had before been rare among hobbits.
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Meanwhile the labour of repair went on ____, and Sam was kept very busy.
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The trees were the worst loss and damage, for at Sharkey’s ____ they had been cut down recklessly far and wide over the Shire.
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The only thing that he did as Deputy Mayor was to ____ the Shirriffs to their proper functions and numbers.
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You thought you had done very well out of it all, and could now just ____ back and have a nice quiet time in the country.
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I used an ____ of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.
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The bricks were used to repair many an old hole, to make it ____ger and drier.