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1. There was . . . . knock on . . . . door. I opened it and found . . . small dark man in . . . . blue overcoat and . . . .
woolen cap.
2. He said he was . . . . employee of . . . .gas company and had come to read . . . .meter.
3. But I had . . . .suspicion that he wasn't speaking . . . .truth because . . . .meter readers usually wear . . . .peaked
caps.
4. However, I took him to . . . .meter, which is in . . . .dark corner under . . . .stairs
(.. . . .meters are usually in . . . .dark corners under . . . ..stairs).
5. I asked if he had . . . .torch; he said he disliked torches and always read . . . ..meters by . . . light of . . . .match.
6. I remarked that if there was . . . .leak in . . ..gas pipe there might be . . . .explosion while he was reading . . . .
meter.
7. He said, 'As . . . . . matter of . . . . . . fact, there was . . . . . explosion in . . . . . last house I visited; and
Mr. Smith. . . . . .owner of . . . . .. . house, was burnt in . . . . . . face.'
8. 'Mr. Smith was holding . . . .. . lighted match at . . . . . . time of . . .. . . explosion.'
9. To prevent . . . . . . possible repetition of this accident, I lent him . . . . .. . torch.
10. He switched on . . .. . torch, read . . . . . . meter and wrote . . .. reading down on . . . . back of . .. . envelope.
11. I said in . . . .surprise that . . . . . meter readers usually put . . . . . readings down in . . . book.
12. He said that he had had . . . book but that it had been burnt in . . . fire in . . . Mr. Smith's house.
13. By this time I had come to . . . . . conclusion that he wasn't . . . . . genuine meter reader; and . . . . . moment
he left . . . . house I rang . . . . . police.
14. Are John and Mary . . . . . . cousins? ~
No, they aren't . . . . . cousins; they are . . . . . . brother and . . . . . . sister.
15. . . . fog was so thick that we couldn't see . . . side of . . . road. We followed . . . car in front of us and hoped
that we were going . . . right way.
16. I can't remember . . . exact date of . . . storm, but I know it was . . . Sunday because everybody was at . . .
church. On . . . Monday . . . post didn't come because . . . roads were blocked by . . . fallen trees.
17. Peter thinks that this is quite . . . . cheap restaurant.
18. There's been . . . . murder here. ~
Where's . . . . body?~
There isn't . . . . body. ~
Then how do you know there's been . . . . murder?
19. Number . . . . hundred and two, . . . . house next door to us, is for sale.
It's quite . . . . . nice house with . . . big rooms. . . . back windows look out on . . . park.
20. I don't know what . . . price . . owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are . . . agents. You could give them . . .
ring and make them . . . offer.
21. . . . postman's little boy says that he'd rather be . . . dentist than . . . doctor, because . . . dentists don't get
called out at . . . night.
22. Just as . . . air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me . . . cup of . . . coffee . . . plane gave
. . . lurch and . . . . coffee went all over . . . person on . . . other side of . . . gangway.
23. There was . . . collision between . . . car and . . . cyclist at . . . crossroads near . . . my house early in . . .
morning. . . . cyclist was taken to . . . hospital with . . . concussion. . . . driver of . . . car was treated for . . .
shock. . . . witnesses say that . . . car was going at . . . seventy miles . . . hour.
24. Professor Jones, . . . man who discovered . . . new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give . . .
press conference.
25. Peter Piper, . . . student in . . . professor's college, asked him why he refused to talk
to . . . press.
26. We're going to drink . . . tea with . . . Smiths today, aren't we? Shall we take . . . car? ~
We can go by . . . car if you wash . . . car first. We can't go to . . . Mrs. Smith's in . . . car all covered with . . .
mud .
27. He got . . . job in . . . south and spent . . . next two years doing . . . work he really enjoyed.
28. It is . . . pleasure to do . . . business with such . . . efficient organization.
29. . . . . day after . . . day passed without . . . . news, and we began to lose ... hope.
30. Would you like to hear . . . story about . . . Englishman, . . . Irishman and . . . Scotsman? ~
No. I've heard . . . . stories about . . . Englishmen, . . . . Irishmen and . . . . Scotsmen before and they are
all . . . . same.
