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<word defn="An MP3 player can relieve the _______ of running. I'd die of _______ if I lived in the country." wf="BOREDOM" en="BOREDOM" x="6" y="1" direction="down"/>
<word defn="She was ____ into a wealthy family. Their child was ____ with a serious medical problem." wf="BORN" en="BORN" x="6" y="1" direction="across"/>
<word defn="The _______ has a severe heart condition. The _______ was admitted to hospital yesterday." wf="PATIENT" en="PATIENT" x="12" y="1" direction="down"/>
<word defn="They set up a ____ table in the garden. We watched a ____ of prey swoop down on a mouse." wf="BIRD" en="BIRD" x="1" y="2" direction="down"/>
<word defn="He gave a harsh ____ of laughter. The people strip the ____ and use it in medicines." wf="BARK" en="BARK" x="1" y="2" direction="across"/>
<word defn="The gate gave a loud _____ as he pushed it open. The gate swung open with a _____." wf="CREAK" en="CREAK" x="5" y="3" direction="across"/>
<word defn="Many matchmaking sites compile lists of potential _____ using basic information. They've been good _____ ever since they were at school together." wf="MATES" en="MATES" x="10" y="4" direction="down"/>
<word defn="Her voice sounded very ____ on the telephone. This suspicion runs very ____ among some government members." wf="DEEP" en="DEEP" x="1" y="5" direction="across"/>
<word defn="I decided to invest in some government _____. We try to forge _____ between the different communities." wf="BONDS" en="BONDS" x="5" y="6" direction="down"/>
<word defn="A strong spiritual ____ exists between them. She felt a ____ of affection for the other girls." wf="BOND" en="BOND" x="5" y="6" direction="across"/>
<word defn="He _____ head first into the water. She _____ from the top diving board." wf="DIVED" en="DIVED" x="8" y="6" direction="down"/>
<word defn="Their possessions had all been packed into shipping ______. They stacked the ______ in the corner of the yard." wf="CRATES" en="CRATES" x="1" y="7" direction="down"/>
<word defn="The rules have grown up through ______ and are not laid down by law. They still follow the ______ of pinning money to the bride's dress." wf="CUSTOM" en="CUSTOM" x="1" y="7" direction="across"/>
<word defn="He was rather _____ at word games. It would be politically _____ to make these cutbacks now." wf="INEPT" en="INEPT" x="8" y="7" direction="across"/>
<word defn="At the end of the movie they ____ off into the sunset. It was strange to ____ in a saddle after riding bareback for so many years." wf="RIDE" en="RIDE" x="3" y="9" direction="across"/>
<word defn="I really ____ bad about what I had done. She ____ her mother's death very deeply." wf="FELT" en="FELT" x="11" y="9" direction="down"/>
<word defn="The movie's characters speak in a curiously _____ way. These ideas seem a little _____ now." wf="DATED" en="DATED" x="8" y="10" direction="across"/>
<word defn="The bay was full of boats with billowing _____. The dinghy gathered speed as the wind filled her _____." wf="SAILS" en="SAILS" x="1" y="12" direction="across"/>
<word defn="He could sink a ____ faster than anyone else I knew. He stood me a ____ in the pub after work." wf="PINT" en="PINT" x="8" y="12" direction="across"/>
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