Fill in the Blanks

1. The chances of my winning the election were so dismal that I decided to quit before the votes were counted.

2. I won the wager that my bachelor* friend would be married by June.

3. Kit Carson’s keen* eyesight protected him from the peril in the forest.

4. While escaping from the bank, the robbers forced the teller to recline on the floor of their car.

5. Since the shack was vacant,* we did not expect to hear the terrible shriek which came from it.

6. With a sinister smile, the gangster invited Martha into his Cadillac.

7. You cannot conceal the truth when you are questioned by the keen* lawyer.

8. It is said that many ghosts inhabit the old Butler house.

9. In frigid weather I always wear three or four sweaters.

10. After standing guard duty for four hours, I became completely numb.

11. As the closet was opened, the corpse fell out, frightening the janitor out of one year’s growth.

12. With the promise of a raise in pay, my boss tried to tempt me to stay on in the job.

Creativity Exercise

Now make up your own sentences, one for each of the new words you have just been taught.

That dismal forest containing peril, was inhabited by wild animals that would be ready to spread corpses on the ground.

I remember the frigid winter days, when even my tears turned to ice.

When your friends betray you, you occasionally try not to show them your anger, but in a small corner of your soul, that feeling of revenge and loneliness is concealed.

Azerbaijan, in essence, is carrying out ethnic elimination of native inhabitants, which at least, contradicts basic human rights.

There are times when you just feel numb yourself, you can’t motivate yourself, you can’t fight.

Suddenly, the bus braked sharply, and more than half of the passengers reclined on the each other.

She shrieked when she saw a mouse.

That dismal forest seemed to be a monstrous place where even witches and sinister could be.

I was tempted to take the day off when my boss offered me one after many months of hard work.

He wagered 150 euros on the game, but won ten times that amount.