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The following four blanks are to be filled with four words with different meanings, but which sound the same. For example, "The little tot taught himself to walk across the tightrope; he learned that if it was taut, he could do it."
Mr. Anderson showed amazing ______ in the face of danger, with no thought of his own safety. He has thwarted the evil Doctor Smith's plans by destroying Smith's most important agent. Despite having to dig the jagged _____ out of his leg, he kept running. Thanks to Mr. Anderson, Doctor Smith's ability to ______ with our operations has been reduced drastically, and so, we award Mr. Anderson this ______ of honor.
Mr. Anderson showed amazing ______ in the face of danger, with no thought of his own safety. He has thwarted the evil Doctor Smith's plans by destroying Smith's most important agent. Despite having to dig the jagged _____ out of his leg, he kept running. Thanks to Mr. Anderson, Doctor Smith's ability to ______ with our operations has been reduced drastically, and so, we award Mr. Anderson this ______ of honor.
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"Iron will" gives away two of the answers.Answer
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Hello me
hah got this before my boy
oh z!that was 2 EZ!
OK so the frist 2 and the second two sound alike.. but I hope you aren\'t implying that all four sound the same. ^_^ That could lead to some messed up misunderstandings.
I liked it. I thought it was fun. also, it depends own how you pronounce things. my roomate didn\'t think they sounded alike, but I did.
good job!
good job!
Jan 28, 2005
Funz0r! Lol...
Nice chatting with you
Nice chatting with you
Actually Atropus, in ordinary speech, they do sound the same, as I've heard it. I even checked Miriam-webster.com and got the pronounciations. Unless you're being unecessarily articulate, they sound quite the same.
And nunya.. I went out of my way to make it easy, so don't get huffy ;-)
And nunya.. I went out of my way to make it easy, so don't get huffy ;-)
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