Quiz 9

William thought he had a (1) __________ for news. So he kept it to the grindstone and stuck it into other people’s business. This caused a raised (2) __________ or two.

But he always smiled in the (3)_________ of adversity, even if he was in the (4)_______ of the storm. He wanted to get to the beating (5) _________ of the matter.

He wouldn’t (6)________under. He (7)________d the line. He put his (8)________to the ground and his (9)________ in the wind. He wasn’t too lazy to do a journalist’s (10) __________-work. He put his (11) ____________ to the wheel with lots of (12)_______ grease.

He (13) __________d over endless tomes. He kept his (14) _________up, maintaining a stiff upper (15) ______. He might say a (16) ___________ful but never weave a (17) _________of lies. He would not (18) _________the idea of failure.

Occasionally he would take a load off his (19) ________and (20) _________the bill for lunch with friends. He was no (21)________flint. He took them to a nice (22) ___________. If there were no tables, they’d (23)---------_________ up to the counter.

Speaking in a lighter (24) ________, he would (25) _____________ his buddies, whether their views were (26)_____________-jerk liberal or stiff-(27) __________ed conservative. Or he might do a magic trick by (28)______________ing a card or a quarter. They thought he was not square but (29)___________.

Once in a while he’d put the (30) ____________on them to (31)___________over and lined a (32)_______with his work or (33) ________-storm an idea in a (34) _______session.

If someone had a (35) ________to pick, he’d turn the other (36) ________. He wouldn’t bad-(37)_______ people. He wasn ’t a (38) _______biter. He didn’t bother to split (39)_________s. But when the (40) was in the fire, he wouldn’t let anyone (41) __________in on his territory.

One morning he pounded his (42)______ a tiny bit too long an missed his deadline by a (43)___________an, (44) ___________, or possible a (45) _______’s breadth. He had not (46)________for any more (47) ________-tingling or (48) __________raising adventures like that to set his (49) on edge.

Somehow, he had to wrest victory from the (50)-----------_______ of defeat. Otherwise he feared more than a slap on the (51) _________. What he needed was a story idea. Advisers always said, "write about what you know".

He started to (52) _________through his notebooks.

But then it came to him off the top of his (53) ________, a subject very close to him:

Anatomy!

Missing words

Nose Eyebrow Face Eye Heart Knuckle Toe Ear Finger Leg Shoulder Hip Arm

Mouth Tissue Countenance Feet Foot Skin Joint Belly Vein Rib Knee Neck Palm

Lip Ankle Hand Brain Skull Bone Cheek Mouth Back Hair Fat Muscle Ear

Elbow Pore Chin Eyelash Hair Stomach Spine Teeth Jaws Wrist Thumb Head Whisker

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