Раздел 2. Грамматика и лексика

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to

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school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any │23│

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______ that morning, because in the evening she would be going to a fancy

dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and she

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had │24│_____ her costume the night before. Now she was │25│_____ to try it

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on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective.

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Mrs Richards put it │26│______, looked in the mirror, smiled and went

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downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be │27│______ to wear.

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Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a │28│

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______ on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told

him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave

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the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to │29│______ the poor man, Mrs

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Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard

the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of

the store-room was opened and a man entered.