So profitable was sheep-farming seen to be that energetic settlers began to burn off the _______________ and cut and burn the forest in the North Island and sow English grasses on the cleared land.

But although she resorted to all sorts of expedients, even to that of trying to pass off a ______________ as the grand duke's child, she was not successful.

He'd not just claimed her in deed but had the nerve to brand her like ______________ as well!

According to Christianity, any sinner can go to heaven as long as he is a _________________ and learns from his mistakes.

As soon as the citizens learned their brutal leader was dead, they burned an ______________ of his image.

Corbett tried to think back, unravelling the _____________ of information he had gathered.

It was quite difficult to ___________ perfume from its original bottle into the beautiful vessel without smelling up the whole room.

The _____________ paintings in the galleries are perhaps the most interesting of the extant remains.

Combat engineers—known as pioneers or ______________ in some armies—are tasked with removing these obstacles on the battlefield and keeping the attack going.

The exhibition of 1873 was held in this park, and several of its buildings, including the large _____________, have been left standing.

His eyes, prominent from the _____________ of his face, gazed inquiringly at his comrades who were paying no attention to him, and he moaned regularly and quietly.

The next time she opened her eyes, sunshine filtered through ________________ blinds on a hospital window.

The boy is trying to ______________ himself by placing a hoodie over his head.

The store owner was unprepared for the ______________ of consumers who rushed into his store.