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WRONGS in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
ANTINOUS in The Odyssey by Homer
STEVE in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
COME in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
MURDERER in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
BEND in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
NATIVE SERVANTS in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
DREAM in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
SEA in The Odyssey by Homer
ONCE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
BONNET in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
DOWN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
FEAR in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
BUSINESS in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
JUDGE TAYLOR in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
CAMELLIA in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
FAITHFULNESS in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
PLAIN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
TWO-BIT in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SUMMER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
GRIEF in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
EQUALITY in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
CHANGING in The Odyssey by Homer
ILL in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
PIKE in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
ROLL in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
MARRIED in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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LIKE in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
ARRANGE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
EXCITEMENT in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
HAIR in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
LIFE in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
APARTMENT in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
WHERE in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
MANNERS in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
BODY in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
FORTUNE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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AWAIT in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
RESPECT in War and Peace 2 by Leo Tolstoy
DOOR in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
GONE in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
SQUALL in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
LOVE in Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
STORY in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ALL in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
WINDOWS in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
FLOWER in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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MURDER in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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GONE in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
TRUTH in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
KEROSENE in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
SPOKE in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
BEAR in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
JOY in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
EXPECT in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
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WORK in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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WILL in The Odyssey by Homer
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DEAD in The Odyssey by Homer
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SEA in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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STORMS in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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HANGED in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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SHOULDER in The Odyssey by Homer
ANGER in The Odyssey by Homer
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FOLLOWING in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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CHANGE in The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
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SHORE in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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FEASTING in The Odyssey by Homer
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AGAIN in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
CHAIR in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
DANGEROUS in The Odyssey by Homer
SADNESS in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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CHILD in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
DESIRE in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
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KNEW in The Call of the Wild by Jack London
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LOCKED in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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BORE in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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EXCEPT in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
HOW in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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