Harry and Ron had tried to visit Hermione, but visitors _____ now ______ from the hospital wing.
were.....barred
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"Sir," said Malfoy loudly. "Sir, why don't you apply for the headmaster's job?" "Now, now, Malfoy," said Snape, though he couldn't _____ a thin-lipped smile
suppress
15
Harry's eyes narrowed as he focused on the spiders. If they ________ their fixed course, there could be no doubt about where they would end up.
pursued
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But Lockhart's disgusting cheeriness, his hints that he had always thought Hagrid was no good, his confidence that the whole business was now at an end, ________ Harry so much that he yearned to throw Gadding with Ghouls right in Lockhart'
irritated
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Then, when the trees had become _________ than ever, so that the stars overhead were no longer visible, and Harry's wand shone alone in the sea of dark, they saw their spider guides leaving the path.
thicker
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The sides of the car were scratched and smeared with mud. Fang didn't seem at all _________ it; he kept close to Harry, who could feel him quivering.
keen on
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And from the middle of the misty, domed web, a spider the size of a small elephant _________, very slowly.
emerged
15
Maybe we'll get a ________ headmaster now. Someone who won't want the Chamber of Secrets closed.
decent
15
They couldn't move very quickly now; there were tree roots and stumps in their way, _______ visible in the near blackness.
barely
15
"So you never - never attacked anyone?" "Never," croaked the old spider. "It would have been my instinct, but out of respect for Hagrid, I never ______ a human
harmed
15
Ron ________ his eyes, frowning through the moonlight. And then he understood, too.
rubbed
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The trouble was, there didn't seem to be a single spider left in the castle to follow. Harry looked everywhere he went, helped (rather ___________) by Ron.
reluctantly
15
So, with Fang scampering around them, ___________ tree roots and leaves, they entered the forest
sniffing
15
"We've lost the _________," he said. "C'mon, let's go and find them."
trail
15
"What d'you think it's doing?" said Harry. "Probably getting ready to _________," said Ron. They waited, shivering, hardly daring to move.
pounce
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"My sons and daughters do not __________ Hagrid, on my command. But I cannot __________ them fresh meat, when it wanders so willingly into our midst. Good-bye, friend of Hagrid."
