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It was simply that in my memory Paris had always been bathed in a spring sunshine that _______ the waters of the Seine and warmed the neck of my guitar.
doubled
doubted
daunted
dappled
Why, for instance, do our memories usually ____ on to the best images, idealising events and scenes.
hold
pull
grip
grab
The cold and the icy rain met us _____ on as we exited the Gare du Nord station.
face
nose
head
chin
'Are we getting the Métro?' Ellie asked, her voice _______ above the noise of the surging crowd.
rising
raising
going
increasing
A blue _______ hand grabbed Ellie's arm, another lifted her bag.
gloved
glowing
glued
glad
I would normally have reacted to this unwanted contact, but wrongfooted by the weather and ______ out by the journey from the UK, I followed the taxi driver.
cleaned
rubbed
wiped
brushed
We ended up having a tremendous argument about his proposed inflated ____.
cost
fare
price
fee
I purposely kept my eyes straight ______, not quite yet ready to see the damage.
forward
heading
ahead
towards
My breath caught, and ______ the snow ____ the taxi driver could stop the smile I felt creep onto my face.
neither / and
both / and
neither / nor
either / or
My favourite musty old bookstore, where chemistry books used to rub ______ with books of poetry, was now a souvenir shop.
arms
hands
elbows
shoulders
The narrow lanes were still _____ with an underlying edge of nonconformity.
buzzing
boiling
fizzing
rubbing
The various intonations created an exciting ______ to a whole new language.
scenery
backdrop
spotlight
soundtrack
However well you prepare, the initial shock of seeing _______ rising over the roof and partially obscuring the dark eyes of windows is sharp.
scaffolding
construction
builders
metal
Today I _____ my camera to record another view.
rise
rose
risen
raised
I'd expected my _____ to be heavy, as it had been when the first news images of the fire raced round the world.
head
heart
thoughts
mind
My memories may have been dented a little, but not _______.
repaired
irreparably
repairing
irresponsibly
