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