“YouaskmeforJulia,andyoudonotpossessevenananna!(Heretheold”—rogue______broadly,asifhehadmadeacapitalpun.)

MoststormsoccurbetweenAugustandOctober,andearlySeptemberistheriskiestperiodfor______storms.

I do not mean to insult the reader by pretending that I killed, for instance, a regiment of cavalry or swallowed a battery of guns, —such _______ tales would disgrace both the hearer and the teller.

The colloquial or spoken language is the language for the use of the ________.

It has all the _____ of a good detective story.