READING 1 OF 23 focus words
Two printed accounts
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The radio producer chose to juxtapose a short announcement with the much longer letter that had inspired it. From the envelope he could glean only the initials of the writer.
He was willing to hazard a guess on air. His assistant preferred to ask the one person who still remembered the handwriting.
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Look away from the passage. Can you explain each focus word in your own words?
Original fictional passages for vocabulary practice.