READING 2 OF 22 focus words
The audience returns
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The students were zealous in their search for the painter, filling the foyer with posters. A rumor that the director had painted it as a child began to spread.
To quell the rumor, the painter's sister arrived with the dated sketch. She offered to lend it to the theater for opening night.
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Original fictional passages for vocabulary practice.