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Yorkshire accent. 20. He had developed the habit of dropping in on her sometimes during the week to discuss the latest news. 21.

"You can drop me at Darlinghurt if you don't mind." Magda pulled the car abruptly. 22. Constance bit back her desire to tell Miss

Chetond to mind her own business. 23. I've never been the nervy type who minds the dark or being alone in an empty house. 24.

She had a passion for cars — in fact, she said, she had always been mechanically-minded and used to drive a sports car. 25. At the

back of his mind there lurked an uneasy sense of danger. 26. He had gone through these movements in his mind so often that he

now acted purely automatically. 27. Miller was not a very good driver really. He went in fits and starts as if he could not make up his

mind where he was going. 28. He had half a mind to walk out of the hotel, leaving everything behind.

B. 1. He qualified as a doctor, though he never practised. 2. Dad always practised what he preached; and we respected him

greatly. 3. "At any rate their efforts to teach us handicrafts were not a success," said Jim. "As usual the theory was right, but the

practice went wrong." 4. He's never been up against any of the first-rate players and it would be wonderful practice for him. 5. He

took an angry look at Mr. Crabben, but it was impossible to suspect that young man of a practical joke. 6. Marjorie and Dorothy

shared a natural intimacy, being closer together in age, so Phyllis was the odd one. 7. She had been feeling the weight of her eighty-

odd years moving slower, talking less. 8. She had apologized for having to give up the odd jobs she had done for them. 9. I did not

listen to them attentively, I only heard some odds and ends. 10. "Death is nothing to be afraid of," he said, "I think about it every

day of my life." "You're very odd," she said, "I try never to think about it at all." 11. I had that queer feeling that one sometimes has when sitting in an empty room that one is not by oneself. 12. What concern is it of yours? —This is the least of my concerns. I just

wanted to help. 13. Philip looked at the kid with some concern. What sort of man was he going to be, he wondered. 14. But I

recommend you not to repay his hospitality by taking his wife's side against him in a matter that doesn't concern you. 15. Just why,

I wanted to think about it, to concern myself with it in any way, I wasn't clear about. 16. She was tortured by an irresistible and ill-

bred curiosity concerning the identity of the visitor. 17. He walked past them with as unconcerned an air as he could assume. 18.

Her holiday had done her good, but she was concerned about him, his lack of appetite and haggard look. 19. She looked round

nervously, but everybody was too concerned with his or her own reaction to the news to observe the reactions of anybody else. 20.

They got small thanks for their sympathy. 21. I understood for the first time how Father felt about his garden. I wondered how often