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01. Do you have a [blank] cassette I can use? I want to make a mix tape of dance music.
02. Fill in the [blanks] in the following sentences with the correct word from the list above.
03. He turned to a [blank] page in his notebook, and began to write.
04. Why don't we put something on that [blank] wall over there?
05. The young boy had a [blank] look on his face as he stared at the test.
06. Sitting in front of the television, he had a totally [blank] expression on his face.
07. The video you gave me, which was supposed to have our kids' soccer game on it, was actually [blank].
08. Can you try sending me another e-mail with the report attached? The last message I got from you was [blank].
09. It was pretty obvious by his [blank] stare that the guy was high on drugs.
10. Our team [blanked] last year's winners 5-0 in the first round of the tournament.
11. Author Gene Fowler once remarked, "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a [blank] sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."
12. Edward Steichen once said, "Every other artist begins with a [blank] canvas, a piece of paper; the photographer begins with the finished product."
13. In May of 1849, an Irishman was arrested after firing [blank] shots at Queen Victoria in London.
14. The fax you sent me was totally [blank]. Could you try sending it again?
15. The girl could remember seeing a car coming towards her, but then everything was a [blank] until she woke up in the hospital.
16. For listening practice, the teacher had the students listen to a song and fill in [blanks] with missing words.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Blank — Blank, a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. ?98. See {Blink}, and cf. 1st {Blanch}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of a white or pale …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Blank — Blank, n. 1. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void. [1913 Webster] I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blank — [blaŋk] adj. [ME < OFr blanc, white < Frank * blank, white, gleaming, akin to OE blanca, white steed < IE * bhleg , to shine: see BLACK] 1. Obs. colorless or white 2. a) not written, recorded, etc. on; not marked; empty [a blank sheet of …   English World dictionary

  • blank — blank: Mhd. blanc »blinkend, weiß glänzend, schön«, ahd. blanch »blank«, niederl. blank »blank, glänzend, weiß«, schwed. black »fahl« gehören mit den unter ↑ blinken behandelten Wörtern zu der Wortgruppe von ↑ blecken. Das Adjektiv wurde mit… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

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  • Blank — Blank, er, este, adj. et adv. welches nur in den gemeinen Mundarten, besonders Niedersachsens, üblich ist. 1) Für weiß. Blanker Wein, weißer Wein, im Gegensatze des rothen. Ir hende ir arme blanch, Graf Werner von Hohenberg. Kele blank, Graf… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • blank — I (emptiness) noun absence, barrenness, cipher, hiatus, hollowness, mexistence, insubstantiality, nil, nonesse, nonexistence, nonsubsistence, nonentity, nothing, nothingness, nullity, tabula rasa, unsubstantiality, vacancy, vacuousness, vacuum,… …   Law dictionary

  • blank — blank; blank·er; blank·ly; blank·ness; blank·ety blank; …   English syllables

  • blank — Adj std. (10. Jh.), mhd. blank, ahd. blanc, mndd. blank Stammwort. Führen auf vd. * blanka Adj. glänzend, weiß, hell zurück. Damit vergleicht sich zunächst (als Pferdefarbe) anord. blakkr fahl , aber auch braun , ae. blanca Schimmel , so daß wohl …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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