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I was at the bus interchange waiting for the bus. The
queue at the (1) ______ (crowd) but interchange was
snaking along the bus stand. Many were (2) ______ (eager),
awaiting the (3) ______ (arrive) of the bus in order to
enjoy a quick respite from the sweltering heat. A
gleaming film of (4) ______
(perspire) could be seen on each forehead, with an
occasional bead trickling from the temple, down the side
of the face. "I've found you ! I've finally found you
! Where have you been ?" a shrill voice of hysteria
broke out. Everybody turned around to look. A woman with
disheveled long hair was clasping the arm of a (5)
______ (petrify) boy in a tenacious grip. The poor boy
seemed (6) ______ (terrify).
"Let me go ! Let go ! I do not know you !" the boy
screamed in (7) ______ (desperate)
as he tried to pull himself free from the woman who had
a crazed look in her eyes.
Some adults rushed forward to intervene but to
everyone's dismay, the insane woman grew violent when
one of them reached out to pry the (8) ______ (struggle)
boy away from her. "Don't you snatch my son away !" she
shrieked and
(9) ______ (attempt) to scratch the man's face while
trying to pull his hair at the same time. One lady
brought the (10) ______ (trauma)
boy aside at the first opportunity. Several men stepped
in to stop the assault as they tried to subdue the
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