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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #48705 Short French Cook
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* Fill in the missing words into the blank fields
He  about  the  same  time  was  so  much  displeased  with  the    of  a  nobleman's  French  cook,  that  he  exclaimed  with  vehemence,  "I'd  throw  such  a  rascal  into  the  river",and  he  then  proceeded  to  alarm  a  lady  at  whose  house  he  was  to  sup,  by  the  following    of  his  skill:  "I,  Madam,  who  live  at  a  variety  of  good  tables,  am  a  much  better  judge  of  cookery,  than  any  person  who  has  a  very  tolerable  cook,  but  lives  much  at  home;  for  his  palate  is  gradually  adapted  to  the  taste  of  his  cook;  ,  Madam,  in  trying  by  a  wider  range,  I  can  more    judge."  When  invited  to  dine,  even  with  an  intimate  friend,  he  was  not  pleased  if  something  better  than  a  plain  dinner  was  not  prepared  for  him.  I  have  heard  him  say  on  such  an  occasion,  "This  was  a  good  dinner  enough,  to  be  sure;  but  it  was  not  a  dinner  to  ASK  a  man  to."  On  the  other  hand,  he  was  wont  to  express,  with  great  ,  his  satisfaction  when  he  had  been  entertained  quite  to  his  mind.

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