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Correct answers are in bold.

1. a bingo game

2. an idiot

3. a good job

4. a rotten plum

5. a used fork

6. an uncle

7. a historian

8. an apple

9. a hair

10. an artichoke

11. a horrible movie

12. an opera

13. a fine opera

14. a television

15. an earthquake

16. an icicle

17. a plant

18. an eggplant

19. an honorable discharge

20. an intelligent man

21. a table

22. an up stairway

23. a paper clip

24. an animal

25. a usual feeling

26. an interest

27. an alibi

28. an early bird

29. a couch

30. an airplane

31. a grade

32. a pair

33. an idea

34. an energy level

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