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11. The city council took a __ __ __ __ __ __stance against

builders who needlessly cut down trees.

12. Insane asylums have patients who stare for hours in a catatonic trance __
__ __ __ __ __.

13. John seemed to be in a __ __ __ __ __ __, trance, not

hearing a word his mother said.

EXERCISE 13

flanch branch stanch blanch ranch

1. The cowboys worked on a long-horned cattle ranch __

__ __ __ __.

2. A swing hung from a tree branch __ __ __

__ __ __.

3. You should blanch__ __ __ __ __ __ almonds in boiling water
for no more than one minute; if any longer, they will become soft.

4. At the mere thought of ghost in his room, he would __ __ blanch

__ __ __ __ and shake in fear.

5. The drapes in the south parlor began to __ __ __ __ __

__ blanch after just a year in the torrid sun.

6. Many rivers, big and small, __ __ __ __ __ __branch off of
the Ohio River.

7. The medics were able to __ __ __ __ __ __stanch the flow of

blood and save the patient.

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