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[fights, ached, getting, struck, spring, remembered, surface, expending]I (a) .......... at the water as I went down, (b) ............. my strength as one in a nightmare (c) ............. an irresistible force. I had lost all my breath. My lungs (d) .................., my head throbbed. I was (e)............. dizzy. But I (f) .......... the strategy — I would (g) .............. from the bottom of the pool and come like a cork to the (h) ..............

Answer

a- struck, b- expending, c- fights, d- ached, e- getting, f- remembered, g- spring, h- surface

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