[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"exercise-169":3},{"payload":4,"id":7,"user":8,"level":14,"course":15,"activity":16,"activity_slug":17,"title":6,"topic":18,"tone":19,"stats":20,"created":23,"score":24,"is_favorite":25,"public":26,"is_external":25},{"text":5,"title":6},"It was (0) UNDENIABLE (DENY) that Martin’s life had narrowed to a routine of work, sleep and silence. Then, on a rain-lashed evening, a thin dog appeared at his gate, watching him with a kind of wary (1) .......... (TRUST). Martin should have turned away, yet something in the animal’s quiet (2) .......... (PERSIST) made him open the door.\n\nAt first, the dog’s ribs showed and its coat was dull; the vet spoke of long-term (3) .......... (NEGLECT). Martin felt a sharp, unexpected (4) .......... (RESPOND) to that word, as if it accused him too—of having let his own life go unattended. He began to measure his days differently: not by deadlines, but by walks, meals and small signs of (5) .......... (IMPROVE).\n\nThe dog—whom he named Ash—remained jumpy, but there were moments of real (6) .......... (TENDER): a head resting on Martin’s knee, a sigh that sounded like relief. Neighbours, previously strangers, stopped to talk, and Martin found himself speaking with surprising (7) .......... (EASY).\n\nMonths later, when Ash finally ran across the park without looking back in fear, Martin understood the change was not only the dog’s. It was his own slow (8) .......... (HEAL) made visible.","A Man and His Dog",169,{"id":9,"username":10,"first_name":11,"last_name":12,"image":13},20258,"haileys","Hailey","Sumner","https://storage.googleapis.com/uoepro_files/prod/useofenglish_ai/users/avatar/20258-Veg0dA.jpeg","C2","Reading","Word Formation","word-formation","Create an exercise telling the story of a man and his dog","Empathetic",{"times_played":21,"num_favorites":22},2,1,"2026-03-25T01:25:43",null,false,true]