We are interested in the weather because it _____ us directly—what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _______when judging my exam.

Important people don’t often have much free time as their work ____ all their time.

When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon ____ it.

Many people complain of the rapid _______ of modern life.

American women were ___ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

I always ______ what I have said.

______ the advances of science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.

I am ____ of your stupid conversation.

They are building the dam in ____ with another firm.

He is ______ a writer as a reporter.

To be sure, some insects can build complex societies_____ different types of individuals performing different tasks.

This bird’s large wings _____ it to fly very fast.

You are getting too old for football. You’d better___ tennis instead.

What ____ to him is whether the job allows him to pursue his studies.

He said that very clearly so that nobody was in any ____ about what was meant.

Language has always been—as the phrase goes—one mirror to society. English is no _____.

It was unwise of him to ____ the unreliable data in his speech.

She accused the man ________ breaking into her house.

When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon _____ it.

When a fire _____ at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completel destroyed.

Then the speaker _____ the various factors leading to the present economic crisis.

You cannot be _____ careful when you drive a car.

There is no point         with him, since he has already made up his mind.

Our son doesn't know to _____ at the university; he can't make up his mind about his future.

Frequently single-parent children _____ some of the function that the absent adult in the house would have served.

That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _____ the police.

The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally __because of the bad weather.

The store had to _____ a number of clerks because sales were down.

Only day I _____ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.

The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn't bothered by his loudness _____ by his lack of talent.

They decided to chase the cow away _____ it did more damage.

Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of travelling _____ heavy schedules.

A man escaped from the prison last night. It was a long time _____ the guards discovered what had happened.

The manager lost his _____ just because his secretary was ten minutes late.

Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, ____ the color of his skin.

John seems a nice person.        , I don't trust him.

In no country _____ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of

Many new _____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

He went ahead _____ all warnings about the danger of his mission.