we should not ________ the possibility of negotiation.

she’s your own flesh and _______ – how can you treat her like that?

elderly people are not always __________ to change.

never _______ people less superior than you.

modernization is the key to ______ our agricultural development.

a museum allows visitors to watch an ongoing _________ by paleontologists.

although his business was a success, his marriage was ______.

he passed the examination, contrary _____ what i expecteD.

my parents __________ us all the same when we were kids.

i don't want to ______ involved in some lengthy argument about who is to blame.

the government is trying to ____ more public funds from west to east.