If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, it is necessary to be given an ______ as quickly as possible.

 I read an interesting _______ in a newspaper about farming today.

 Be careful how you _____ that jug; It will break very easily.

If present dissatisfaction over salaries continues the _____ result will be loss of staff.

 The guide is ______ a line of tourists through the uarrow passage with the help of his torch.

Van Mieu was a place to........the most brilliant scholars of the nation.

With its expensive furniture and carefully-chosen colour scheme the room looked quite _______ .

The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t _______ themselves better.

The teacher _________ the harder parts of the story.

He was determined to give his family a secure and solid _______.

In the market, the merchants _______ and joked with their friends and neighbours.

He does not _______ his fellow-workers and there are often disagreements between them.

When he was at school, he won first ______ for good behaviour.

The two scientists disagreed and a _______ argument developed.

 Some useful ideas were suggested while the social committee was _____ the club’s programme for the coming season.

Socially, the married _______ is thought to be the basic unit of society.

________ it was raining heavily, they went to work.

As we wait no longer for the delivery of your order, we have to ______ it.

Why can’t you do this small _____ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past.

He’s really delighted with his new CD player.

______ what he says, he wasn’t even there when the crime was committed.