Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.

Belinda missed a few months of school because of illness and found it difficult to keep ______ with her classmates.

When he beat the carpet, the _____ rose in clouds.

The office lifts are out of ______ again.

The book ___ two weeks ago.

The ______ of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer months.

Next year, I have to decide which area of medicine I want to _________ in.

The workmen made so much ______ that Mr. walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.

The sky looks lighter. I think the weather is ______.

Her mother had asked her to do several ______ before she went out.

He said he had every _____ in his secretary; she would do the right thing.

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

 The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.

Silence of the Lambs is a..............film. It makes the audience scared.

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

The old man got into the ______ of storing money under the bed.

On Sunday the business centre of the city was usually quite _______.

Science has made great _____ during the past 30 years.

High interest rates _______ people in capitalist countries from borrowing money.

The house was burgled while the family was _______ in a card game.

As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were _______ over the sky.