The police investigated many clues, but they were all ………………..

Their teacher was away, so they had a day's ……………….. before their essays were due.

When he asked the doctors about chemotherapy, they gave him numbers and statistics but ……………. avoided giving advice.

The suffering ……………... on these children was unimaginable.

The result of the vote poses a serious challenge to the government's ………………..

With the amount of traffic nowadays, even a trip across town is ……………….. by/with dangers.

Ralph is extremely ………………………………… and will never step on cracks in the sidewalk.

Brian's hesitation was almost ………………………..

Five people were reported killed today in a fresh …………………….. of violence.

The subject ………………... at a news conference in Beijing today.

The people have …………………... their power and that will be very difficult to reverse.

The state of Michigan has …………………...three institutes to do research for industry.

Her energy and …………………..are respected all over the world.

My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too ……………....

This issue looks likely to continue to ……………. the government.

The Spanish I learned at school is very different from the local ……………………. of this Mexican village

United Nations officials have ……………………. a series of peace meetings between the two sides. [

A ………………….. needle or syringe is a medical instrument with a hollow needle, which is used to give injections.

This seemed both ………………………. and irritating against a background of severe poverty.

The journalist went on to have a ………………….career as a broadcaster.