Writing term papers and giving oral reports are typical course _____ for college students.

If we work hard to _____ our dreams when we are young, we will not feel that we missed out on something when we get old.

Few people will trust you if you continue making _____ promises and never make efforts to keep them.

Becky _____ her ankle while she was playing tennis last week. Now it still hurts badly.

Research shows that men and women usually think differently. For example, they have quite different _____ about what marriage means in their life.

The new manager is very _____. For instance, the employees are given much shorter deadlines for the same tasks than before.

While the couple were looking _____ for their missing children, the kids were actually having fun in the woods nearby.

After delivering a very powerful speech, the award winner was _____ by a group of fans asking for her signature.

The interviewees were trying very hard to _____ the interviewers that they were very capable and should be given the job.

After the first snow of the year, the entire grassland disappeared under a _____ of snow.

Peter likes books with wide _____, which provide him with enough space to write notes.

At the beginning of the semester, the teacher told the students that late assignments would receive a low grade as a _____.

Various studies have been _____ in this hospital to explore the link between a high-fat diet and cancer.

Intense, fast-moving fires raged across much of California last week. The _____ firestorm has claimed the lives of thirty people.

John’s clock is not functioning _____. The alarm rings even when it’s not set to go off.

Michael has decided to _____ a career in physics and has set his mind on becoming a professor.

Peter plans to hike in a _____ part of Africa, where he might not meet another human being for days.

People in this community tend to _____ with the group they belong to, and often put group interests before personal ones.

I mistook the man for a well-known actor and asked for his autograph; it was really _____.