_____________ their heads in his direction, he knew they were interested.

One of the areas of multimedia that is growing quickly _____________ is sound.

The first runner came in. The second runner followed him closely.

Each of the bedrooms in our holiday home has a small _____________ bathroom.

The thief put on the expensive boots and, with a _____________ air, walked calmly out of the shop!

If you suffer from migraines, you may get a terrible headache along with _____________ as sight can often be affected during an attack.

The clinic experienced an _____________ of support from the community when they were threatened with closure.

I said that I’d stay at home this evening, but _____________ I think I’ll come out with you instead.

I’m incredibly sorry that I broke your Ming vase; is there anything to that I can do to _____________ amends?

The tendency is to respond to anger with anger, but in these situations, it pays to keep a cool _____________.

The police believe Morgan strangled his girlfriend in a _____________ of jealousy.

Naturally, her parents were thrilled to _____________ when they found out she had passed the exam with an A.

The football fans were coming in _____________ to watch the final game. An hour before the kickoff the stadium was packed full.

I felt a bit ____________ and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.

I offered to do the job, but soon found that I was _________ as it was more difficult than I had thought.

Although the chemist’s initial experiment failed, she _____________ upon a strong new material in the process.

He came _____________ a lot of criticism for the remarks he made in a television interview.

He is coming _____________ a cold after a night out in the rain.

They are not likely to _____________ information during the current armed conflict.

Phuong Thao is a student in Ms Lan’s writing class. She is asking for Ms Lan’s comments on her last essay. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.

Phuong Thao: “You must have found reading my essay very tiring.”

Ms Lan: “_____________. I enjoyed it.”

There weren’t many vegetarian dishes ____, although there were several different kinds of cheese.

________  hundreds of people dead during the evacuation from the war-torn area in the Middle East.

_____________, the diners settled the bill and left the restaurant.

Children’s _____________ skills, that is the brain-based skills required to carry out tasks, develop rapidly in the first few years of their lives.

If you break the law while visiting a foreign country, you will most likely be _____________.

After the hurricane, all that was left of our house was a pile of _____________.

If there happened to be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and white ones, then the advantages of the _____________ might well spread in time to the hard-up..

The floral bouquets we entered into the competition were a _____________ of colour, but unfortunately, we did not win first prize.

I don't think Paul will ever get married — he's the stereotypical _____________ bachelor.

Harry was a _____________ of nerves the whole time his wife was in the hospital.

It had been with a heavy _____________ that I watched her leave, and I had sunk into a dark and despairing mood.

Uncle Tom’s a _____________ who prefer his own company to anyone else’s.

After months of trying to find a cheap flat in the centre of town, he’s finally _______ in the sponge.

When I started talking about Miranda, Steven _____________ and left.

Despite the economists’ forecast of _____________, the economy is well on the way to recovery.

I’ve never actually studied Greek, but I live in Athens for six months and managed to _____________  a few words and phrases here and there.

We were just _____________ in the sitting area and somehow the window got broken.

Colin is only just ___________; he gets unemployment benefit, but it isn’t much.

Insurance companies had to _________ ￡10 million in storm damage claims.

- Laura: “What a lovely house you have!”

- Maria: “_____________.”

_____________, we can take another road.

For the first few months, the babies looked so alike I couldn’t tell ______.

Social scientists believe that _____ from sounds such as grunts and barks made by early ancestors of human beings.

His talent meant he could create wondrous things, but his ______________ meant he hardly ever felt like working.

The employees are ______ a rally in the city centre to demand higher wages.

Julie felt unfairly ______________ when she spoke out against a company proposal and the entire staff team turned against her.

Everyone was living off tens of thousands of years of accumulated groundwater, like a ______________ heir squandering his wealth.

There is no need to get so ______________ about being turned down. There are other advertising agencies out there, you know.

The island of Tahiti ______________ sandy beaches and crystal clear water.

I've searched ______________ for that old photo album, but I can't find it anywhere.

People don’t have a right to ______________ in judgement when they don’t know all the facts.

The management are making _______ to increase the company’s efficiency.

It was ______ plain to the new employees that they should be polite to the customers.

The boss had an old axe to ______________ with Benson, which may be why he fired him.

A(n) ______decision has been made and there is nothing we can do about it now.

Roads were ______________ as police searched for the escaped prisoner.

The only thing they felt he was capable of was ______________ film reviews.

We hurried back to our car as we saw the clouds ______________ over the mountains.

The challenges Ann encountered while assisting the medical charity in Africa brought ______________ the best in her personality.