Your silly pride about doing everything on your own (a)   you getting the help you need so badly.

On the ground, teams of paramedics administered first aid to the victims of accident, while police helicopters (a)   overhead.

They had such a long (a)   over the use of the bicycle than their mother finally forbade either of them from using it.

As we discussed our coming vacation, we gradually (a)   a plan for a bicycle trip through New England.

With tireless devotion, the ailing child's parents kept an anxious (a)   at her bedside.

Let me read aloud a few (a)   from the newspaper review of the new movie.

The cafeteria line was so crowded that I was (a)   past the desserts before I could take one.

During his eleven years of "personal rule," King Charles I of England bypassed Parliament and governed the country by royal (a)   .

For two nights, he did his homework faithfully; then he (a)   to his usual lazy ways.

After the walls of their city fell to the enemy, the inhabitants withdrew to the (a)   and continued the struggle from there.

When the lights suddenly went out, I (a)   my way into the kitchen to find a candle and matches.

Howard insisted his wife carry his umbrella and follow him around in a (a)   manner. (BOO HOWARD!!!)

Our teacher gave the two of us permission to (a)   on our reports because we were investigating related problems.

Suddenly the (a)   voices of two quarreling people burst upon my ears and jarred me out of my daydream.

What is the exact wording of the (a)   about early birds and worm-catching?

If you will only show a little patience, that business investment may grow into a(n) (a)   .

A single word of praise from the coach meant more to me that all the loud but thoughtless (a)   of the crowd.

Before the new housing project could be built, it was necessary to tear down the old houses and remove the (a)   .

You hurt her feelings when you reacted to her comments in such a(n) (a)   way, especially since you asked for her advice.