Before the invention of refrigeration， the _____ of fish and meat must have been a problem.

（ ） all her friends and money gone, Kate felt totally hopeless.

Without your instruction, I （ ） such great progress.

If you had taken my advice last week, you （ ） in trouble now.

Before joining the army, he spent a lot of time in the village_____he belonged.

The father went to the door in （ ） to a knock from outside.

Richard is American, John is British—they have different （ ）.

My own problems seem insignificant _____ those of others.

The film is an award winner and is （ ）.

I think we should stop arguing and work together, if we want to get ______ near a solution to the problem.

Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others,（ ） , of course, made the others jealous.

It is essential that all these figures （ ） twice.