He studies so hard to avoid （ ） at the bottom of the class.

There is nothing new about women （ ） their careers to look after children.

—I don’t drink coffee at all. —（ ）.

There was so much noise that the speaker couldn’t make himself _____.

_____ that the earth was flat?

She tried to explain this program by_____of sign language.

Our daughter didn’t know what to （ ） when she first entered the university, as she hadn’t make up her mind about her future.

He clearly remembers _____ by the window watching people outside rushing to their office.

I wrote it down_____I should forget it.

The bad weather （ ） the building program by several weeks．

They overcame all the difficulties and fulfilled the plan ten days ahead of schedule, （ ） was something we had not expected.

He （ ） yesterday morning, and would stay for three days.