It is Allen’s first time to speak to the public, but I am sure he will get ______ his nervousness.

One should always remember that appearances can be_____.

Words_____meaning, as we all know.

The film （ ） him of what he had seen in China.

The government cannot operate effectively （ ） it is free from such interference.

As a Chinese proverb goes, a heavy snow _____ a good harvest year.

We were disappointed yesterday because it wasn’t such a good dinner （ ） she had promised us．

Air pollution is obviously one of the major _____ of city life.

It was in New Zealand _____ Elizabeth first met Mr. Morris.

（ ） the book again, she discovered that she had missed a lot in her first reading.

When Mary paid the bill, she was given a _____ for her money.

Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, （ ） to find it locked.