He _____ the place where he had been bitten by an insect.
  

She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.
 

Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.
 

He didn't _____ what I read because his mind was on something else.

We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it.

Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is _____ difference between them.
  

This watch is _____ to all the other watches on the market.
 

The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries.
 

The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.
 

He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.

So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln.
  

It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself.
  

Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.
  

Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe.

The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.
 

Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer.

Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _____ increase the risk of heart disease.
  

The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them _____.
  

They decided to leave the waiter a big _____ because the food and service had been excellent.

And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.
  

There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

In aerospace devices the weight of the necessary power producing equipment is _____.

This album is _____ as it was the only one ever signed by the President.

 In aerospace devices the weight of the necessary power producing equipment is _____.
  

What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.
 

People cannot but feel _____, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake.

When a space shuttle has accomplished its _____, it can be ready for another trip in about two weeks.

He's the kind of man who is fond of _____ compliments to other men's wives.

Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.

The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.
 

It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.
  

Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.

The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.
 

It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.

 I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

When products made in factories _____, they are thrown away as garbage.
  

She is making herself ill with _____ over her son's future.

The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them to contact each other.

They did not find _____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.
  

In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night.
  

John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station.
 

 I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be _____ to it.
  

 Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly.

The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.  

It was decided to _____ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing girl alive.

He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.