High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
I had not listened to my mother’s advice on taking an umbrella. Later that afternoon, I was nearly ________ the rain.
It was on a cold winter evening_______ his father left home and was never back.
These books are for students ____ mother language is not English.
From his _______ expression on his face, we know he is _______.
When the audience heard the funny story, they _____ laughter.