The dying old man opened his mouth as if_______something.
— My lack of interest in the job as a lawyer is becoming increasingly ______. — You’d better apply for another job.
My mom held me and my brother tight, tears of happiness ______ her face, feeling proud of our final success.
The real evidence is the least of our worries ______ we have known about it.
Everyone present certainly thinks there ______ be a total ban on cigarette advertising.
In the lecture, the professor told his students how to write an ______ of a graduate paper, expressing the main argument.