The great use of school education is not so much to teach you things ___ to teach you the art of learning.
I hear they’ve promoted Tom, but he didn’t mention_______ when we talked on the phone.
The situation seems to be better, and I suppose it is because of the war ______ to an end.
The young man _______in studying paid no attention to the outside world.
Every possible means _______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally______.