26 .It is believed that if a book is _______, it will surely ______ the reader.
It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ______ to her mother.
______ loud music in public is against the law in the UK.
They succeeded in killing pests which came from the foreign countries ______ a lot of hard work.
When you meet a new word in reading the English papers, you can guess its meaning but needn’t always ______ the dictionary.
The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see ______ the next year.