At the age of nearly seventy, he set off ________ a -mile journey ________ a bicycle
It took Joan a long time to _______ a new dress at the store.
Tom, as well as his parents, _______ the movie very much.
The book has been well received, but _________ actual sales, it hasn’t been very successful.
Though they are very busy every day, they manage to get tighter_______.
She _______herself ______as an American.