--How long ______ he ______ a fever?--- Ever since last night.
Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
. As he had no friends and relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a _____ somewhere.
Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.
Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.