The students were_______to learn that the new teaching methodat the meeting would be carried out.
The boy was in the water and his canoe was_______ away.
The task is hard, ____, the workers managed to finish it in time.
Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and _______the water over the hand.
Our cousin who is attending college in New York phones us every Sunday at six, _________ as clockwork.
A kind of glass dish that _____ heat is useful.