Mr. Smith was in great need of money, so he ____ $2 000 for his car.
The news ________ Joan will be our new English teacher is true.
Many of them turned a deaf ear to her advice, _______ they knew it to be valuable.
After his retirement, John fishing as one of his new hobbies.
In this workshop, the output of July was three times __________ of January.
Leonardo da Vince_____birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.