The university wants its undergraduates to __ a regional language, if time permits.
Once he has _______, nothing can change his mind.
In the good care of the nurses, the boy is ______ recovering from his heart operation.
It was _____ terrible earthquake and ______ number of people who were killed reached more than 20,000.
------My daughter came first in the English speech contest. ------Did she? __________.
The stranger shook me by the hand warmly ___ he were to say he knew me well.