The competition between the two restaurants was______.
-Was the guest's speech interesting? -Not at all. He was at a ______ and didn't know what to say when others asked him questions.
I really appreciate ______ to relax with you on this nice island.
It seemed that he was ______ losing his life. Luckily, he was ______ in the end.
You needn't have taken a taxi. Why didn't you catch the last bus ______ I told you?
David caught a bad cold last Tuesday. Luckily, the cold didn't ______ his examination in physics.