________ away from people who try to belittle(轻视) your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.
Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister _____ charge of the house.
. It isn’t so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.
The island where these rare birds nest has been declared a _____.
Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.