When he was opening the door, he was ___________ that he was being followed by a policeman.
Although the price has gone up by 5%,it's still ________ the limit set by the government.
Ted is such a helpful colleague that he is willing to do, ________, any favour we might ask him.
The remarkable shift ________ young people's job preference in recent years has analysts and educators greatly concerned.
We'll learn much from this failure, so our suffering and efforts are not ________.
—How do you think of my composition? —Almost perfect ________ one spelling mistake.