The weather of this year is not so good as of last year.
The effect of the medicine on this kind of disease remains _____.
I just can’t figure out the meaning of the word---so I’ll have to ___ the dictionary.
His mother had thought it would be good for his character to _____from home and earn some money on his own.
In the middle of the night, we ______signals for help from another ship.
---Will you lend me some money?---Sorry, mine_____.