My friend told me it would be months _________ his family settled down in that city.
They became good friends during the war, and since then their lifelong friendship has______ tests of life and death.
I am tired _____ the partner I have been working with; he is too hard a person______.
The village is ______what it looked like when they settled their homes there 20 years ago.
The heavy rain made his business _______ a great loss.
To the parents’ worry, some middle school students are ______ computer games and completely forget their studies.