I can ____the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.
She went to the bookstore and bought _________.
—Do you like ______ here? —Oh, yes. The air, the weather, the way of life. Everything is so nice.
The chairman thought necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.
No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of .
Ten years ago the population of our village was_____that of theirs.