The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.
The old man took __________ the story where he left off.
The director made the demand that she __________ the dangerous place as soon as possible.
He was unable to make such progress, __________________.
The letters PLA __________ the People’s Liberation Army.
She finds her new jobs very __________ but she will never give it up.