The manager urged older staff ____early retirement and new staff _______ more time for work.A. take up; to set aside B. took up; set aside C. would take up; to lay aside C. must take up; lay aside
You were my ______ when I was weak; you were my voice when I couldn’t speak.
---I bet you will go on a trip after graduation. ---______. I can’t wait!
-Sorry for keeping you waiting. -Never mind. I________ here only a few minutes.
Those relatives were________ people. After a few days, I was getting________ and homesick.
One way to understand thousands of new words is to have________ good knowledge of basic word formation.