The cruel king showed no _________and killed all the prisoners .
----How are you getting on with your work? ----Oh, I am sorry. Things aren’t going so well as _____.
They got the ______ end of the stick and was punished by boss.
It was not until midnight ______ the parents finally found their lost kids.
Iran was _____ by the army because of his bad eyesight.
By no means _____ true that all English people know their own language well.