---How did you do in the test yesterday? -----Not so well. I ______ much better but I misread the directions for writing.
The officers narrowly escaped _____ in the hot battle.
The boy is only five years old, but he is quite used _____ the telephone.
--- What happened to your shoes? --- They want _____ 。 .
It is generally considered unwise to give a child _____ he or she wants.
He insisted that he _____ from heart trouble, but I didn’t think so.