In that school, English is compulsory for all students, but French and Russian are ______.
. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.
American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.
I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.