He always did well at school __________ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
He managed to make himself _____ at the meeting yesterday.
Though________up in a big city,Bill always prefers to live a country life.
Compared with the price of that store,the price of this one sounds________—all the goods are good value.
Although metals ________widely in qualities such as strength and hardness,they all have certain qualities in________.
________him that she would fail as she was so able and worked so hard.