John began to feel little beads of sweat going down the back of his neck.His words seemed to have had no visible ___ on the man.
In order to learn the _______ of the family business, Bill took a job as messenger boy in one of the offices.
—I’ve got an “A” in the examination. —That’s a good ______. You will surely win a second.
“Do you know that Jack ______ a postman for about six years?” “Yes, I see.”
“Did you get a job?” “No, I ______, but it’s no use.”
He regards that book _____ one of the worst that he’s _____ read.