A bank is the place ______ they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
.Many a student ______ the importance of learning a foreign language.
.The gas works ______ near the city.
.The surroundings of his house ______ clean now.
.The committee ______ over the problem among themselves for two hours.
.The public ______ generous in their contributions to the earthquake victims.