23. Mr. Smiths was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.
I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.
One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.
If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.
The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.
Violent programs on television may have a bad _____ on children.