For miles around me there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant or tree .
“Don’t worry.” she said, _________ her hand on my shoulder.
Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from _______ effects the people are still suffering.
The chief reason for the population growth is not so much a _________ in birth rates but a fall in death rates.
We then moved to Chicago in 1995, _____we lived for six years.
Anyone, whether he is a president or a bus driver, should be ___ respected.