Lucy is a shy girl, but can you imagine _________ with the boss in Japanese?
—He says that my new car is a ________ of money.—Don't you think those words are just sour grapes?
Nobody can deny that a fine house is a ________ of status and wealth.
—Her father is very rich.—________ She wouldn't accept his help even if it were offered.
Some parents are just too protective. They want to ________ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
People have always been ________ about exactly how life on earth began.