__________ the fierce competition in finding a good job in big cities, many fresh graduates are trying their fortune in mediumsized ones.
In their efforts to persuade us to buy that product, shopkeepers have made a close study of human nature and have __________ all our little weaknesses.
I wanted to go to Greece, and my wife wanted to go to Spain, so we __________ on Italy.
He never __________ to help those in trouble because he was a kind-hearted man.
This naughty boy is really __________, which makes his mother upset.
We prefer to measure our football team's success __________ the number of fans attending rather than the number of games won.