Leaves gradually _________ around the fallen trunks.
The more teenagers watch actors smoking in films, the more ______ they are to take up the habit of smoking themselves.
To handle the financial crisis, the new government has to work more ______ with other nations, especially the less-affected ones.
—What do you think of the plan? —I feel ___that we ought to give it up at once.
The little town has now grown into a modern big city, and is ___ what it used to be.
—Are you going to the football game? —No, the tickets are ____expensive for me.