Hosting and eventually winning the soccer World Cup, ____ as unachievable dreams in the past, have become serious goals for China under a national plan to make the sport a truly mass game.
I had just posted the letter when I remembered that I hadn’t _________ the cheque.
The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to _______ through.
Being able to speak but not write is like living in a(n)__________ mansion and never leaving one small room.
David paused to consult his notes, and then _______ with his speech.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by __________ scary.