Great pity! His illness is ________ the treatment available so far.
230. I didn’t ______ being called “Lazy bones”, because a lot of housework is always done by my elder sister.
229. Look! The shop isn’t open yet. We _____.
228. Oh, the classroom is so dirty. It needs ______ before we begin our class.
227. It is necessary that the question _______ at once.
226. Einstein lived the rest of his life quietly in America and _____ American nationality in 1940.