Now many major employers are beginning to demand _______ the completion of school

There is a growing body of evidence to support the fact that most people suffer from a lack of daydreaming _______ an excess of it.

Washing the food down with water as a substitute ________ chewing is not a good habit

Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987) has some unique features such as definition, extra column and ______.

The general sent out word that no one in the bunker ________ to bed until further orders.

We were told that the stone figure _______ back to the 16th century was of great value.

The judge who was ________ to his favorite was criticized by many people.

Mark Twain employed an unpretentious style of( )in his novels which is best described as “vernacular ”.

Younger children are curious ________ how things work ，and many of them want to take apart everything within their reach.

After the American Civil War,the literary interest in the so- called “reality ” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of( ).