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

The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once _______ with each other.

Weather _______, we ’ll go out for a walk.

Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary ’ , 3rd Edition (1980), is among the best-known British ______ dictionaries.

This offer is firm, subject to your immediate reply ____ should reach us not later tha n the end of this mon th.( )

The professor worked for 7 hours at a ________. 

_______ the first language is used in the teaching of the second language in the Grammar-Translation Method.

—— We have to stop talking here outside. Listen, _______! —— Hurry up, or we’ll be late

The word “minister” originally meant “a servant”, but now has changed to“a head of a ministry ”. This process of meaning change is called ______ .

If payment is not received, legal action will be our only ________.