Inthelasttwentyyears,breakthroughsintechnologyhave_____advancedthewaywecommunicate,bringinguscomputers,cellphonesandtheInternet.

Jack managed to get 147 tapes and 100 books plus lots of magazines through customs in a(n> _____ way

Thelittlehandsofthechildclosedroundthesoldier?sfinger______themotherlookedupinhisfacewithmaternalpleasure.

I do not mean to insult the reader by pretending that I killed, for instance, a regiment of cavalry or swallowed a battery of guns, —such _______ tales would disgrace both the hearer and the teller.

My aunt, whose absence was _____ for three weeks, was heartily welcome to remain away, for we were much merrier and more comfortable without her.