We are interested in the weather because it _______ us so directly—what we wear, what we do and even how we feel.

—David has made great progress recently. — _______，and _______.

“Woman” becomes “ Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “f ùnǔ” in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______ .

The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______ .

How many monomorphemic words are there in the following words? cats boss work improper tried