To study a foreign language, __________.

Aftersomanydayswithoutrain,thegroundquickly________thelittlerainthatfelllastnight.

She got a job as an assistant stage manager at the Cambridge Arts Festival Theatre, thinkingthat it might ________ to a career as a playwright ( 剧作家 ).

The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were too wet and________.

The engine has broken and the boat is ______ on the water.