| 1. A knife was found at the scene of the murder, and has become the most important __________ the police have to link the killing to the suspect. | | |
| 2. The government of Syria has been brutal in suppressing any sign of __________. | | |
| 3. My sister has a bad flu and has been __________ all day. | | |
| 4. Why do you insist on driving after you've been drinking? I hope you get __________; then maybe you'll learn your lesson. | | |
| 5. My boss is a __________ who is always trying to look down the secretaries' blouses. | | |
| 6. The government sent out the military to stop __________ which had broken out during a demonstration against the new tax increase. | | |
| 7. Some guys at the party started to get pretty __________ and we had to phone the police to break up a couple of fights. | | |
| 8. Doctors are trying to __________ the spread of AIDS with a new miracle drug. | | |
| 9. The young boy __________ angrily to himself when the teacher told him he had to stay after school. | | |
| 10. Her Spanish improved __________ after she got a Mexican boyfriend. | | |
| 11. If you get caught trying to smuggle goods into Canada from the U.S., customs officers may __________ your car until you pay the fine. | | |
| 12. My sister has pretty big __________ so the guys all stare at her wherever she goes. | | |
| 13. The growth of cancerous cells can be __________ using chemotherapy treatments. | | |
| 14. The daily __________ of various celebrities are followed by millions of people around the world. | | |
| 15. Some teenager standing outside the liquor store asked me to buy some __________ for him but I refused. | | |
| 16. The doctor was __________ by a patient who almost died after she was prescribed the wrong kind of medicine. | | |
| 17. The University of Victoria has managed to attract a lot of students because of its excellent __________ abroad. | | |
| 18. I think he is totally __________ in quitting his job; they were really underpaying him. | | |
| 19. The military in Fiji is responsible for __________ of the country's territorial waters. | | |