I had not listened to my mother’s advice on taking an umbrella. Later that afternoon, I was nearly ________ the rain.

After walking a whole day, I was almost________, not feeling bad, though.

To work from home, which one could hardly imagine, has been made ______ with the development of computer technology.

When trees are cut down, there is nothing to hold the soil         on the hillside.

The young doctor is determined to devote all his life to ________ the cause of cancer.

This dictionary ________ me. It cost me twenty dollars.

With time changing so fast, to keep _____ with time, anyone should be a lifelong learner, or he will fall behind within years.

Whoever is_________ to the demanding job will be offered the well-paid one.

The job is not very profitable ________ cash, but I can get valuable experience from it.

------So you gave her your phone?
------_____, she said she’d return it to me when she could afford her own.