He seems poor, but I ________ that he has quite a lot of money.

You'd better give up smoking, Tom, for many diseases are ________ to smoking, you know.

He ________ my presence at the meeting, which made me a bit angry .

— Did you ________ him to give up playing computer games?
— He was very stubborn. Only God can.

Mother told Jim to watch the milk until it boiled and then _________ off the gas.

A completely new situation will ________ when the examination system comes into existence.

He says he really can’t _____ to wait another day.  

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combine explode violent surface development spread presence disappoint mass gradually
1.   Let's ________ to fight against our common enemy.
2.   Don't put the bottle on the edge of the ________ of the desk, or it will fall down.
3.   A great ________ of rock had fallen from the cliff and now blocked the road.
4.   The news that tsunamis caused more than 100,000 deaths ________ throughout the world in
       a short time.
5.   Several days ago, a bomb ________ near the police station, killing 10 officers.
6.   There is too much sex and ________ show on TV.
7.   There have been several new ________ in electronics.
8.   The change was so ________ that we hardly noticed it.
9.   The picture was so lifelike that he felt as if he were in the ________ of his dead father.
10.   The film was a bit of ________; we expected it to be much better.

While doing shopping, people often can't help purchasing the goods _____ through media.

— Why do you look so sad?
— My father was________in a car accident.