In the evening the car broke down suddenly and the heavy rain the helplessness of the girl driver on the country road.

Don’t refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its meaning may be _______ clearly in a given context.

Since the economic crisis, most of the American people have______ their living expenses．

We went right round to the west coast by seainstead of driving acrosscontinent。

I read more books _____ I can catch up with my classmates.