― Lucy, these books are all over the place. Are they yours― No, these are________ books, not________.

His bravery in the large earthquake in Sichuan Province_______ him great respect.

My boss was very resistant to my proposal at first butshe finally_____and accepted my idea

The _______, I think, he drew from his simpleexperiment is not scientific.

He knew his daughter was crying ____ what he had said.