Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. After Joe's mother died, he was ________ up by his grandmother.

2. How old do you have to be ________ you can drive a car?

3. If you keep trying you might ________ to do it.

4. It seems that the world record for this event is almost impossible to ________.

5. Please apply ________ the secretary for information.

6. I knew him ________ I was a child.

7. You are going to come to the party, ________?

8. If I could understand this text, I ________ the next page.

9. We couldn't have our picnic because it began to ________ with rain.

10. They were ________ for smuggling jewelry into the country.

11. In the jar there was a ________ which looked like jam.

12. I know him by ________, but I have no idea what his name is.

13. They ________ in Poland for more than three weeks now.

14. He kept his job ________ the manager had threatened to sack him.

15. His performance was ________; the audience was delighted.