Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Nowhere ________ the bathrooms.

2. Her ________ is getting worse and worse. She seems too afraid to speak to anyone.

3. He has always wanted to see his name in ________.

4. What John says ________ true but I very much doubt it.

5. I would have come home earlier if you ________ me to help you with the housework.

6. Mary was very annoyed that her secretary did not meet her deadlines, and she warned her that her laziness and ________ could result in her dismissal.

7. I walked away as calmly as I could ________ they thought I was the thief.

8. You should ________ a lawyer before you sign that document.

9. Tom ________ his next appointment at the doctor's.

10. It's still not ________ that John is going to Ravenna tomorrow.

16. Several new hotels have been built along the coast, and they have helped the tourist business ________.

17. In today's newspaper it ________ that oil has been discovered off the west coast.

18. You can't get sleeping pills unless you go to the doctor and get a ________.

19. The death penalty was ________ many years ago in this country.

20. A new study group has been ________ by the United Nations.