Neither side is prepared to talk to ________ unless we can smooth things over between them.(2010·全国Ⅱ)

—Mummy, can I put the peaches in the cupboard?—No, dear. They don’t ____ fresh. Put them in the fridge instead.

 He had to take the medicine 3 times a day to be _______ the pain in the leg.

 While intelligent people can often ________ the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

It was difficult to guess what her________to the news would be.