The aged are close companions, and many of       have known each other for decades. 

---How much salt did you put in the dish?   --- _____.

—Have you got used to the Chinese food, Robert?—Yes, but I don't like ________ when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don't like.

--- My mother doesn’t like going shopping in Hong Kong at all.---Well, shopping there isn’t liked by _________.

—What do you think of that housewife? —She is _____ of a good housekeeper, for the children’s room is always a terrible mess.