Which do you like, the former or the ___.

The prisoner of war wished to be _________. Ten years later, he ____ and went home.

The island is two kilometers off the coast, and you can’t get there ____ by boat.

—What do you think of this matter?  —This is a matter of __________ importance. I think.

(北京)It was raining heavily.Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ________ to her mother.