—How is the patient now? Is he out of danger? —No，________than yesterday，I'm afraid.

 In a __________ state, the children had a meeting and decided to choose one person to ask for more food.

She is in her ________ twenties and the city is still strange to her，________ than the easy streets and gentle hills of her distant home.

—Will you be       this afternoon, John?—I am afraid not. I have an appointment with my dentist.

A group of children are looking into the box, ________ about what can be inside.