______ in the near future, vision-phones will come into wider use in our ____ life.

—Why is Pierre so 　　　?—Don’t you know? He has won the first prize in the school painting competition.

My brother is two years _____ than me.

It’s______ late now, but I still have ______things to do.

“‘You will walk over the earth, and shall never have a home. You have done a very evil thing.’ God said to Cain.” What does the underlined word mean?