— I’m fed up with this rain. How I wish to go hiking this weekend!— Forget it. I’m afraid the wet days will _____.

--Is the book Dream of the Red Chamber well worth _____?---Yes, I think so, but I can’t make _____of it completely.

He knows a lot about fulm. No one in our class can _______ him in that knowledge.

When John was arrested for drunken driving, he expected to lose his driving license, but he was _____ with a fine.

All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he ______ badly wounded and that he ____ at once.