Readers can ______quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.

 There is so much noise in the yard that I can’t ________ my attention on my work.

We ____ that the magazines you have borrowed be returned to the school library before the end of this month．

The hunter calmly picked up his gun,took the aim and fired, ______ the beast.

People nowadays spend     they used to buy less food, especially meat.