The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.

The experiment　　the discovery of a cure for cancer.

I usually don’t wake up until my alarm _______ every morning.

Some 1,000 new words or usages join the English language each year. Some go into the dictionary. Others _______ from use.

With Christmas coming, many people hurriedly ______ their way to the shop, trying to buy whatever they want ______.