The stenographer is very efficient. He is ...... to his firm.

It was difficult to remove my feet as it had got stuck ...... in the mud.

My father ...... down for a nap.

The family gave father a gold watch on the ...... of his fiftieth birthday.

Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood

In hot weather I like lying in the ...... of a tree.

At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would ...... specially over the issue of productivity linked wages.

I haven't seen you ...... a week.

Walking at 3'o clock, I heard the ...... of thunder.