Smoking is the biggest preventable ______ of death and disease.

Even when David became rich and famous, he never forgot his ______ background.

The whole town is patrolled by police because of the ______ of riots.

The train had been unavoidably ______ after a small avalanche blocked the line.

The way children express their feelings depends on their ______ of development.

All ______ from the auction will be donated to charity.

People thought they were all ______ to try to make money from manufacturing.

Visitors can expect hot and ______ conditions.

He had ______ a laboratory-grown windpipe into a man stricken by throat cancer.

Your dreams always seem to ______, and nothing ever quite matches expectations.

The children were ______ with delight at the clown’s antics.

Apart from giving the city ______ the freedom to get out of the city at weekends, it has created an absolute revolution in the countryside.

The group had been carefully _____ for the study because of their lifestyles.

A detailed list of ______ was issued on what to do in an emergency.

The police charged him with possession of a ______ weapon.

Brown apologized to Linda for any ______ caused by his remarks.

The company's advertising ______ in the 1970s and 1980s was "You can be sure of Shell".

This species is on the verge of extinction because their numbers barely ______ 100 in the wild.

We can ______ bikes for a day to explore the town.

On Sept. 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh ______ the independence of Vietnam from France.

I did not need the goal to ______ my confidence, my confidence was already there.

The president agreed to ______ the constitution and allow multi-party elections.

Her unique style has made her paintings ______ among collectors.

The ______ of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.

The book analyses why women kill and how the ______ treats them.

Jamie ______ for joy when he was told that his results were excellent.

The seasoning really brings out the ______ of the meat.

I've just met Linda in the hairdresser's and the new hairstyle really ______ her.

In 1989 the ______ of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the ______ of production.

The illness is common in newborn ______ and is easily treated.

Our airline is now a serious ______ to many of the bigger companies.

Existing users can ______ from the previous version free of charge.

Symptoms may not appear for some weeks, so ______ can be difficult.

The school has decided to adopt a different ______ to discipline.