. ---You don’t seem to be quite yourself today. What’s wrong? --- Oh, I'm suffering from a cold. Nothing serious, ____.

We don’t have to keep these old chairs any more. ________, they are falling apart（支离破碎）.

However, they can hardly blame me; it is ________ their own fault.

A good “teammate” doesn’t ___ make a good partner. Those who put their partners in this category were most ____ to describe their relationship as slightly unhappy.

He stood        to the painting and studied it        .