The boy was so ______ in reading that he didn’t hear his father knocking at the door.

-- Do you need a hand, Tom?----Yes. The job is ______ I could do myself.

The bridge built ten years ago _____ the island _____ the mainland.

We__________ an old man lying in the road, who was badly ill.

Robert failed to seek a job for his poor education, though he is _______ to get one to support his family.