Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre literate societies in order to attract good health or to （ ）disease.
A.set aside B.ward off C.shrug off D.give away
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Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre literate societies in order to attract good health or to （ ）disease.
Electric vehicles are potential game changers in transportation, a sector which （ ）largest share of oil consumption.
By turning this knob to the right you can（ ）the sound from the radio.
Glass （ ）provide a useful function in sectioning off and enclosing an area when the desired effect is to maintain visual transparency.
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room-a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don’t talk to them. This man quickly concurred. He gestured toward his wife and said "she's the talker in our family. The room burst into laughter the man looked puzzled and hurt, "it's true" he explained. “When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence.”This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home, and pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 70s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk’’ at most of the women she interviewed— but only a few of the me— gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year —a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not
Teaching children to be （ ）in both technology and basic skills like writing by hand is a balancing act that is as much a task for parents as for teachers.