After being told he would have to spend a week in the hospital following his operation, Jan got a(n) __________ with another orthopedic surgeon for a second opinion as to whether the surgery was really necessary.

After hearing what the doctors had to say about the risks involved in the operation, I must say I wasn't exactly __________.

Are you planning to __________ the Zoological Garden when you are in Berlin?

Did you know that Germans had a reputation for not being able to __________?

Do you play any instruments __________ piano?

During his semester in Vienna, Phil was fortunate enough to be able to __________ lectures at the Psychological Institute where Freud had taught.

Even though the team bus did not arrive at the hotel until nearly midnight, dozens of fans were standing around, eagerly __________ their heroes.

Here, the professors make no __________ for students whose first language is not German.

Susan is far too modest about her accomplishments as a writer. I can't __________ to see her face when she finds out she has won the prize for the best short story.

I don't care how bad the traffic was; there's simply no __________ for being three hours late to pick me up.

If you want to impress a girl with your table manners, both potentially messy foods, like spaghetti or pizza, and foods which are difficult to eat, like crab's legs or lobster, should probably be avoided on your first __________.

If you plan to deduct your travel expenses on your income tax return, you must save all your __________ so you can prove how much you actually spent.

In multicultural societies, conflicts can easily arise over whether it is sppropriate for girls to be __________ by male teachers.

In some opera houses, when the __________ applaud(s) a soloist in the middle of a scene, it is considered bad taste for the singer to interrupt the performance to sing an encore.

Campfires are illegal in National Parks unless you have a(n) __________.

Last night, an 87-year-old woman was __________ as she was leaving the train station. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors said her injuries were not life-threatening.

Lynn's parents had __________ to tell the truth, and few things made her angrier than knowing she was being lied to.

Sandra was fired for using the photocopier without __________.

"The __________ Ranger" was a TV series in the 1950s about a solitary masked cowboy who rode around the Wild West doing good deeds.

The __________ from the top of Spencer's Butte is spectacular, especially at sunrise.

The Crown Prince and his wife are __________ their third child. For the King and Queen, this will be their seventh grandchild.

The grand jury is attenpting to determind who is to __________ for leaking the secret documents to the press.

The moment Tokio Hotel stepped onto the stage, the __________ went wild and girls started screaming and fainting.

The program for the coming year was discussed at last week's department __________.

The salesperson __________ us that our new refrigerator would be delivered in time for the party.

Trained search and rescue dogs have been brought in to locate anyone who is still __________ under the collapsed buildings.

We liked living in the desert __________, but after a while the extreme temperatures started to bother us, so we moved back to Bremen.

We made a(n) __________ decision not to use pesticides to kill the weeks beside the road because we did not want to harm any wildlife.

We've been rehearsing for over two hours. I suggest we take a short __________ before continuing.

Were you __________ that the law giving a person 30 days to pay a bill had been changed? Now you only have 14 days!

A sharp __________ in my side woke me up.

A month after the accident, Brian was still bothered by a dull __________ in his thigh.

When zoos succeed in __________ enough young animals to save an endangered species from extinction, the animals can be gradually reintroduced into their natural habitat.

While the Browns were away on vacation, their house was __________.

When the Browns arrived home from their vacation, they discovered that their brand-new plasma TV had been __________.

Who's that standing __________ the president?

You know how excited Fred is about the painting he bought at an auction last week? Well, if you ask me, it's a piece of junk! When he told me how much he had paid for it, I told him I thought he had been __________.