12. y the end of last month, our cute baby ( ) in this world for 100 days.

28. She often let the children play in the yard to keep them out of ( ).

27. Not sophisticated at all, Tim is easy to lose his ( ), which may hurt people around him sometimes.

26. Please excuse me. I must ( ) to some urgent business now.

25. The unique wall paintings in the old town are once again under the media ( ).

24. The factory is looking for better ways to ( ) operations so as to improve productivity.

23. In ( ) of the strong earthquake last week, many families are deep in mourning.

22. Everyone in the company agrees that their boss is a very resourceful and ( ) man.

21. He tricked the kid ( ) trusting him by pretending that he had super power.

20.“lice has an urgent task, and she must be working late at the office now.” The italicized word in the sentence expresses ( ).

19.“We were to have been there now, but the traffic jam was so serious.” The italicized part signifies ( )