Fill in the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the box. Change the form where necessary. trim current with (a) bad grace hitherto instinct pawn in a way rub spicy transparent vacancy down and out in accordance with in good condition constitution for sb.’s (own) part 1) __________________ I prefer shopping online because it is more convenient and saves time. 2) The success of mechanics in discovering reliable and useful laws of nature suggested to Galileo that all nature is designed______________________ mechanical laws. 3) A(n) _____________ exists for a sales manager at our Paris office. If you’re interested in it, please send us an application letter and your résumé at once. 4) If you are over 18 and ______________________, it’s completely safe to do the job. 5) Plastics can be made hard as stone, strong as steel, _________________ as glass, and light as wood. 6) Coat the shoes with polish(擦亮剂), then ___________ hard with a soft cloth to give a shine. 7) It was probably just a ___________ joke to them, but it wasn’t funny to me at all. 8) Michael’s praise for my wife opened my eyes and taught me to show gratitude for her day-to-day heroism(英雄主义), which I had ____________________ taken for granted. 9) The waitress did bring us clean plates eventually, but_______________________. 10) Some scientists believe that human beings are born with a(n)_________________ for using their arms and legs to stay afloat (漂浮着), which, however, disappears within a few months after birth. 11) In order to pay the bills, Linda ___________________ her grandfather's gold watch in secret. 12) Fish instinctively fight their way upstream against the ___________, and many water birds and animals have the ability to travel long distances.