Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. That dress looks lovely: red really ________ you!

2. Much stricter ________ must now be taken at all airports.

3. Though the concert had been enjoyable, it was overly ________ and the three encores seemed ________.

4. He invested a lot of money ________ shipping.

5. Mark will come ________ home quite late.

6. For this recipe to be successful, you ________ cook the meat for at least two hours in a moderate oven.

7. Our plane was ________ for over four hours because of fog.

8. The Government's action caused the rate of inflation to ________ sharply.

9. I am not familiar ________ his novels and not very keen on reading them.

10. He's a wonderful cook: he can make a delicious ________ out of almost anything.

11. The child was so noisy that his mother told him not to be such a ________.

12. This church was ________ by the famous architect, Archbald Sparrow.

13. I would be thankful ________ any advice you can give me.

14. The hotel has been built on the ________ of a lake.

15. It is over a year ________ I visited the dentist.