IdonotmeantoinsultthereaderbypretendingthatIkilled,forinstance,aregimentofcavalryorswallowedabatteryofguns,—such_______taleswoulddisgraceboththehearerandtheteller.

Imagine how many times restaurants and merchants had to change their posted prices during the _____ 1970s, when prices almost doubled.

I do not mean to insult the reader by pretending that I killed, for instance, a regiment of cavalry or swallowed a battery of guns, —such _______ tales would disgrace both the hearer and the teller.

Though she _____ and pleaded, he refused to go to the dance.

The colloquial or spoken language is the language for the use of the ________.