___ all likelihood, I will not retire this year but I do want you to know that I will probably do so in the next five years.

As his big brother, you owe it to him to keep him ___ your protection during his first year of high school.

I don't believe you. Lying is completely ___ of character for him. I have known him for ten years and I have never heard him tell a lie.

I need you to tell me what happened ___ detail. I want to know exactly what took place, who was there with you and why it happened.

Simon is ___ a lot of stress at the moment. His wife left and he just lost his job.

___ of respect for your mother, I'm going to leave now before I get angry and say something I will certainly regret.

He is so smart and graduated with honors so he's really ___ demand right now. I'm sure he's going to choose the right job and be happy with it for a long time.

Why are you ___ of breath? You look like you just ran a marathon? What's going on?

We are ___ good terms now. We had a disagreement about the budget last week but we've worked out our differences and everything is OK now.

We don't have any of those designer jeans left. We're ___ of stock right now but I ordered more and they should be here by next week.