8) To make the meat _______ enough for my grandmother; I cooked it for a long time. 9) It has been raining for a whole week and the dam is likely to ______under the heavy weight of water. 10) The food we had last night had no _______ at all; perhaps we should go to another restaurant next time. 11) Some diseases are _________ from parents to children; they are called hereditary diseases. 12) My uncle has spent a _________ amount of money on that house—much greater than he had expected. 13) The stepping-stones look really _________; I don’t think I will be able to get across the stream without getting wet. 14) Adults are often less flexible, so they need more time to adapt themselves to the new surroundings when they are ________ to another place.