response transform focus analyze estimate competitive compensate adopt typical regulate 1. To make our companies _________ in the market, we have to be more creative and productive. 2. People are beginning to realize that to ________ nature at will is the biggest mistake that man has ever made. 3. It is difficult to conclude what a(n) _________student does in his spare time because every student has different interests. 4. A month ago I wrote to the store complaining about its bad service, but I haven't gotten a(n) __________ yet. 5. Some of your suggestions have been _________, but others have been turned down as they are not workable. 6. All of a sudden, he lost his interest in engineering, and ________ his attention on learning a foreign language. 7. If a company decreases health benefits for its employees, they should increase salaries to _________ the workers. 8. I failed to pass the exam although I had worked very hard. I should ________ the causes of my failure. 9. When you do yoga, try to _________ your breathing. Don't breathe too fast and make sure you breathe only through your nose. 10. It was difficult to _________ how many people had been wounded in the earthquake.