Complete the sentences with suitable phrase/words given in the box.

(a) Some people have a strong sense of dignity. They---- starve than seek help from others.
(b) Poor peasants in Bangladesh cannot manage three square meals, -----nutritious food.
(c) Dua is supposed to perform on the stage today. - ---she fails to attend the function?

 d) My duty is to send the message to different sections working here - ---I receive them.
(e) ---- remains the problem of finance. So, we feel hesitant to launch this big project..
(f) Thomas Aliva Edison turned a great scientist in his later life. He ---in the United States of America.
(g) Have you ever tasted asparagus? No, not yet, ----- eating asparagus?
(h) "Friend-----, a porcupine?" "Sorry, my dear friend. I don't have any idea."
(i) I helped him many a time. But he speaks in such a manner ---- he did not know me.
(j) Our wild birds and animals are facing extinct. We---- take stern section to save them.