The following is a piece of an exercise whose task is to conjugate the verbs in bracket: In recent years on the bog screen we (1_SEE) __Lukas Haas play the boy who (12_WITNESS) __ a murder in the film "WITNESS". Me: 1.have seen;

1. Andrew couldn’t _____ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face. Help stop escape avoid I chose A but my teacher chose B I'd go along with your teacher because of the "himself" It took a few days after the cheque had

To me, "has come a long way since..." doesn't mean the same as "come one's way" It's more colloquial for "has progressed a lot", but I may be wrong! :)

I don't know of any other use, sorry!

I guess Weimer used to be the mother's name before she got married? And yes, I suppose the husband's name is Fred

I'd say either b or c are possible

You could write it "it's hardly the type of thing that you ask casually about" Is it easier to understand?

Yes, I understand that "if" as "since", or, as Philip said, "because"

"His students" is the direct object complement. You could rephrase the sentence as "he watched his students as they were writing their exam", so it's a kind of apposition to students