supportive|represent|competitor|expectation|compete for|calm down|ordinary|beaten
1.The result did not live up to our( ).
2.Readers of the magazine said they wanted more stories about( )people and fewer stories about the rich and famous.
3.I had to( )against 19 other people ( )the job.
4.I sent my husband to ( )me at the wedding reception.
5.I can always count on Gail to be( )when things go wrong.
6.He felt( )at first when he just lost his job.
7.There were 12( )in the two-hundred-meter dash.
8.Let it be, I thought, still trying to( )myself( ).