(i) The elderly man prepared himself for _____.. a life retirement.
(ii) Do you take his word _____ mine?
(iii) Rohini is very concerned ______ her father's health.
(iv) Altaf had many books and papers scattered all ______ the room.
(v) The Phoenix is a legendary bird that rises ______ its ashes.
(vi) The police pulled the briefcase from _____ the table.
(vii) The mob rushed onto the pavement, everyone seemed angry ______ everyone else.
(viii) The old woman looked ______ the cupboard, searching for the photograph.

1. It seems that your sentence is wrong  because if we think that we fill ' a' here than you have already wrote it . so i think that the blank should come after life and 'after' should be filled in it . So the sentence after filling blank would be " The elderly man prepared himself for a life after retirement .
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(i) The elderly man prepared himself for a life of retirement. (ii) Do you take his word against mine? (iii) Rohini is very concerned of/about her father's health. (iv) Altaf had many books and papers scattered all over the room. (v) The Phoenix is a legendary bird that rises from its ashes. (vi) The police pulled the briefcase from under the table. (vii) The mob rushed onto the pavement, everyone seemed angry with everyone else. (viii) The old woman looked inside the cupboard, searching for the photograph.

1.The question must be-The elderly man prepared himself for a life ____ retirement. Then the answer will be "of".
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1. The elderly man prepared himself for a life _____ retirement. I know 'after' is better, but is 'of' grammatically acceptable? 2. Do you take his word _____ mine? against 3. Rohini is very concerned _____ her father's health. about 4. Altaf had many books and papers scattered all ____ the room. over 5. The Phoenix is a legendary bird that rises ______ its ashes. from 6. The police pulled the briefcase from ___ the table. Under 7. The mob rushed onto the pavement, everyone seemed angry ____ everyone else. with 8. The old woman looked _____ the cupboard, searching for the photograph. into

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1. Of 2. against 3. about 4. Over 5. from 6. Under 7. with 8. Inside

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(i) The elderly man prepared himself for a life of retirement. (ii) Do you take his word against mine? (iii) Rohini is very concerned of/about her father's health. (iv) Altaf had many books and papers scattered all over the room. (v) The Phoenix is a legendary bird that rises from its ashes. (vi) The police pulled the briefcase from under the table. (vii) The mob rushed onto the pavement, everyone seemed angry with everyone else. (viii) The old woman looked inside the cupboard, searching for the photograph.